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Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes pay in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO and San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes is $123,950 per year in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. It is $98,930 per year in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 25.3% above San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO and 160 in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, 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.