SOC 27-2099 · Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations · May 2025

How much do Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median hourly wage for Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is $21.62. The 10th percentile is $16.81 and the 90th percentile is $35.00. Employment is 300. An annual wage was not published, and none is estimated from the hourly median.

Median hourly wage

$21.62

10th percentile
$16.81
25th percentile
$19.69
Median
$21.62
75th percentile
$23.17
90th percentile
$35.00
Mean
$23.41

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

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Percentile spread

For Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $16.81 and the 90th percentile is $35.00. The difference is $18.19, which is 84.1% 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 $19.69 to the 75th at $23.17, covers $3.48.

The mean hourly wage is $23.41, which sits above the median of $21.62. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median is 14.9% higher than the national median of $18.82 for Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other.

It is 9.8% higher than the Illinois median of $19.69.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Illinois, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 103.595, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $21.62 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other at $20.87 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 Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (300 of 4,513,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (16,550 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.62 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN · Entertainers and Performers, Sports 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 Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median hourly wage for Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is $21.62. The 10th percentile is $16.81 and the 90th percentile is $35.00. Employment is 300.

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

The local median is 14.9% higher than the national median of $18.82.

What is Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 103.595, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $21.62 is $20.87. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.