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Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

SOC 27-1013 · 2024-2034

Create original artwork using any of a wide variety of media and techniques.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$59,870per year
Projected openings
6,030
Projected change
+6.3%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Active Learning
  2. Critical Thinking
  3. Active Listening
  4. Speaking
  5. Reading Comprehension
  6. Judgment and Decision Making

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$144,4783,080
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$116,226320
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$74,513220
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$70,397200
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)Not reported20
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)Not reported40

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Special Effects Artists and Animators$134,19417,760+7%
Graphic Designers$77,23324,970+1.2%
Art Directors$141,63730,370+5.5%
Set and Exhibit Designers$107,9705,810+4.2%
Etchers and Engravers$47,541970-9.1%
Photographers$49,17921,270+6.4%