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Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance pay in California and Georgia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance is $140,870 per year in California. It is $143,230 per year in Georgia. California is 1.6% below Georgia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-5091 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 830 wage and salary jobs in California and 200 in Georgia. 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