SOC 27-2031 · Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations · May 2025

How much do Dancers make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median hourly wage for Dancers in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $26.00. The 10th percentile is $22.77 and the 90th percentile is $77.43. Employment is 140. An annual wage was not published, and none is estimated from the hourly median.

Median hourly wage

$26.00

10th percentile
$22.77
25th percentile
$25.81
Median
$26.00
75th percentile
$55.38
90th percentile
$77.43
Mean
$36.79

Hourly wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates. An annual wage was not published for this cell.

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Percentile spread

For Dancers, the published 10th percentile is $22.77 and the 90th percentile is $77.43. The difference is $54.66, which is 210.2% 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 $25.81 to the 75th at $55.38, covers $29.57.

The mean hourly wage is $36.79, which sits above the median of $26.00. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ median is 4.8% higher than the national median of $24.80 for Dancers.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $26.00 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Dancers at $25.17 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 hourly median for Dancers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Dancers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ (140 of 2,375,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (8,130 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.13 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 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ · Dancers 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 Dancers make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median hourly wage for Dancers in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $26.00. The 10th percentile is $22.77 and the 90th percentile is $77.43. Employment is 140.

How does that compare with the national median for Dancers?

The local median is 4.8% higher than the national median of $24.80.

What is Dancers pay in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $26.00 is $25.17. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.