State comparison · 2025
Artists and Related Workers, All Other salary: Pennsylvania vs Virginia
Artists and Related Workers, All Other in Virginia earn a median of $111,530. In Pennsylvania, $86,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.9% — not 22.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.7%
Pennsylvania vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-19.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Artists and Related Workers, All Other
- Median
- $86,260
- p25
- $49,960
- p75
- $122,930
- p10
- $43,460
- p90
- $147,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.