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Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes

May 2005 employment and annual earnings distribution, wage and salary workers

Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes: Represent and promote artists, performers, and athletes to prospective employers. May handle contract negotiation and other business matters for clients.

May 2005 employment and annual earnings distribution, wage and salary workers

National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Earnings

Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes
 Percentile annual earnings, $
10th25th50th75th90th
National
U.S.
employment: 10,640
mean earnings: $70,060
25,840 33,990 53,800 87,630>$145K
State and Metro Area
Arizona (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 300
mean earnings: $58,500
32,060 38,030 57,800 67,820 92,460
Phoenix - Mesa - Scottsdale, AZ
employment: 270
mean earnings: $59,670
32,630 39,260 59,100 68,650 94,940
Tucson, AZ
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $48,250
26,560 30,090 37,690 49,110 66,110
California (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 3,370
mean earnings: $81,710
28,730 34,480 56,400101,600>145K
Los Angeles - Long Beach - Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 2,610
mean earnings: $86,550
29,810 35,840 60,330124,130>145K
Sacramento - - Arden - Arcade - - Roseville, CA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $71,430
26,180 30,100 34,780 87,400>145K
San Diego - Carlsbad - San Marcos, CA
employment: 100
mean earnings: $68,850
25,000 30,170 51,570 71,090>145K
San Francisco - San Mateo - Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 140
mean earnings: $62,540
21,680 26,170 39,350 73,100142,750
San Jose - Sunnyvale - Santa Clara, CA
employment: 30
mean earnings: $44,070
22,680 26,070 32,180 55,450 85,480
Santa Ana - Anaheim - Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 180
mean earnings: $64,770
24,650 32,630 54,640 84,950117,590
Colorado (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 100
mean earnings: $62,490
26,580 36,430 56,990 96,910112,190
Colorado Springs, CO
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $84,350
25,830 45,030101,250109,840114,990
Denver - Aurora, CO
employment: 60
mean earnings: $54,500
29,470 35,450 51,320 64,460 72,700
Connecticut (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 50
mean earnings: $98,750
25,730 42,110 87,330>145K>145K
Bridgeport - Stamford - Norwalk, CT
employment: 30
mean earnings: $101,120
24,920 28,590 89,690>145K>145K
District of Columbia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $76,920
41,660 50,980 76,010 92,880128,260
Washington - Arlington - Alexandria, DC - VA - MD - WV Metropolitan Division
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $51,420
16,670 21,120 43,050 63,650 97,190
Florida (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 430
mean earnings: $61,910
26,640 35,710 49,670 66,350129,370
Fort Lauderdale - Pompano Beach - Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division
employment: 60
mean earnings: $63,390
25,860 28,430 35,450103,610120,410
Miami - Miami Beach - Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 70
mean earnings: $72,690
26,880 35,810 48,140 84,290>145K
Orlando - Kissimmee, FL
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $62,090
33,660 46,600 51,060 55,600132,480
Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL
employment: 60
mean earnings: $49,230
23,360 30,070 44,770 59,500 86,300
West Palm Beach - Boca Raton - Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division
employment: 30
mean earnings: $71,110
27,420 33,330 52,520 65,680>145K
Georgia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 100
mean earnings: $54,570
24,240 31,450 45,440 59,030109,960
Atlanta - Sandy Springs - Marietta, GA
employment: 90
mean earnings: $56,620
23,820 35,900 48,290 64,940108,900
Hawaii (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 50
mean earnings: $47,810
30,550 35,140 45,070 59,440 68,960
Illinois (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 540
mean earnings: $76,240
27,290 37,420 45,060 94,670>145K
Chicago - Naperville - Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division
employment: 320
mean earnings: $74,360
25,670 31,520 50,240 89,250>145K
Lake County - Kenosha County, IL - WI Metropolitan Division
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $43,040
36,870 38,330 40,760 43,190 44,650
Indiana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 230
mean earnings: $43,080
12,910 14,860 33,740 57,110 77,930
Indianapolis - Carmel, IN
employment: 180
mean earnings: $42,460
12,680 14,280 33,260 57,290 72,520
Kansas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $27,170
23,190 24,250 26,050 27,850 30,370
Wichita, KS
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $25,740
23,530 24,420 25,910 27,390 28,280
Kentucky (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 30
mean earnings: $33,210
13,890 20,430 23,970 38,780 50,150
Louisiana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $28,110
19,260 20,250 21,880 24,100 46,020
New Orleans - Metairie - Kenner, LA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $25,660
19,190 20,050 21,480 22,910 30,690
Maryland (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 40
mean earnings: $32,800
16,980 20,320 30,170 38,710 58,930
Michigan (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 150
mean earnings: $56,500
21,020 32,150 42,970 67,450108,390
Ann Arbor, MI
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $53,720
38,690 42,300 48,340 54,060 57,480
Detroit - Livonia - Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $70,640
22,210 29,960 45,130 96,990>145K
Kalamazoo - Portage, MI
employment: 30
mean earnings: n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
Warren - Troy - Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $48,380
29,370 33,510 41,510 63,750 73,150
Minnesota (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 90
mean earnings: $57,270
24,020 29,170 39,350 66,960121,240
Minneapolis - St. Paul - Bloomington, MN - WI
employment: 90
mean earnings: $56,820
23,880 28,850 39,020 65,640120,780
Mississippi (ACS) (EAG)
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $29,190
18,520 21,100 32,500 36,070 38,020
Missouri (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 260
mean earnings: $47,850
20,850 28,240 44,110 62,000 80,840
Kansas City, MO - KS
employment: 50
mean earnings: $34,480
23,020 25,080 28,490 38,450 63,970
St. Louis, MO - IL
employment: 170
mean earnings: $55,780
27,340 38,850 52,710 69,910 88,360
Nevada (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 50
mean earnings: $65,790
31,980 39,730 65,340 92,210112,170
Las Vegas - Paradise, NV
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $70,780
33,650 41,980 73,710 94,910112,550
New Jersey (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 150
mean earnings: $84,770
38,260 50,200 74,490118,320>145K
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division
employment: 70
mean earnings: $83,060
36,430 43,850 74,740118,560143,250
Newark - Union, NJ - PA Metropolitan Division
employment: 30
mean earnings: $84,870
48,330 54,760 73,200122,060142,790
New York (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,730
mean earnings: $87,430
44,360 61,060 81,960104,220139,280
Nassau - Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division
employment: 50
mean earnings: $93,130
47,320 56,890 72,610114,290>145K
New York - White Plains - Wayne, NY - NJ Metropolitan Division
employment: 1,650
mean earnings: $87,510
44,780 61,680 82,510104,030135,940
North Carolina (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 110
mean earnings: $50,810
26,580 31,340 45,550 63,560 70,680
Charlotte - Gastonia - Concord, NC - SC
employment: 80
mean earnings: $49,950
26,910 30,690 49,810 64,270 69,740
Ohio (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 330
mean earnings: $82,740
19,110 30,420 50,170112,650>145K
Cincinnati - Middletown, OH - KY - IN
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 30
mean earnings: $44,520
19,810 31,230 34,930 43,730 86,020
Cleveland - Elyria - Mentor, OH
employment: 160
mean earnings: $61,710
29,010 31,800 50,730 98,680109,020
Dayton, OH
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $28,490
19,950 22,450 30,300 32,950 34,530
Oklahoma (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 30
mean earnings: $42,280
23,900 25,830 28,870 35,710 80,890
Tulsa, OK
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $32,280
24,430 25,900 28,340 33,660 39,350
Oregon (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 50
mean earnings: $44,500
27,490 32,920 39,180 44,740 67,780
Portland - Vancouver - Beaverton, OR - WA
employment: 50
mean earnings: $44,500
27,490 32,920 39,180 44,740 67,780
Pennsylvania (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 120
mean earnings: $54,110
21,820 35,410 45,420 67,140 88,530
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 70
mean earnings: $58,890
34,990 40,480 57,620 69,930 94,240
Pittsburgh, PA
employment: 40
mean earnings: $44,480
19,170 21,650 41,100 54,470 76,660
South Carolina (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 30
mean earnings: $33,450
16,180 20,060 26,620 34,620 67,390
Tennessee (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 540
mean earnings: $64,730
24,540 31,900 55,700 81,540 98,240
Nashville - Davidson - - Murfreesboro, TN
employment: 500
mean earnings: $64,830
25,060 31,970 54,620 82,380 97,980
Texas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 240
mean earnings: $46,570
16,110 21,380 36,650 55,790 85,950
Dallas - Plano - Irving, TX Metropolitan Division
employment: 60
mean earnings: $38,000
16,800 24,700 30,060 51,390 67,410
Fort Worth - Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division
employment: 30
mean earnings: $59,760
23,950 26,330 42,780 58,550144,250
Houston - Sugar Land - Baytown, TX
employment: 100
mean earnings: n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
Vermont (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 60
mean earnings: $50,060
27,600 33,000 41,850 57,750 74,400
Virginia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $40,840
13,300 16,710 31,880 50,990 80,710
Washington (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 50
mean earnings: $57,270
32,280 40,420 62,030 72,050 81,610
Seattle - Bellevue - Everett, WA Metropolitan Division
employment: 50
mean earnings: $57,270
32,390 39,940 63,300 72,480 80,250
Wisconsin (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 120
mean earnings: $32,300
18,940 20,740 25,310 40,170 55,440
Milwaukee - Waukesha - West Allis, WI
employment: 40
mean earnings: $41,400
24,180 31,870 38,840 43,900 62,100

source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program; about these estimates

The highlighted text indicates the maximum values in each column among the states and metropolitan areas.

The (ACS) links lead to data from the American Community Survey from the Census Bureau.

The (EAG) links lead to U.S. Economy at a Glance data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.