Sport Agent: what the job is, what it pays, and how to get hired.
The work, the skills that matter, the tools in demand and the pay range, from U.S. government data, plus every TryHired page for the role.
10% of sport agents earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $48,010
- Hourly
- $23.08
- Source
- BLS May 2025
25% of sport agents earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $63,670
- Hourly
- $30.61
- Source
- BLS May 2025
Half of sport agents earn more than this and half earn less.
- Annual
- $82,890
- Hourly
- $39.85
- Source
- BLS May 2025
75% of sport agents earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $146,430
- Hourly
- $70.40
- Source
- BLS May 2025
90% of sport agents earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $284,570
- Hourly
- $136.81
- Source
- BLS May 2025
Sport Agents represent and promote artists, performers, and athletes in dealings with current or prospective employers. The median pay is $82,890 a year ($39.85 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is a bachelor's degree (41% of workers surveyed by O*NET).
- Median pay
- $82,890
- BLS May 2025
- Employed in the U.S.
- 12,620
- BLS May 2025
- Preparation
- Job Zone 4 of 5
- considerable preparation
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree
- 41% of workers
Data Government data groups this job as Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes (O*NET-SOC 13-1011.00). Figures on this page are for that occupation.
Sport Agents at a glance
Workers in the BLS occupation “Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes” in the United States earned a median annual wage of $82,890 in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025
In its 2025–35 employment projections, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical entry-level education for workers in the BLS occupation “Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes” in the United States.
Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35
BLS projects employment of workers in the BLS occupation “Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes” in the United States to grow 9.7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 2,400 openings a year on average, including replacement openings.
Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35
BLS estimated that 12,620 people were employed in the BLS occupation “Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes” in the United States in May 2025, not counting the self-employed.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025
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What sport agents do day to day
Data Core tasks rated most important by workers in the role (O*NET).
- Collect fees, commissions, or other payments, according to contract terms.
- Send samples of clients' work and other promotional material to potential employers to obtain auditions, sponsorships, or endorsement deals.
- Keep informed of industry trends and deals.
- Conduct auditions or interviews to evaluate potential clients.
- Negotiate with managers, promoters, union officials, and other persons regarding clients' contractual rights and obligations.
- Confer with clients to develop strategies for their careers, and to explain actions taken on their behalf.
- Develop contacts with individuals and organizations, and apply effective strategies and techniques to ensure their clients' success.
- Schedule promotional or performance engagements for clients.
Ranked by importance to the job
Data O*NET importance ratings. The first three are core.
Knowledge areas: Customer and Personal Service, Sales and Marketing, English Language, Administration and Management, Fine Arts, Communications and Media.
Software sport agents use
Data Examples reported for the role; employer demand flags from O*NET.
- Adobe PhotoshopGraphics or photo imaging softwareHot technology
- FacebookWeb page creation and editing softwareHot technology
- Avid Technology iNEWSVideo creation and editing software
- LexisNexisInformation retrieval or search software
- LinkedInWeb page creation and editing software
- Salesforce Marketing CloudWeb page creation and editing software
- Statistical analysis softwareAnalytical or scientific software
- Tax planning softwareTax preparation software
- Web server softwareTransaction server software
- Apple macOSOperating system softwareHot technology
- Microsoft ExcelSpreadsheet softwareHot technology
- Microsoft Office softwareOffice suite softwareHot technology
Also called: Agent, Athlete Marketing Agent, Booker, Booking Agent, Entertainment Specialist, Literary Agent.
How this page is built
Tasks, skills, tools, education and related roles come from O*NET 31.0. Pay and employment come from the BLS OEWS May 2025 national estimates. The skill-match score is our calculation: Skill match is the cosine similarity of the two occupations' skill profiles: for each of 35 O*NET skills (10 essential, 25 transferable) we multiply importance by level and subtract the average across all occupations, then compare the direction of the two profiles. 100 means identical shape; 0 means unrelated or opposite (negative values are shown as 0). Only occupations that O*NET itself lists as related are compared.
- How a specific employer defines the job.
- Pay for self-employed workers (OEWS covers employees).
- Your own chances: data describes the occupation, not you.
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. TryHired selected, ranked and combined the data; O*NET is not responsible for these pages.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).
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