Musicians and Singers Wages

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Occupational Employment and Wages for Musician

Latest report – Occupational Employment and Wages
27-2042 Musicians and Singers

Play one or more musical instruments or entertain by singing songs in recital, in accompaniment, or as a member of an orchestra, band, or other musical group. Musical performers may entertain on-stage, radio, TV, film, video, or record in studios. Exclude “Dancers” (27-2031).

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
State profile for this occupation
Metropolitan area profile for this occupation

The simplfied report is dated 2009 the latest report from BLS.gov. You can go to the government site to view the whole report.

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Musician:

Hourly Wage from – $8.04 $12.64 $22.36 $37.09 $58.90

Industry profile for this occupation:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage:

Performing Arts Companies from $31.37 (4)
Religious Organizations $20.92 (4)
Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers $36.00 (4)
Amusement Parks and Arcades $23.25 (4)
Elementary and Secondary Schools $21.38 (4)

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Employment Services (8) $49.28 (4)
Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events (8) $36.12 (4)
Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers 1,570 $36.00 (4)
Motion Picture and Video Industries 190 $34.98 (4)
Local Government (OES Designation) 200 $33.11 (4)

State profile for this occupation:
States with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all States with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Employment per thousand workers

Hawaii $31.93 (4) 1.133
New York $33.40 (4) 0.969
Nevada $22.00 (4) 0.628
California $35.02 (4) 0.612

Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Employment per thousand workers

California $35.02
Arizona $34.68
West Virginia $34.11
New York $33.40
Connecticut $33.27

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation:
Metropolitan areas with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all Metropolitan areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Employment per thousand workers
Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 1,690 $41.47 (4) 2.354
Corvallis, OR 50 (8) (4) 1.582
Binghamton, NY 170 $25.78 (4) 1.578
Eugene-Springfield, OR 210 $34.26 (4) 1.507
Naples-Marco Island, FL 160 $20.25 (4) 1.365

Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Employment per thousand workers
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 90 $60.03 (4) 0.528
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 900 $46.72 (4) 0.916
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 450 $45.28 (4) 0.452
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 110 $41.84 (4) 0.380
Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 1,690 $41.47 (4) 2.354

About May 2009 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. The top five employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.

Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate–50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.

(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a “year-round, full-time” hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(4) Wages for some occupations that do not generally work year-round, full time, are reported either as hourly wages or annual salaries depending on how they are typically paid.

(8) Estimate not released.

This report Source: http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes272042.htm