Median pay · the United States
$29/hrBLS publishes only an hourly wage for this occupation.Jobs counted55,000Wage and salary jobs
| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile1 in 10 earn less | Not published | $17 |
| 25th percentile | Not published | $20 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | Not published | $29 |
| 75th percentile | Not published | $98 |
| 90th percentile1 in 10 earn more | Not published | $144 |
| MeanAll pay divided by all jobs | Not published | $58 |
Wage survey · BLS May 2025
How we got this
- Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$29.05
- Jobs countedWage and salary jobs; the self-employed are not surveyed.55,000
What we assumed
- Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
- OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
- BLS publishes only an hourly wage for this occupation, so no annual figure and no take-home is shown. Multiplying by 2,080 hours would invent a year BLS declined to assume.
Technical details
Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1
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Actors pay in the United States, answered
What is the hourly pay for actors?
The median hourly wage for actors in the United States is $29.05, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics survey for May 2025.
BLS publishes no annual figure for this occupation, because the hours worked in a year vary too much for one to mean anything.
How many actors are there in the United States?
The survey counted 55,000 of these jobs in the United States for May 2025.
It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.