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

How much do Artists and Related Workers, All Other make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $48,760. The 10th percentile is $36,580 and the 90th percentile is $97,450. Employment is 370.

Median annual wage

$48,760

10th percentile
$36,580
25th percentile
$36,580
Median
$48,760
75th percentile
$73,330
90th percentile
$97,450
Mean
$63,190

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 $36,580 and the 90th percentile is $97,450. The difference is $60,870, which is 124.8% 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 $36,580 to the 75th at $73,330, covers $36,750.

The mean annual wage is $63,190, which sits above the median of $48,760. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 31.6% lower than the national median of $71,240 for Artists and Related Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,935, which is 39.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 19.5% lower than the California median of $60,540.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,760 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Artists and Related Workers, All Other at $42,935 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Artists and Related Workers, All Other. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 3rd of 3 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).).

  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $73,840 and employment of 50. That median is 51.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,995, against $42,935 here.
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 121 miles away, with a median of $73,780 and employment of 40. That median is 51.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,315, against $42,935 here.

Employment share

Artists and Related Workers, All Other accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (370 of 6,271,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (6,930 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.32 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Artists and Related Workers, All Other in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $48,760. The 10th percentile is $36,580 and the 90th percentile is $97,450. Employment is 370.

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

The local median is 31.6% lower than the national median of $71,240.

What is Artists and Related Workers, All Other pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $48,760 is $42,935. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA compare with nearby metros for Artists and Related Workers, All Other?

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 110 miles away, at $73,840. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 3rd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.