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

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In Oakland, salaries for art professionals have increased. Oakland art professionals made $68,570 per year, on average, in 2010. Art professionals in Oakland made a yearly average salary of $66,040, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Oakland.

Art professionals in Oakland 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 professionals in Oakland earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in Oakland.

Many of Oakland's art professionals are graduates of one of the 3 accredited art schools in the city.

There are a total of 28 degree and certificate programs in art offered by Oakland's art schools.

Approximately 273 students graduated from art courses in 2010.