Exactly 610 of California's 13,030 art professionals work in Costa Mesa. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of art professionals in Costa Mesa has grown by 24%. As the number of art professionals in Costa Mesa has increased, overall employment in Costa Mesa has decreased.

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Salaries for art professionals in Costa Mesa have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $63,955 per year was earned by art professionals in Costa Mesa. Four years earlier in 2006, art professionals in Costa Mesa made an average salary of $51,997 per year. The growth in the salary of art professionals in Costa Mesa is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Art professionals in Costa Mesa make a median yearly salary of $55,640. The 10% of art professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $33,355 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 203% higher salaries.

Costa Mesa art professionals have earnings that are higher than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

Many of Costa Mesa's art professionals are graduates of the only accredited art school in the city.

There are a total of 6 degree and certificate programs in art offered by Costa Mesa's art schools.

In 2010 approximately 59 students graduated from art courses.