This graph displays the occupations with the highest differences in mean hourly wages between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. While actors in metro areas received an hourly wage close to 30 U.S. dollars per hour, their colleagues in nonmetropolitan areas only earned 13.81 U.S. dollars on average.
Occupations with the highest differences in mean hourly wage between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in May 2009
(in U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Mean hourly wage, metropolitan areas
Mean hourly wage, nonmetropolitan areas
Actors
29.52
13.81
Broadcast news analysts
34.27
17.38
Producers and directors
42.31
23.02
Radio and television announcers
21.98
12.17
Film and video editors
30.99
17.95
Reporters and correspondents
22.21
13.23
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
43.71
26.49
Writers and authors
31.84
19.63
Advertising and promotions managers
47.96
30.22
Art directors
44.52
28.08
Multi-media artists and animators
30.34
19.18
Artists and related workers, all other
28.69
18.14
Lawyers
63.15
40.32
Economists
47.09
30.27
Historians
28.45
18.79
Editors
28.72
19.34
Advertising sales agents
26.42
17.8
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers
27.91
18.82
Financial managers
56.19
37.98
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture
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US Department of Labor, & Bureau of Labor Statistics. (October 31, 2009). Occupations with the highest differences in mean hourly wage between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in May 2009 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184657/differences-in-mean-hourly-wages-in-metropolitan-and-nonmetropolitan-areas/
US Department of Labor, und Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Occupations with the highest differences in mean hourly wage between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in May 2009 (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. October 31, 2009. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184657/differences-in-mean-hourly-wages-in-metropolitan-and-nonmetropolitan-areas/
US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2009). Occupations with the highest differences in mean hourly wage between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in May 2009 (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184657/differences-in-mean-hourly-wages-in-metropolitan-and-nonmetropolitan-areas/
US Department of Labor, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Occupations with The Highest Differences in Mean Hourly Wage between Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas in May 2009 (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2009, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184657/differences-in-mean-hourly-wages-in-metropolitan-and-nonmetropolitan-areas/
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