Exactly 310 of the 540 art professionals employed in Arizona, work in Phoenix. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of art professionals in Phoenix has grown by 24%. As the number of art professionals in Phoenix has increased, overall employment in Phoenix has also increased.

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As the number of art professionals in Phoenix has grown, salaries for art professionals have decreased. In 2010 Phoenix art professionals earned an average yearly salary of $46,567. Four years earlier in 2006, art professionals in Phoenix made an average salary of $47,315 per year. The decline in the salary of art professionals in Phoenix is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Art professionals make a median salary of $43,980 per year in Phoenix. The 10% of art professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $25,903 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $70,723 per year.

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

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

Phoenix's art schools offer 21 art degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 1,157 students graduated from art courses.