State comparison · 2025
Agents and Business Managers of Artists salary: Arizona vs California
Agents and Business Managers of Artists in California earn a median of $98,110. In Arizona, $60,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.4% — not 38.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.5%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-32.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Agents and Business Managers of Artists
- Median
- $60,340
- p25
- $40,140
- p75
- $64,380
- p10
- $40,140
- p90
- $94,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
California
Agents and Business Managers of Artists
- Median
- $98,110
- p25
- $76,010
- p75
- $163,570
- p10
- $73,530
- p90
- $298,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +14%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.