--- title: "Art Jobs" description: "Careers built on visual and applied art: fine artists, illustrators, designers, animators, conservators and the people who exhibit and sell art. Careers…" canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/art-jobs" last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z" --- # Art Jobs Careers built on visual and applied art: fine artists, illustrators, designers, animators, conservators and the people who exhibit and sell art. Careers centred on this field come first, then the ones that touch it, each group ranked by national median pay from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. Specialty careers, which BLS reports inside a broader occupation, show that occupation’s figures and are labelled on their pages. 48 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry". | # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Chief Marketing Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-marketing-officer) | $166,790 | +6.9% | Bachelor's | | 2 | [Art Director](https://nuecareer.com/careers/art-director) | $114,850 | +4.2% | Bachelor's | | 3 | [Concept Artist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/concept-artist) | $102,030 | -0.3% | Bachelor's | | 4 | [Special Effects Artist and Animator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/special-effects-artist-and-animator) | $102,030 | -0.3% | Bachelor's | | 5 | [Storyboard Artist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/storyboard-artist) | $102,030 | -0.3% | Bachelor's | | 6 | [Commercial and Industrial Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/commercial-and-industrial-designer) | $83,910 | +2.4% | Bachelor's | | 7 | [Art, Drama, and Music Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/art-drama-and-music-teacher-postsecondary) | $78,620 | +2.2% | Master's | | 8 | [Themed Entertainment Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/themed-entertainment-designer) | $75,240 | +1.4% | Bachelor's | | 9 | [Appraiser of Personal and Business Property](https://nuecareer.com/careers/appraiser-of-personal-and-business-property) | $67,960 | +3.5% | Bachelor's | | 10 | [Auction House Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/auction-house-specialist) | $67,960 | +3.5% | Bachelor's | | 11 | [Interior Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/interior-designer) | $67,190 | +2.7% | Bachelor's | | 12 | [Provenance Researcher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/provenance-researcher) | $63,420 | +4.9% | Master's | | 13 | [Graphic Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/graphic-designer) | $62,960 | -1.7% | Bachelor's | | 14 | [Motion Graphics Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/motion-graphics-designer) | $62,960 | -1.7% | Bachelor's | | 15 | [Packaging Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/packaging-designer) | $62,960 | -1.7% | Bachelor's | | 16 | [Type Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/type-designer) | $62,960 | -1.7% | Bachelor's | | 17 | [Children's Book Illustrator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/childrens-book-illustrator) | $55,490 | -2.9% | Bachelor's | | 18 | [Fine Artist, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fine-artist) | $55,490 | -2.9% | Bachelor's | | 19 | [Medical Illustrator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-illustrator) | $55,490 | -2.9% | Master's | | 20 | [Scenic Artist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/scenic-artist) | $55,490 | -2.9% | Bachelor's | | 21 | [Tattoo Artist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/tattoo-artist) | $55,490 | -2.9% | High school | | 22 | [Art Handler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/art-handler) | $51,440 | +3.6% | Bachelor's | | 23 | [Anaplastologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/anaplastologist) | $48,030 | +3.5% | High school | | 24 | [Ocularist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ocularist) | $48,030 | +3.5% | High school | | 25 | [Glass Blower, Molder, Bender, and Finisher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/glass-blower-molder-bender-and-finisher) | $46,170 | +5.8% | High school | | 26 | [Neon Sign Bender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/neon-sign-bender) | $46,170 | +5.8% | High school | | 27 | [Potter, Manufacturing](https://nuecareer.com/careers/potter-manufacturing) | $46,170 | +5.8% | High school | | 28 | [Stone Cutter and Carver, Manufacturing](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stone-cutter-and-carver-manufacturing) | $46,170 | +5.8% | High school | | 29 | [Craft Artist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/craft-artist) | $46,080 | +2.0% | No formal credential | | 30 | [Ice Sculptor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ice-sculptor) | $46,080 | +2.0% | No formal credential | | 31 | [Puppeteer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/puppeteer) | $46,080 | +2.0% | No formal credential | | 32 | [Stained Glass Artisan](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stained-glass-artisan) | $46,080 | +2.0% | No formal credential | | 33 | [Photographer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/photographer) | $44,660 | -0.7% | High school | | 34 | [Photojournalist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/photojournalist) | $44,660 | -0.7% | High school | | 35 | [Etcher and Engraver](https://nuecareer.com/careers/etcher-and-engraver) | $43,310 | -0.7% | High school | | 36 | [Production Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/production-designer) | $114,850 | +4.2% | Bachelor's | | 37 | [Digital Product Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/digital-product-designer) | $104,000 | +6.0% | Bachelor's | | 38 | [Level Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/level-designer) | $104,000 | +6.0% | Bachelor's | | 39 | [Video Game Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/video-game-designer) | $104,000 | +6.0% | Bachelor's | | 40 | [Web Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/web-designer) | $104,000 | +6.0% | Bachelor's | | 41 | [Character Artist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/character-artist) | $102,030 | -0.3% | Bachelor's | | 42 | [Cinematic Artist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cinematic-artist) | $102,030 | -0.3% | Bachelor's | | 43 | [Technical Artist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/technical-artist) | $102,030 | -0.3% | Bachelor's | | 44 | [VFX Compositor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/vfx-compositor) | $102,030 | -0.3% | Bachelor's | | 45 | [Makeup Artist, Theatrical and Performance](https://nuecareer.com/careers/makeup-artist-theatrical-and-performance) | $97,150 | +6.1% | Certificate | | 46 | [Perfumer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/perfumer) | $91,240 | +6.4% | Bachelor's | | 47 | [Automotive Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/automotive-designer) | $83,910 | +2.4% | Bachelor's | | 48 | [Fashion Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fashion-designer) | $80,960 | +0.1% | Bachelor's | Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}. --- This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105). O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology JSON representation of this page: https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/collections/art-jobs