Exactly 200 of Missouri's 1,040 art professionals work in Saint Louis. Between 2006 and 2010, in Saint Louis, there has been a 17% decline in the number of art professionals. As the employment for art professionals in Saint Louis has decreased, overall employment in Saint Louis has increased.

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Salaries for art professionals in Saint Louis have decreased. Saint Louis art professionals made $44,567 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, art professionals in Saint Louis made an average salary of $49,747 per year. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Saint Louis.

Art professionals in Saint Louis make a median yearly salary of $42,443. The 10% of art professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $24,377 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 167% higher salaries.

On average art professional salaries in Saint Louis are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

Many of Saint Louis' art professionals are graduates of one of the 10 accredited art schools in the city.

Saint Louis' art schools offer 25 art degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 300 students completed art courses in 2010.