Exactly 1,050 of the 1,630 art professionals employed in Illinois, work in Crystal Lake. The number of art professionals in Crystal Lake has grown by 52% from 2006 to 2010. As the number of art professionals in Crystal Lake has increased, overall employment in Crystal Lake has also increased.

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Salaries for art professionals in Crystal Lake have decreased. In 2010 Crystal Lake art professionals earned an average yearly salary of $49,270. Four years earlier in 2006, art professionals in Crystal Lake made an average salary of $53,435 per year. The decline in the salary of art professionals in Crystal Lake is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Art professionals make a median salary of $46,820 per year in Crystal Lake. The difference in pay between the art professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 179%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $25,530 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $71,130 per year.

On average art professional salaries in Crystal Lake are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

There is only one accredited art school in the city. Many of Crystal Lake's art professionals are graduates of this school.

Crystal Lake's art school offers one art degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 3 students graduated from art courses.