Exactly 1,050 of the 1,630 art professionals employed in Illinois, work in Palatine. The number of art professionals in Palatine has grown by 52% from 2006 to 2010. Overall employment in Palatine has also increased.

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In Palatine, salaries for art professionals have decreased. Palatine art professionals made $49,270 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for art professionals in Palatine was $53,435 per year. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Palatine.

Art professionals make a median salary of $46,820 per year in Palatine. 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.

Art professional salaries in Palatine are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

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

Palatine's art schools offer 3 art degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 22 students completed art courses.