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Whether they are playing live music or having their latest hit song played on the radio, musical groups and artists entertain us each day with music such as rock, jazz, and country. In December 2018, employment share in the musical groups and artists industry in Tennessee and Hawaii was 3.8 times higher than the national share of employment in the industry. In Tennessee, 449 business establishments in this industry employed over 3,000 workers, who earned an average of $7,586 a week.
State |
December 2018 |
December 2018 |
Quarterly |
Average |
---|---|---|---|---|
U.S. total |
1.00 | 38,671 | 5,064 | $3,304 |
Tennessee |
3.79 | 3,006 | 449 | $7,586 |
Hawaii |
3.76 | 658 | 31 | $2,086 |
Oregon |
1.62 | 818 | 99 | $973 |
Nevada |
1.60 | 584 | 96 | $2,406 |
California |
1.45 | 6,634 | 914 | $8,985 |
New Mexico |
1.34 | 290 | 25 | $372 |
Massachusetts |
1.27 | 1,199 | 109 | $2,069 |
Indiana |
1.25 | 1,007 | 67 | $558 |
Connecticut |
1.20 | 532 | 58 | $2,924 |
New York |
1.16 | 2,925 | 593 | $1,624 |
Minnesota |
1.10 | 832 | 91 | $1,013 |
Idaho |
1.09 | 210 | 27 | $413 |
Montana |
1.08 | 132 | 16 | $320 |
Ohio |
1.06 | 1,508 | 95 | $1,019 |
Wisconsin |
1.06 | 802 | 55 | $805 |
South Carolina |
1.03 | 572 | 43 | $532 |
Illinois |
1.02 | 1,609 | 204 | $932 |
Washington |
1.01 | 889 | 85 | $1,291 |
Colorado |
0.98 | 695 | 89 | $1,213 |
Missouri |
0.98 | 723 | 75 | $960 |
New Jersey |
0.91 | 980 | 102 | $7,958 |
Wyoming |
0.91 | 65 | 6 | $273 |
Oklahoma |
0.89 | 380 | 38 | $2,522 |
Pennsylvania |
0.89 | 1,383 | 127 | $1,051 |
Maryland |
0.87 | 613 | 62 | $935 |
Arizona |
0.85 | 650 | 71 | $1,170 |
Vermont |
0.85 | 70 | 11 | $977 |
Iowa |
0.84 | 342 | 26 | $462 |
Virginia |
0.75 | 771 | 88 | $2,934 |
Michigan |
0.68 | 770 | 63 | $3,005 |
Texas |
0.68 | 2,221 | 250 | $1,690 |
Florida |
0.65 | 1,504 | 412 | $2,527 |
Nebraska |
0.64 | 164 | 14 | $683 |
Utah |
0.61 | 241 | 38 | $1,356 |
Alabama |
0.60 | 312 | 49 | $710 |
Georgia |
0.60 | 704 | 132 | $2,324 |
Kentucky |
0.53 | 263 | 39 | $669 |
North Carolina |
0.45 | 520 | 90 | $838 |
Louisiana |
0.39 | 196 | 59 | $1,554 |
Arkansas |
0.35 | 112 | 23 | $669 |
District of Columbia |
0.34 | 69 | 15 | $593 |
North Dakota |
0.22 | 24 | 4 | $677 |
Mississippi |
0.21 | 62 | 21 | $444 |
New Hampshire |
0.19 | 33 | 20 | $8,782 |
Kansas |
0.17 | 61 | 19 | $717 |
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Oregon's share of employment in the musical groups and artists industry in December 2018 was 1.62 times higher than the national share of employment in the industry, followed by Nevada (1.60), and California (1.45). While the concentration of employment in this industry was lower in California than in Oregon and Nevada, California had almost 10 times the number of business establishments (914) as Oregon (99) or Nevada (96). Musical groups and artists in California earned an average weekly wage of $8,985, highest among all states and slightly higher than workers in New Hampshire ($8,782).
Among metropolitan areas in December 2018, employment share in the musical groups and artists industry in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee, was 8.21 times higher than the national share of employment in the industry. In the Nashville area, 374 business establishments in this industry employed 2,122 workers, who earned an average of $8,072 a week. The share of industry employment in Eugene (4.95) and Corvallis, Oregon (3.21), was also over 3 times higher than the national share of employment.
Metropolitan area |
December 2018 |
December 2018 |
Quarterly |
Average |
---|---|---|---|---|
U.S. total |
1.00 | 38,671 | 5,064 | $3,304 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
8.21 | 2,122 | 374 | $8,072 |
Eugene, OR |
4.95 | 204 | 9 | $234 |
Corvallis, OR |
3.21 | 32 | 5 | $201 |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL |
2.94 | 233 | 14 | $578 |
Fort Wayne, IN |
2.81 | 158 | 5 | $545 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
2.63 | 4,233 | 580 | $13,464 |
Santa Fe, NM |
2.59 | 42 | 8 | $1,287 |
Santa Rosa, CA |
2.55 | 141 | 5 | $1,246 |
Albany, OR |
2.40 | 30 | 4 | $42 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
2.24 | 249 | 24 | $499 |
Athens-Clarke County, GA |
1.96 | 46 | 10 | $2,504 |
Urban Honolulu, HI |
1.79 | 226 | 19 | $5,675 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
1.67 | 442 | 83 | $3,076 |
Appleton, WI |
1.59 | 51 | 4 | $418 |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN |
1.54 | 412 | 23 | $859 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1.54 | 983 | 104 | $1,441 |
Colorado Springs, CO |
1.43 | 107 | 8 | $366 |
Madison, WI |
1.40 | 142 | 10 | $600 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
1.39 | 410 | 30 | $1,076 |
Albuquerque, NM |
1.36 | 135 | 10 | $267 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
1.36 | 689 | 53 | $1,010 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
1.30 | 408 | 45 | $1,645 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
1.28 | 208 | 19 | $959 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
1.26 | 149 | 10 | $422 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
1.26 | 343 | 55 | $1,002 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
1.26 | 352 | 15 | $1,324 |
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH |
1.23 | 868 | 84 | $1,518 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
1.21 | 1,448 | 156 | $1,088 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY |
1.14 | 163 | 8 | $769 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
1.13 | 398 | 29 | $944 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
1.07 | 206 | 21 | $1,514 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
1.06 | 2,650 | 530 | $1,749 |
Salem, OR |
1.06 | 49 | 6 | $147 |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA |
1.03 | 148 | 42 | $1,387 |
In December 2018, the share of employment in the musical groups and artists industry in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California, was 2.63 times higher than the national share of employment in the industry. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California, had 580 business establishments in this industry that employed 4,233 workers who earned an average of $13,464 a week.
Location quotients are useful for studying the composition of jobs in an area relative to the rate, or for finding areas that have high concentrations of jobs in certain industries. A location quotient shows the industry’s share of a state or area's employment relative to the national rate. For example, an industry with 6 percent of metropolitan area employment and 2 percent of national employment would have a location quotient in that area of 6/2 = 3. A location quotient greater than 1 means the industry has a higher share of area employment than the national average.
These data are from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. You can get more industry employment data for the nation, states, counties, and metropolitan areas through the data viewer tool.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Tennessee and Hawaii have highest job concentration of musical groups and artists at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2019/tennessee-and-hawaii-have-highest-job-concentration-of-musical-groups-and-artists.htm (visited October 10, 2024).