Exactly 160 of Wisconsin's 720 art professionals work in Milwaukee. As the employment for art professionals in Milwaukee has increased, overall employment in Milwaukee has also increased.

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Milwaukee art professionals made $47,040 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, art professionals in Milwaukee made an average salary of $45,520 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Milwaukee.

Art professionals in Milwaukee make a median yearly salary of $43,725. The 10% of art professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $29,360 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 131% higher salaries.

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

Many of Milwaukee's art professionals are graduates of one of the 7 accredited art schools in the city.

Milwaukee's art schools offer 25 art degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 369 students graduated from art courses.