SOC 27-3099 · Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations · May 2025

How much do Media and Communication 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 Media and Communication Workers, All Other in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $56,890. The 10th percentile is $38,040 and the 90th percentile is $93,370. Employment is 190.

Median annual wage

$56,890

10th percentile
$38,040
25th percentile
$38,090
Median
$56,890
75th percentile
$81,710
90th percentile
$93,370
Mean
$63,700

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Media and Communication Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $38,040 and the 90th percentile is $93,370. The difference is $55,330, which is 97.3% 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 $38,090 to the 75th at $81,710, covers $43,620.

The mean annual wage is $63,700, which sits above the median of $56,890. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median is 22.7% lower than the national median of $73,620 for Media and Communication Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $51,191, which is 30.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.2% higher than the Washington median of $52,590.

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 $56,890 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Media and Communication Workers, All Other at $51,191 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 annual median for Media and Communication 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

Media and Communication Workers, All Other accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (190 of 2,086,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (19,590 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.72 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Media and Communication 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 Media and Communication Workers, All Other make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Media and Communication Workers, All Other in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $56,890. The 10th percentile is $38,040 and the 90th percentile is $93,370. Employment is 190.

How does that compare with the national median for Media and Communication Workers, All Other?

The local median is 22.7% lower than the national median of $73,620.

What is Media and Communication 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 $56,890 is $51,191. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.