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Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes pay in Arizona and Arkansas
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes is $60,340 per year in Arizona. It is $78,560 per year in Arkansas. Arizona is 23.2% below Arkansas on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-1011 and the same annual 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 160 wage and salary jobs in Arizona and 30 in Arkansas. 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.