SOC 27-1019 · Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations · May 2025

How much do Artists and Related Workers, All Other make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Artists and Related Workers, All Other in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $64,510. The 10th percentile is $49,400 and the 90th percentile is $125,320. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$64,510

10th percentile
$49,400
25th percentile
$57,240
Median
$64,510
75th percentile
$77,100
90th percentile
$125,320
Mean
$74,830

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder in a hard hat on a metal structure. Photograph by FBenjr123. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Artists and Related Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $49,400 and the 90th percentile is $125,320. The difference is $75,920, which is 117.7% 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 $57,240 to the 75th at $77,100, covers $19,860.

The mean annual wage is $74,830, which sits above the median of $64,510. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO median is 9.4% lower than the national median of $71,240 for Artists and Related Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $60,984, which is 14.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.7% lower than the Colorado median of $69,860.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 105.782, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $64,510 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Artists and Related Workers, All Other at $60,984 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 annual median for Artists and Related Workers, All Other. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO ranks 2nd 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).).

  • Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is 90 miles away, with a median of $92,720 and employment of 50. That median is 43.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $91,686, against $60,984 here.

Highest-paying jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO · Artists and Related Workers, All Other 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 Artists and Related Workers, All Other make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Artists and Related Workers, All Other in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $64,510. The 10th percentile is $49,400 and the 90th percentile is $125,320.

How does that compare with the national median for Artists and Related Workers, All Other?

The local median is 9.4% lower than the national median of $71,240.

What is Artists and Related Workers, All Other pay in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 105.782, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $64,510 is $60,984. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO compare with nearby metros for Artists and Related Workers, All Other?

Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 90 miles away, at $92,720. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.