New York · BLS May 2025

How much do dancers make in New York?

Dancers in New York earn a median of $26.32 an hour, from the BLS occupational wage survey for May 2025. BLS publishes no annual figure because hours in a year vary too much for one to mean anything.

Median pay · New York

$26/hrBLS publishes only an hourly wage for this occupation.
Jobs counted1,170Concentration 2.32 against 1.00
What dancers earn in New York, May 2025
PercentileAnnualHourly
10th percentile1 in 10 earn lessNot published$16
25th percentileNot published$17
MedianHalf earn more, half lessNot published$26
75th percentileNot published$52
90th percentile1 in 10 earn moreNot published$75
MeanAll pay divided by all jobsNot published$36

Wage survey · BLS May 2025

How we got this
  1. Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$26.32
  2. Jobs countedA concentration of 2.32 against the nation's 1.00.1,170
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

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Reading the numbers

What stands out for dancers in New York

Dancers hold 2.3 times the share of jobs in New York that they hold nationally, with 1,170 counted.

Common questions

Dancers pay in New York, answered

What is the hourly pay for dancers in New York?

The median hourly wage for dancers in New York is $26.32, 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 dancers are there in New York?

The survey counted 1,170 of these jobs in New York for May 2025.

That makes the occupation 132% more concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.

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