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Producers and Directors pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Producers and Directors is $131,600 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $79,590 per year in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 65.3% above Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 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 21,910 wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 1,830 in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. 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.