SOC 13-1011 · Business and Financial Operations Occupations · May 2025

How much do Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $103,730. The 10th percentile is $78,620 and the 90th percentile is $332,220. Employment is 180.

Median annual wage

$103,730

10th percentile
$78,620
25th percentile
$81,420
Median
$103,730
75th percentile
$177,560
90th percentile
$332,220
Mean
$156,430

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes, the published 10th percentile is $78,620 and the 90th percentile is $332,220. The difference is $253,600, which is 244.5% 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 $81,420 to the 75th at $177,560, covers $96,140.

The mean annual wage is $156,430, which sits above the median of $103,730. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA median is 25.1% higher than the national median of $82,890 for Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes. In 2024 national prices the local median is $89,722, which is 8.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.7% higher than the California median of $98,110.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $103,730 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes at $89,722 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (180 of 2,373,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,620 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.93 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA · Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes 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 Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $103,730. The 10th percentile is $78,620 and the 90th percentile is $332,220. Employment is 180.

How does that compare with the national median for Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes?

The local median is 25.1% higher than the national median of $82,890.

What is Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $103,730 is $89,722. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.