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Musicians and Singers pay in Waterbury-Shelton, CT and Winston-Salem, NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Musicians and Singers is $85.80 per hour in Waterbury-Shelton, CT. It is $58.88 per hour in Winston-Salem, NC. Waterbury-Shelton, CT is 45.7% above Winston-Salem, NC 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 30 wage and salary jobs in Waterbury-Shelton, CT and 70 in Winston-Salem, NC. 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