Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $77K, rent takes 23.4% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,188/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes typically earn — is $52K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $3,109/month. At HUD’s $1,188/month FMR, rent would take 38% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $77K locally vs. $83K nationally, a 7% difference.

Ohio pays $77K median vs. the U.S. average of $83K — that’s -7%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 91.45), the purchasing-power equivalent is $84K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $76,790 a year, that works out to about $37 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $51,820, and experienced agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes can clear $190,540. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,082/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,188/month, which eats 23.4% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Ohio has a Regional Price Parity of 91.45 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes salary is worth about $83,969 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.