{
  "name": "Live Music Statistics — United States",
  "url": "https://liveindex.io/statistics",
  "publisher": "Live Index",
  "license": "Source observations are public domain; Live Index compilation attribution requested",
  "geography": "United States",
  "dataThrough": "2026-08-01",
  "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T15:52:37.438+00:00",
  "assembledAt": "2026-09-24T11:03:38.506Z",
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      "anchor": "https://liveindex.io/statistics#admissions-cpi-level",
      "category": "ticket-prices",
      "categoryLabel": "Ticket and admission prices",
      "label": "Consumer price index for admissions to movies, theaters and concerts",
      "value": 240.311,
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      "unit": "Index (1982–84 = 100)",
      "period": "August 2026",
      "periodStart": "2026-08-01",
      "geography": "United States",
      "definition": "The consumer price index level for the admissions line item covering movies, theaters and concerts combined, seasonally adjusted, on the 1982–84 = 100 base. It is the closest official price measure to a concert ticket and is not concert-specific.",
      "preliminary": false,
      "source": {
        "organization": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
        "program": "Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)",
        "seriesId": "CUSR0000SS62031",
        "url": "https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SS62031",
        "registryId": "bls-cpi-admissions"
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        "id": "stored-as-published",
        "name": "Stored as published",
        "url": "https://liveindex.io/data/national/admissions-price-pressure#method-stored-as-published"
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      "indicator": "https://liveindex.io/data/national/admissions-price-pressure",
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      "id": "admissions-cpi-yoy",
      "anchor": "https://liveindex.io/statistics#admissions-cpi-yoy",
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      "categoryLabel": "Ticket and admission prices",
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      "definition": "The percentage change in the admissions consumer price index against the same month a year earlier, computed from two stored index levels.",
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        "program": "Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)",
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        "url": "https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SS62031",
        "registryId": "bls-cpi-admissions"
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        "id": "year-over-year",
        "name": "Year-over-year change",
        "url": "https://liveindex.io/data/national/admissions-price-pressure#method-year-over-year"
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      "id": "all-items-cpi-yoy",
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      "category": "ticket-prices",
      "categoryLabel": "Ticket and admission prices",
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      "unit": "Percent change from a year earlier",
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      "definition": "The percentage change in the all-items consumer price index for urban consumers against the same month a year earlier. It is the general price level against which admissions inflation is read.",
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        "organization": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
        "program": "Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)",
        "seriesId": "CUSR0000SA0",
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        "registryId": "bls-cpi-all-items"
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      "id": "performing-arts-payroll-employment",
      "anchor": "https://liveindex.io/statistics#performing-arts-payroll-employment",
      "category": "employment-and-pay",
      "categoryLabel": "Employment and pay",
      "label": "Payroll employment at performing arts companies",
      "value": 147.1,
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      "period": "July 2026",
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      "geography": "United States",
      "definition": "Jobs on the payrolls of performing arts companies, NAICS 7111, seasonally adjusted. The survey counts jobs rather than people and excludes the self-employed and contract workers.",
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        "organization": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
        "program": "Current Employment Statistics (CES), national",
        "seriesId": "CES7071110001",
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        "registryId": "bls-ces-performing-arts"
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      "indicator": "https://liveindex.io/data/national/performing-arts-employment",
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      "id": "performing-arts-recovery-ratio",
      "anchor": "https://liveindex.io/statistics#performing-arts-recovery-ratio",
      "category": "employment-and-pay",
      "categoryLabel": "Employment and pay",
      "label": "Performing arts payrolls against February 2020",
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      "geography": "United States",
      "definition": "The latest stored payroll level for performing arts companies as a percentage of the stored level for February 2020, the last full month before the sector's shutdown.",
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        "name": "Recovery ratio against February 2020",
        "url": "https://liveindex.io/data/national/performing-arts-employment#method-recovery-ratio"
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      "anchor": "https://liveindex.io/statistics#promoter-industry-employment",
      "category": "employment-and-pay",
      "categoryLabel": "Employment and pay",
      "label": "Employment at promoters of performing arts, sports and similar events",
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      "period": "May 2025",
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      "geography": "United States",
      "definition": "Estimated employment across all occupations in NAICS 711300, the industry that assembles, promotes and operates live events, for the survey's May reference period.",
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        "organization": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
        "program": "Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), national industry-specific",
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        "url": "https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_711300.htm",
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      "id": "promoter-median-hourly-wage",
      "anchor": "https://liveindex.io/statistics#promoter-median-hourly-wage",
      "category": "employment-and-pay",
      "categoryLabel": "Employment and pay",
      "label": "Median hourly wage, promoters of performing arts and similar events",
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      "periodStart": "2025-05-01",
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      "definition": "The median hourly wage across all occupations in NAICS 711300 for the survey's May reference period. Half of the jobs in the industry pay less than this figure.",
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        "program": "Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), national industry-specific",
        "seriesId": "OEUN000000071130000000008",
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      "id": "promoter-mean-hourly-wage",
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      "category": "employment-and-pay",
      "categoryLabel": "Employment and pay",
      "label": "Mean hourly wage, promoters of performing arts and similar events",
      "value": 28.8,
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      "periodStart": "2025-05-01",
      "geography": "United States",
      "definition": "The mean hourly wage across all occupations in NAICS 711300 for the survey's May reference period. Read against the median, it shows how far higher-paid roles pull the average up.",
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      "id": "promoter-median-annual-wage",
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      "definition": "The median annual wage across all occupations in NAICS 711300 for the survey's May reference period. The annual figure assumes year-round employment, which overstates what seasonal and event-driven roles pay.",
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}