Of the 1,630 art professionals employed in Illinois, 1,050 work in Dekalb. There has been a 52% growth in the number of art professionals in Dekalb between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of art professionals in Dekalb has increased, overall employment in Dekalb has also increased.

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As the number of art professionals in Dekalb has grown, salaries for art professionals have decreased. In 2010 an average salary of $49,270 per year was earned by art professionals in Dekalb. Art professionals in Dekalb made a yearly average salary of $53,435, four years earlier in 2006. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Dekalb.

Dekalb art professionals earn a median yearly salary of $46,820. 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.

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

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

Dekalb's art schools offer 5 art degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 150 students completed art courses in 2010.