Two Million Artists
From Health Care Fine Arts:
The Arts and the Armed Forces each employee 2 million people in the US!
Other interesting numbers:
- Between 1970 and 1990 the number of artists doubled in the United States
- Women outnumber men only among dancers, designers and writers
- The only kinds of artists declining in numbers are fine artists, art directors and animators
- About 1 in 3 artists are self-employed
- More Americans identify their primary occupation as artist than as lawyer, doctor or police officer
- Median income for artists was $42,000 for men and $27,300 for women
- Artists are twice as likely as the overall labor force to have graduated from college
The definition of artists is rather broad (see the graphic to the left).
This was from a new report “Artists in the Workforce” just published the the National Endowment for the Arts. You can download a free PDF of the 150 page report by clicking here.
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