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Media and Communication Workers, All Other — wages and employment

Media and Communication Workers, All Other earned a median annual wage of $71,770 in the United States in May 2024, with 23,590 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $71,770SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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Media and Communication Workers, All Other earned a median annual wage of $71,770 in the United States in May 2024, with 23,590 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $38,530 or less, the best-paid tenth $148,070 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $61,900 to $71,770, +15.9 %. The best-paying state is California at $97,590; the lowest Idaho at $21,450. Among metropolitan areas, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA pays the highest median, $118,290. Wages are as published by BLS for May of each year; '≥ $239,200' is BLS's top code. Every value links to its fact record.

United States, year by year

Annual wages at the median, mean and four percentiles; employment is the May estimate.

By state

Median annual wage, May 2024, highest first. Each state has its own record with the full series.

StateMedian annualEmployment
California$97,59012,030
District of Columbia$77,870120
New York$77,300890
New Jersey$71,110500
Minnesota$68,040170
Pennsylvania$66,560460
Wisconsin$66,04060
Florida$64,280—
Connecticut$64,210110
Georgia$61,300840
Massachusetts$57,020—
Missouri$55,200150
Hawaii$53,90090
Maine$53,19040
Colorado$52,780250
Texas$50,370470
Kansas$50,22030
Oregon$50,060150
Maryland$49,500560
Washington$49,300330
Louisiana$48,480870
North Carolina$48,450170
Virginia$48,320160
Tennessee$47,840—
Iowa$47,31080
Mississippi$47,09060
Illinois$46,700110
Nevada$46,460150
New Mexico$45,86040
Ohio$43,250110
Utah$39,260150
Vermont$38,89080
Michigan$37,49040
Kentucky$35,38040
Indiana$34,60050
South Carolina$33,90040
Montana$33,43070
Idaho$21,45060

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

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