Exactly 900 of Georgia's 1,610 art professionals work in Decatur. There has been a 34% growth in the number of art professionals in Decatur between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Decatur has also increased.

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As the number of art professionals in Decatur has grown, salaries for art professionals have decreased. In 2010 Decatur art professionals earned an average yearly salary of $38,870. Four years earlier in 2006, art professionals in Decatur made an average salary of $44,093 per year. The decline in the salary of art professionals in Decatur is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Art professionals make a median salary of $35,720 per year in Decatur. The difference in pay between the art professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 115%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $25,677 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $55,163 per year.

On average art professionals in Decatur earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Decatur.

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

Decatur's art schools offer 2 art degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 5 students completed art courses in 2010.