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Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators Salary in New York, NY

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators in New York, NY have a median annual salary of $78,290. Recorded earnings range from $34,430 at the 10th percentile to $154,630 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$78,290

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$37.64

Employment

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Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$34,430
10th
$55,490
25th
$78,290
Median
$105,160
75th
$154,630
90th

Local compared with national

New York, NY

$78,290

Median annual · 2025

United States

$55,490

Median annual · 2025

The New York, NY median is 41.1% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $22,800).

Top skills

  1. 1.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.3
  2. 2.Active LearningImportance 3.3
  3. 3.Active ListeningImportance 3.1
  4. 4.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.0
  5. 5.SpeakingImportance 3.0
  6. 6.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.0
  7. 7.WritingImportance 2.9
  8. 8.Social PerceptivenessImportance 2.9
  9. 9.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 2.9
  10. 10.Time ManagementImportance 2.9
  11. 11.MonitoringImportance 2.8
  12. 12.Operations AnalysisImportance 2.6

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Some College Courses
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Job zone
3

Technology used

  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Adobe ActionScript
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Creative Cloud software
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Adobe FrameMaker
  • Adobe FreeHand MX
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe ImageReady
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • ArtScope.net eArtist
  • Autodesk 3D Studio Design
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Autodesk Maya

Common tasks

  • Use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.
  • Integrate and develop visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective, to produce desired effects, such as the illustration of ideas, emotions, or moods.
  • Confer with clients, editors, writers, art directors, and other interested parties regarding the nature and content of artwork to be produced.
  • Maintain portfolios of artistic work to demonstrate styles, interests, and abilities.
  • Market artwork through brochures, mailings, or Web sites.
  • Study different techniques to learn how to apply them to artistic endeavors.
  • Monitor events, trends, and other circumstances, research specific subject areas, attend art exhibitions, and read art publications to develop ideas and keep current on art world activities.
  • Photograph objects, places, or scenes for reference material.
  • Model substances such as clay or wax, using fingers and small hand tools to form objects.
  • Create sculptures, statues, and other three-dimensional artwork by using abrasives and tools to shape, carve, and fabricate materials such as clay, stone, wood, or metal.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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