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Dancers & Choreographers

SOC 27-2031

Perform and create dance for stage, screen, and live events.

The job
Median pay
$52k
$36k to $80k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+2.2% projected
Openings a year
2k
BLS projection
Typical education
No formal credential
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
7/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
7th pct
More exposed than 7% of occupations · modeled estimate · 29th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
47/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California1,8700.12.0×$45k
New York1,1700.12.3×$55k
Hawaii4800.814.6×$51k
Missouri4400.12.9×$47k
Nevada4300.35.3×$81k
Pennsylvania2660.00.8×$47k~
Illinois2580.00.8×$52k~
North Carolina2430.00.9×$46k~
Ohio2430.00.8×$43k~
Georgia2290.00.9×$50k~
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Florida2100.00.4×$43k
Virginia2100.11.0×$51k~
Wisconsin2000.11.3×$47k~
Massachusetts1950.11.0×$63k~
New Jersey1930.00.9×$61k~
Texas1900.00.3×$73k
Washington1850.11.0×$53k~
Utah1800.12.0×$55k
Colorado1630.11.1×$54k~
Arizona1600.00.9×$47k~
Minnesota1600.11.0×$35k
Tennessee1500.00.9×$41k~
Indiana1400.00.8×$51k
Michigan1400.00.6×$46k~
Washington DC1350.23.7×$84k~
Maryland1290.00.9×$58k~
Connecticut900.11.0×$56k~
South Carolina830.00.7×$42k~
Iowa740.00.9×$42k~
Louisiana740.00.7×$41k~
Alabama720.00.7×$40k~
Kentucky710.00.7×$40k~
Oregon700.00.7×$64k
Kansas640.00.8×$50k~
Oklahoma630.00.7×$42k~
Arkansas460.00.7×$36k~
Nebraska430.00.8×$42k~
Idaho370.00.8×$40k~
Mississippi360.00.6×$36k~
Montana320.11.2×$42k~
Maine310.00.9×$44k~
New Mexico300.00.7×$44k~
Rhode Island300.11.1×$54k~
New Hampshire280.00.8×$49k~
North Dakota200.00.9×$40k~
West Virginia200.00.6×$38k~
South Dakota190.00.8×$38k~
Vermont190.11.2×$51k~
Delaware160.00.6×$49k~
Alaska130.00.8×$44k~
Wyoming100.00.7×$41k~

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ980 jobs · $55k median
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA660 jobs · $42k median
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA400 jobs · $63k median
  4. Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV370 jobs · $81k median
  5. Urban Honolulu, HI340 jobs · $51k median
  6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV190 jobs
  7. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA170 jobs · $47k median
  8. Kansas City, MO-KS150 jobs · $42k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.