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

How much do Artists and Related Workers, All Other 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 Artists and Related Workers, All Other in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $96,550. The 10th percentile is $69,170 and the 90th percentile is $126,340. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$96,550

10th percentile
$69,170
25th percentile
$91,400
Median
$96,550
75th percentile
$96,550
90th percentile
$126,340
Mean
$95,520

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Two cooks working in a commercial kitchen in 1930
Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Artists and Related Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $69,170 and the 90th percentile is $126,340. The difference is $57,170, which is 59.2% 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 $91,400 to the 75th at $96,550, covers $5,150.

The mean annual wage is $95,520, which sits below the median of $96,550. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median is 35.5% higher than the national median of $71,240 for Artists and Related Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $86,878, which is 22% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

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 $96,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Artists and Related Workers, All Other at $86,878 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. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 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).).

  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 134 miles away, with a median of $80,640 and employment of 90. That median is 16.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,493, against $86,878 here.

Highest-paying jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Artists and Related Workers, All Other in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $96,550. The 10th percentile is $69,170 and the 90th percentile is $126,340.

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

The local median is 35.5% higher than the national median of $71,240.

What is Artists and Related Workers, All Other 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 $96,550 is $86,878. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA compare with nearby metros for Artists and Related Workers, All Other?

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 134 miles away, at $80,640. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.