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Producers and Directors pay in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Producers and Directors is $56,640 per year in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. It is $131,600 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Cape Girardeau, MO-IL is 57.0% below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-2012 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL and 21,910 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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