State comparison · 2025
Artists and Related Workers, All Other salary: New Jersey vs Virginia
Artists and Related Workers, All Other in Virginia earn a median of $111,530. In New Jersey, $85,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.8% — not 23.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.3%
New Jersey vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-28.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Artists and Related Workers, All Other
- Median
- $85,500
- p25
- $50,810
- p75
- $98,460
- p10
- $42,060
- p90
- $152,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
Virginia
Artists and Related Workers, All Other
- Median
- $111,530
- p25
- $85,030
- p75
- $132,080
- p10
- $51,520
- p90
- $148,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.