Of the 720 art professionals employed in North Carolina, 160 work in Smithfield. There has been a 24% decline in the number of art professionals in Smithfield between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for art professionals in Smithfield has decreased, overall employment in Smithfield has also decreased.

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• Light Blue: Art in Smithfield
• Dark Yellow: All Professions in Smithfield

As the number of art professionals in Smithfield has shrunk, salaries for art professionals have increased. In 2010 art professionals in Smithfield reportedly earned an average salary of $52,730 per year. The average salary for art professionals in Smithfield was $46,490 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of art professionals in Smithfield is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Smithfield art professionals earn a median yearly salary of $49,105. The difference in pay between the art professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 94%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $36,935 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $71,775 per year.

On average art professionals in Smithfield earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in Smithfield.

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

Smithfield's art schools offer 2 art degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 16 students completed art courses.