State comparison · 2025
Agents and Business Managers of Artists salary: Arkansas vs California
Agents and Business Managers of Artists in California earn a median of $98,110. In Arkansas, $78,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2% — not 19.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.9%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Agents and Business Managers of Artists
- Median
- $78,560
- p25
- $75,100
- p75
- $157,130
- p10
- $55,040
- p90
- $157,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.