Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other · SOC 27-2099

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Others

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

Metro areas ranked by published median hourly wage for entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (7 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 39 metro areas

Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other: metro areas with the highest published median hourly wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median hourly	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$37.26	560	1.3
2	Reno, NV	$35.07	50	0.2
3	Boulder, CO	$30.16	50	0.3
4	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$29.83	Not published	Not published
5	Urban Honolulu, HI	$29.35	140	0.3
6	Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	$25.86	Not published	Not published
7	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$25.52	1,610	1.4
8	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$25.49	40	0.2
9	Lincoln, NE	$24.12	30	0.2
10	Pittsburgh, PA	$23.80	190	0.2
11	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$23.74	200	0.1
12	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$23.46	120	0.0
13	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$23.26	190	0.1
14	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$22.21	120	0.1
15	Colorado Springs, CO	$21.98	40	0.1
16	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$21.63	190	0.2
17	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$21.62	300	0.1
18	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$20.93	490	0.2
19	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$20.90	90	0.1
20	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$20.00	Not published	Not published
21	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$19.89	150	0.1
22	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$19.66	Not published	Not published
23	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$18.92	100	0.1
24	Missoula, MT	$18.69	40	0.6
25	Cleveland, OH	$18.66	130	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other 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.