SOC 27-2011 · Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations · May 2025
How much do Actors make in Cleveland, OH?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median hourly wage for Actors in Cleveland, OH is $25.37. The 10th percentile is $11.06 and the 90th percentile is $76.68. Employment is 50. An annual wage was not published, and none is estimated from the hourly median.
Median hourly wage
$25.37
- 10th percentile
- $11.06
- 25th percentile
- $13.39
- Median
- $25.37
- 75th percentile
- $31.57
- 90th percentile
- $76.68
- Mean
- $33.43
Hourly wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates. An annual wage was not published for this cell.
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Percentile spread
For Actors, the published 10th percentile is $11.06 and the 90th percentile is $76.68. The difference is $65.62, which is 258.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $13.39 to the 75th at $31.57, covers $18.18.
The mean hourly wage is $33.43, which sits above the median of $25.37. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Cleveland, OH median is 12.7% lower than the national median of $29.05 for Actors.
It is 87.8% higher than the Ohio median of $13.51.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cleveland, OH is 93.923, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $25.37 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Actors at $27.01 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a hourly median for Actors. Cleveland, OH ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).
- Pittsburgh, PA is 116 miles away, with a median of $21.66 and employment of 60. That median is 14.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $22.88, against $27.01 here.
Employment share
Actors accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Cleveland, OH (50 of 1,031,130). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (55,000 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.14 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.
Highest-paying jobs in Cleveland, OH · Actors by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Actors make in Cleveland, OH?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median hourly wage for Actors in Cleveland, OH is $25.37. The 10th percentile is $11.06 and the 90th percentile is $76.68. Employment is 50.
How does that compare with the national median for Actors?
The local median is 12.7% lower than the national median of $29.05.
What is Actors pay in Cleveland, OH after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cleveland, OH is 93.923, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $25.37 is $27.01. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Cleveland, OH compare with nearby metros for Actors?
Pittsburgh, PA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published hourly median, 116 miles away, at $21.66. Cleveland, OH ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.