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Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance pay in Georgia and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance is $143,230 per year in Georgia. It is $97,150 per year in New York. Georgia is 47.4% above New York 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 200 wage and salary jobs in Georgia and 190 in New York. 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