District of Columbia · SOC 27-0000 · Annual, 2025
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations in the District of Columbia
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 27-0000 in the District of Columbia, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 28,800 people in the District of Columbia worked in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations (SOC 27-0000), with an average annual wage of $136,240.
Employment in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations in the District of Columbia declined 7.4% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is 2.9× as concentrated in the District of Columbia as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 2.92). Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for the District of Columbia are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 28,800Employment, 2025
- $136,240Mean annual wage
- 3.9%Share of District of Columbia jobs
- 2.92Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 29,200; 2005 29,400; 2006 29,600; 2007 30,300; 2008 30,500; 2009 29,900; 2010 30,100; 2011 30,700; 2012 31,100; 2013 31,100; 2014 31,400; 2015 32,000; 2016 32,600; 2017 31,700; 2018 32,100; 2019 32,300; 2020 31,100; 2021 29,800; 2022 31,000; 2023 30,700; 2024 29,800; 2025 28,800.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28,772 | $136,239 | 3.6% |
| 2024 | 29,835 | $128,049 | 2.9% |
| 2023 | 30,734 | $121,860 | 0.8% |
| 2022 | 30,980 | $117,510 | 4.0% |
| 2021 | 29,796 | $116,801 | 4.1% |
| 2020 | 31,070 | $110,075 | 3.7% |
| 2019 | 32,250 | $105,680 | 0.4% |
| 2018 | 32,113 | $103,134 | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 31,743 | $99,355 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 32,624 | $94,873 | 2.0% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations in District of Columbia, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations in District of Columbia. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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