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Musicians and Singers pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV and Waterbury-Shelton, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Musicians and Singers is $64.25 per hour in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. It is $85.80 per hour in Waterbury-Shelton, CT. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is 25.1% below Waterbury-Shelton, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-2042 and the same hourly 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 410 wage and salary jobs in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV and 30 in Waterbury-Shelton, CT. 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.