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Actors pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Actors is $65.27 per hour in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. It is $55.29 per hour in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 18.1% above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-2011 and the same hourly wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 570 wage and salary jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and 24,800 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.