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

How much do Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $74,620. The 10th percentile is $51,250 and the 90th percentile is $363,410. Employment is 100.

Median annual wage

$74,620

10th percentile
$51,250
25th percentile
$61,660
Median
$74,620
75th percentile
$100,690
90th percentile
$363,410
Mean
$122,720

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 $51,250 and the 90th percentile is $363,410. The difference is $312,160, which is 418.3% 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 $61,660 to the 75th at $100,690, covers $39,030.

The mean annual wage is $122,720, which sits above the median of $74,620. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median is 10% lower 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 $67,145, which is 19% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Washington median of $74,620.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $74,620 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes at $67,145 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 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (100 of 2,086,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,620 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.59 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $74,620. The 10th percentile is $51,250 and the 90th percentile is $363,410. Employment is 100.

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

The local median is 10% lower than the national median of $82,890.

What is Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes pay in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $74,620 is $67,145. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.