2001 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. These and other data elements, including the 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentile wages are available in the downloadable excel files. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

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 (1)	Median Hourly	Mean Hourly	Mean Annual (2)	Mean RSE (3)
27-0000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	1,508,790	$16.19	$19.12	$39,770	0.7 %
27-1011	Art Directors	20,880	$28.75	$31.52	$65,570	1.5 %
27-1013	Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators	9,710	$15.80	$18.43	$38,330	3.0 %
27-1014	Multi-Media Artists and Animators	30,530	$20.32	$22.45	$46,700	1.5 %
27-1021	Commercial and Industrial Designers	33,600	$23.95	$25.20	$52,410	1.3 %
27-1022	Fashion Designers	8,890	$23.81	$27.09	$56,340	2.4 %
27-1023	Floral Designers	69,660	$9.27	$9.85	$20,490	1.5 %
27-1024	Graphic Designers	136,470	$17.32	$19.07	$39,670	1.0 %
27-1025	Interior Designers	39,340	$19.03	$20.71	$43,080	2.0 %
27-1026	Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	49,520	$10.52	$11.81	$24,570	1.2 %
27-1027	Set and Exhibit Designers	7,840	$16.08	$17.29	$35,960	3.1 %
27-2011	Actors	94,470	(4)	(4)	$36,790	5.6 %
27-2012	Producers and Directors	52,130	(4)	(4)	$57,160	6.7 %
27-2021	Athletes and Sports Competitors	10,520	(4)	(4)	$71,070	7.5 %
27-2022	Coaches and Scouts	68,670	(4)	(4)	$34,690	1.3 %
27-2023	Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials	8,750	(4)	(4)	$26,600	6.0 %
27-2031	Dancers	17,010	$11.11	$13.83	$28,770	3.8 %
27-2032	Choreographers	12,660	$13.78	$15.75	$32,750	2.3 %
27-2041	Music Directors and Composers	7,020	(4)	(4)	$39,330	4.1 %
27-2042	Musicians and Singers	55,100	(4)	(4)	$46,690	2.8 %
27-3010	Announcers	50,420	$9.74	$13.27	$27,590	1.3 %
27-3020	News Analysts, Reporters and Correspondents	64,130	$14.45	$18.17	$37,800	1.3 %
27-3031	Public Relations Specialists	132,390	$19.72	$21.75	$45,240	0.9 %
27-3041	Editors	105,130	$19.21	$21.59	$44,910	0.8 %
27-3042	Technical Writers	45,900	$23.73	$24.83	$51,650	0.7 %
27-3043	Writers and Authors	40,980	$20.41	$23.13	$48,120	3.1 %
27-3091	Interpreters and Translators	18,900	$15.38	$16.68	$34,680	2.2 %
27-4011	Audio and Video Equipment Technicians	32,960	$14.50	$17.16	$35,690	1.4 %
27-4012	Broadcast Technicians	31,100	$13.34	$16.13	$33,550	2.1 %
27-4013	Radio Operators	3,260	$15.36	$16.84	$35,040	3.6 %
27-4014	Sound Engineering Technicians	9,350	$16.89	$20.34	$42,300	4.0 %
27-4021	Photographers	61,250	$11.08	$13.43	$27,940	1.3 %
27-4031	Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Motion Picture	22,040	$13.93	$16.43	$34,180	1.8 %
27-4032	Film and Video Editors	13,750	$17.74	$20.20	$42,010	1.8 %

About 2001 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

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

(1) Data for detailed occupations does not sum to the totals because the totals include data for occupations not shown separately.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

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

National OES estimates by SOC major group