Best Cities for Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Others

Cities ranked by purchasing power — where entertainment attendants and related workers, all others get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.

How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.

#	Location	Score	Raw Salary	Adjusted Salary	Rent/Income
1	New YorkState	1.70	$62,530	$55,582	35%
2	MissouriState	1.61	$46,450	$52,427	27%
3	NevadaState	1.48	$48,440	$48,343	36%
4	ColoradoState	1.33	$45,920	$43,567	48%
5	MichiganState	1.33	$40,140	$43,489	33%
6	AlabamaState	1.30	$37,000	$42,480	31%
7	LouisianaState	1.24	$36,370	$40,366	35%
8	UtahState	1.22	$40,030	$39,950	45%
9	North CarolinaState	1.21	$37,240	$39,449	42%
10	HawaiiState	1.20	$42,960	$39,055	67%
11	IowaState	1.15	$33,370	$37,410	34%
12	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAMetro	1.15	$43,620	$37,442	62%
13	PennsylvaniaState	1.10	$34,820	$35,897	45%
14	CaliforniaState	1.09	$39,490	$35,673	69%
15	Pittsburgh, PAMetro	1.07	$32,160	$34,768	44%
16	New JerseyState	1.06	$37,690	$34,642	57%
17	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDMetro	1.04	$35,120	$33,932	55%
18	MinnesotaState	1.01	$32,150	$32,806	48%
19	OregonState	1.00	$33,510	$32,534	57%
20	TennesseeState	1.00	$29,890	$32,667	50%
21	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WIMetro	0.99	$32,150	$32,312	55%
22	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FLMetro	0.97	$31,170	$31,645	66%
23	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MDMetro	0.96	$33,190	$31,371	61%
24	MarylandState	0.93	$33,190	$30,394	61%
25	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TNMetro	0.91	$28,620	$29,751	65%
26	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FLMetro	0.90	$31,930	$29,429	77%
27	FloridaState	0.89	$29,480	$29,044	70%
28	MontanaState	0.85	$26,660	$27,656	51%
29	OhioState	0.83	$24,350	$26,936	51%
30	TexasState	0.83	$25,980	$27,176	64%
31	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXMetro	0.82	$25,980	$26,728	73%
32	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAMetro	0.81	$25,460	$26,302	76%
33	GeorgiaState	0.78	$23,750	$25,428	71%

Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).