Wisconsin · SOC 27-0000 · Annual, 2025
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations in Wisconsin
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 27-0000 in Wisconsin, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 33,100 people in Wisconsin worked in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations (SOC 27-0000), with an average annual wage of $65,060.
Employment in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations in Wisconsin grew 19.7% from 2020 to 2025. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Wisconsin are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 33,100Employment, 2025
- $65,060Mean annual wage
- 1.1%Share of Wisconsin jobs
- 0.85Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 34,900; 2005 35,100; 2006 35,300; 2007 35,400; 2008 35,200; 2009 32,900; 2010 32,500; 2011 32,500; 2012 32,500; 2013 32,800; 2014 33,100; 2015 33,500; 2016 33,800; 2017 32,800; 2018 32,100; 2019 31,600; 2020 27,600; 2021 28,800; 2022 30,600; 2023 32,100; 2024 33,400; 2025 33,100.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33,074 | $65,056 | 1.1% |
| 2024 | 33,431 | $62,105 | 4.2% |
| 2023 | 32,086 | $59,942 | 4.7% |
| 2022 | 30,643 | $58,439 | 6.5% |
| 2021 | 28,776 | $56,191 | 4.1% |
| 2020 | 27,635 | $52,667 | 12.5% |
| 2019 | 31,595 | $48,708 | 1.7% |
| 2018 | 32,129 | $47,139 | 1.9% |
| 2017 | 32,758 | $45,612 | 3.1% |
| 2016 | 33,811 | $45,525 | 1.0% |
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 Wisconsin, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations in Wisconsin. 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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