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Costume Attendants pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Madison, WI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Costume Attendants is $106,810 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $39,190 per year in Madison, WI. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 172.5% above Madison, WI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-3092 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 1,210 wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 40 in Madison, WI. 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