Exactly 340 of Pennsylvania's 780 art professionals work in Philadelphia. The number of art professionals in Philadelphia has shrunk by 3% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for art professionals in Philadelphia has decreased, overall employment in Philadelphia has increased.

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As the number of art professionals in Philadelphia has shrunk, salaries for art professionals have also decreased. Philadelphia art professionals made $44,007 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, art professionals in Philadelphia made an average salary of $52,720 per year. The decline in the salary of art professionals in Philadelphia is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Art professionals in Philadelphia earn a median salary of $38,563 per year. The 10% of art professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $24,900 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $72,067 per year.

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

Many of Philadelphia's art professionals are graduates of one of the 12 accredited art schools in the city.

Philadelphia's art schools offer 67 art degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 1,065 students graduated from art courses in 2010.