Costume Attendants · SOC 39-3092

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Costume Attendantss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for costume attendants. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 34 metro areas

Costume Attendants: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$106,810	1,210	0.2
2	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$95,230	890	0.1
3	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$94,900	70	0.0
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$69,930	40	0.0
5	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$65,460	110	0.1
6	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$59,420	120	0.0
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$59,260	80	0.0
8	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$56,690	350	0.3
9	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$56,000	70	0.0
10	Columbus, OH	$55,310	30	0.0
11	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$52,000	70	0.0
12	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$51,280	80	0.0
13	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$50,020	Not published	Not published
14	Pittsburgh, PA	$49,660	70	0.1
15	Lancaster, PA	$49,600	40	0.2
16	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$49,180	120	0.0
17	Cleveland, OH	$48,780	40	0.0
18	St. Louis, MO-IL	$47,160	50	0.0
19	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$45,750	210	0.1
20	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$45,010	30	0.0
21	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$44,280	50	0.1
22	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$43,780	540	0.4
23	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$43,620	90	0.1
24	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$41,440	50	0.0
25	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$40,800	30	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Costume Attendants overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.