Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators Salary in the US
A fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators earns a national median of $55,490 a year (mean $73,150) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #486 of 825.
How much does a fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators earn in the US?
A fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators in the United States earns a median of $55,490 a year (mean $73,150), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 9% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 11,220 people work in this occupation (SOC 27-1013), ranked #486 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$55,490
per year
Mean
$73,150
per year
Employment
11,220
US workers
National rank
#486
of 825 by median
What a fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators (SOC 27-1013) earns a median annual wage of $55,490 and a mean (average) of $73,150. The median is the midpoint — half of fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators earn more and half earn less — and is 9% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators is $55,490, and the mean (average) is $73,150. The median is the midpoint — half of fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators earn more and half earn less.
- How does fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators pay compare to the US average?
- At $55,490, a fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators earns 9% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 11,220 fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators employed nationally (SOC 27-1013), across all industries.
- Where does this fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 27-1013. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 27-1013 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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