1999 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	1,551,600	$15.21	$18.10	$37,650	3.2 %
27-1011	Art Directors	19,190	$25.81	$29.65	$61,680	2.6 %
27-1013	Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators	13,240	$14.51	$17.00	$35,370	5.9 %
27-1014	Multi-Media Artists and Animators	30,530	$17.82	$19.87	$41,330	2.4 %
27-1021	Commercial and Industrial Designers	38,350	$22.15	$23.03	$47,910	1.8 %
27-1022	Fashion Designers	9,600	$21.96	$25.28	$52,580	3.8 %
27-1023	Floral Designers	59,410	$8.66	$9.12	$18,980	1.1 %
27-1024	Graphic Designers	119,820	$15.95	$17.41	$36,210	1.2 %
27-1025	Interior Designers (3)	29,690	$16.03	$18.44	$38,360	2.4 %
27-1026	Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers (3)	51,530	$9.36	$10.37	$21,560	0.9 %
27-1027	Set and Exhibit Designers	8,290	$13.62	$14.57	$30,310	4.6 %
27-2011	Actors	84,790	(2)	(2)	$50,620	10.4 %
27-2012	Producers and Directors	39,200	(2)	(2)	$47,230	5.3 %
27-2021	Athletes and Sports Competitors	10,620	(2)	(2)	$69,440	13.1 %
27-2022	Coaches and Scouts	65,820	(2)	(2)	$32,010	1.7 %
27-2023	Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials	8,150	(2)	(2)	$23,510	8.4 %
27-2031	Dancers	14,910	$9.42	$11.90	$24,750	11.1 %
27-2032	Choreographers	11,170	$12.95	$15.56	$32,370	4.8 %
27-2041	Music Directors and Composers	6,310	(2)	(2)	$34,750	4.8 %
27-2042	Musicians and Singers	46,440	(2)	(2)	$37,510	4.3 %
27-3010	Announcers (3)	50,410	$8.95	$12.33	$25,640	1.9 %
27-3020	News Analysts, Reporters and Correspondents (3)	64,590	$13.37	$16.96	$35,270	2.0 %
27-3031	Public Relations Specialists (3)	118,280	$17.63	$19.61	$40,780	1.3 %
27-3041	Editors	95,210	$18.01	$20.20	$42,030	1.7 %
27-3042	Technical Writers	46,680	$21.32	$22.57	$46,940	1.4 %
27-3043	Writers and Authors	45,670	$19.62	$21.88	$45,500	2.1 %
27-3091	Interpreters and Translators	13,640	$12.94	$14.16	$29,450	2.0 %
27-4011	Audio and Video Equipment Technicians	39,090	$13.51	$16.36	$34,020	6.2 %
27-4012	Broadcast Technicians	25,570	$11.33	$13.33	$27,740	2.7 %
27-4013	Radio Operators (3)	3,290	$11.20	$12.48	$25,950	2.3 %
27-4014	Sound Engineering Technicians	9,380	$13.98	$16.87	$35,090	4.8 %
27-4021	Photographers (3)	66,070	$10.01	$12.36	$25,710	1.9 %
27-4031	Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Motion Picture (3)	17,330	$11.94	$15.26	$31,730	2.3 %
27-4032	Film and Video Editors (3)	12,770	$18.84	$21.34	$44,380	4.0 %

About 1999 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.

(3) = Wage rates are calculated using three years of data: 1997, 1998, and 1999.

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.

National OES estimates by SOC major group