2000 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry divisions in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia.

Click on the SOC Code Number to view that occupation's definition, additional wage estimates, and relative standard error (RSE) estimates.

			Wage Estimates
SOC Code Number	Occupation Title	Employment	Median Hourly	Mean Hourly	Mean Annual (1)	Mean RSE
27-0000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	1,513,420	$15.76	$18.58	$38,640	0.9 %
27-1011	Art Directors	20,560	$27.35	$30.30	$63,020	1.5 %
27-1013	Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators	11,930	$15.00	$17.20	$35,770	2.8 %
27-1014	Multi-Media Artists and Animators	31,120	$19.77	$21.47	$44,650	1.4 %
27-1021	Commercial and Industrial Designers	33,910	$23.45	$24.55	$51,060	1.7 %
27-1022	Fashion Designers	10,460	$23.33	$27.04	$56,240	2.3 %
27-1023	Floral Designers	71,280	$8.83	$9.29	$19,330	1.2 %
27-1024	Graphic Designers	133,630	$16.62	$18.25	$37,970	1.1 %
27-1025	Interior Designers	30,680	$17.57	$19.55	$40,670	2.4 %
27-1026	Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	51,240	$10.06	$11.19	$23,280	1.3 %
27-1027	Set and Exhibit Designers	8,470	$15.11	$16.26	$33,810	4.4 %
27-2011	Actors	63,500	(2)	(2)	$41,570	7.7 %
27-2012	Producers and Directors	46,750	(2)	(2)	$48,740	2.2 %
27-2021	Athletes and Sports Competitors	9,920	(2)	(2)	$62,960	9.2 %
27-2022	Coaches and Scouts	68,220	(2)	(2)	$33,470	1.4 %
27-2023	Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials	7,820	(2)	(2)	$23,280	4.8 %
27-2031	Dancers	20,900	$10.80	$13.44	$27,950	4.1 %
27-2032	Choreographers	10,860	$12.99	$15.42	$32,080	3.0 %
27-2041	Music Directors and Composers	6,660	(2)	(2)	$36,900	2.2 %
27-2042	Musicians and Singers	52,180	(2)	(2)	$44,520	3.3 %
27-3010	Announcers	49,770	$9.52	$13.13	$27,320	1.9 %
27-3020	News Analysts, Reporters and Correspondents	65,930	$14.00	$18.04	$37,510	1.9 %
27-3031	Public Relations Specialists	128,570	$19.03	$21.01	$43,700	1.0 %
27-3041	Editors	104,210	$18.93	$21.32	$44,350	1.1 %
27-3042	Technical Writers	50,700	$22.98	$24.07	$50,060	1.1 %
27-3043	Writers and Authors	41,410	$20.32	$22.81	$47,440	1.8 %
27-3091	Interpreters and Translators	16,780	$14.95	$16.13	$33,550	2.1 %
27-4011	Audio and Video Equipment Technicians	34,110	$14.57	$17.72	$36,860	3.2 %
27-4012	Broadcast Technicians	33,560	$12.96	$15.89	$33,060	2.8 %
27-4013	Radio Operators	3,060	$14.07	$15.89	$33,050	4.4 %
27-4014	Sound Engineering Technicians	10,380	$18.98	$25.56	$53,170	7.8 %
27-4021	Photographers	65,360	$10.72	$13.18	$27,420	2.2 %
27-4031	Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Motion Picture	20,970	$13.40	$16.28	$33,860	2.8 %
27-4032	Film and Video Editors	10,990	$16.42	$19.81	$41,200	2.5 %

About 2000 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Estimates for residual, "All Other", occupations are not available.

(1) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(2) = Hourly wage rates for occupations where workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year are not available.

The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

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