Of the 13,030 art professionals employed in California, 280 work in Hayward. There has been a 65% growth in the number of art professionals in Hayward between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for art professionals in Hayward has increased, overall employment in Hayward has also increased.

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Salaries for art professionals in Hayward have increased. In 2010 Hayward art professionals earned an average yearly salary of $68,570. Art professionals in Hayward made a yearly average salary of $66,040, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of art professionals in Hayward is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Art professionals in Hayward make a median yearly salary of $60,660. The difference in pay between the art professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 176%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $38,635 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $106,445 per year.

On average art professional salaries in Hayward are higher than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

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

Hayward's art schools offer 6 art degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 85 students graduated from art courses in 2010.