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Artists and Related Workers, All Other pay in Maryland and New Jersey
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Artists and Related Workers, All Other is $128,610 per year in Maryland. It is $85,500 per year in New Jersey. Maryland is 50.4% above New Jersey on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-1019 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 470 wage and salary jobs in Maryland and Not published in New Jersey. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings