Exactly 1,010 of Massachusetts' 1,610 art professionals work in Cambridge. There has been a 51% growth in the number of art professionals in Cambridge between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for art professionals in Cambridge has increased, overall employment in Cambridge has also increased.

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As the number of art professionals in Cambridge has grown, salaries for art professionals have also increased. In 2010 Cambridge art professionals earned an average yearly salary of $45,993. Four years earlier in 2006, art professionals in Cambridge made an average salary of $44,660 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Cambridge.

Art professionals in Cambridge earn a median salary of $38,290 per year. The difference in pay between the art professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 225%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $23,873 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $77,537 per year.

Cambridge art professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

There are 2 accredited art schools in the city. Many of Cambridge's art professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

There are a total of 8 degree and certificate programs in art offered by Cambridge's art schools.

In 2010 approximately 133 students graduated from art courses.