State comparison · 2025
Artists and Related Workers, All Other salary: Texas vs Virginia
Artists and Related Workers, All Other in Virginia earn a median of $111,530. In Texas, $64,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.2% — not 42.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.6%
Texas vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-40.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Artists and Related Workers, All Other
- Median
- $64,060
- p25
- $37,040
- p75
- $80,830
- p10
- $23,800
- p90
- $125,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.