Employment Percentage
31.55746284
SOC ID
27-1013
SOC Title
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
ONET ID
27-1013.00
ONET Concat ID
27101300
Median Salary
33683.91
EMSI Interest Area Term
Ed Level High School
27.33
Ed Level Certificate
0.26
Ed Level Some College
37.029999
Ed Level Associates
0
Ed Level Bachelors
35.119999
Ed Level Masters
0.26
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
some college
Career Description
Create original artwork using any of a wide variety of media and techniques.
Core Tasks
- Use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.
- Integrate and develop visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective, to produce desired effects, such as the illustration of ideas, emotions, or moods.
- Confer with clients, editors, writers, art directors, and other interested parties regarding the nature and content of artwork to be produced.
- Maintain portfolios of artistic work to demonstrate styles, interests, and abilities.
- Study different techniques to learn how to apply them to artistic endeavors.
- Market artwork through brochures, mailings, or Web sites.
- Monitor events, trends, and other circumstances, research specific subject areas, attend art exhibitions, and read art publications to develop ideas and keep current on art world activities.
- Photograph objects, places, or scenes for reference material.
Start Annual Earnings
10289.18
Top Annual Earnings
109707.14
EMSI Career Title Slug
fine-artists-including-painter-sculptor-and-illustrator