How much do Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators make in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

Percentile spread

For Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators, the published 10th percentile is $25,960 and the 90th percentile is $125,660. The difference is $99,700, which is 237.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $32,720 to the 75th at $85,110, covers $52,390.

The mean annual wage is $61,740, which sits above the median of $42,060. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI median is 24.2% lower than the national median of $55,490 for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $41,935, which is 24.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.8% higher than the Michigan median of $38,650.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 100.298, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $42,060 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators at $41,935 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI ranks 1st of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Cleveland, OH is 116 miles away, with a median of $27,560 and employment of 110. That median is 34.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $29,343, against $41,935 here.
• Columbus, OH is 191 miles away, with a median of $34,870 and employment of 50. That median is 17.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,525, against $41,935 here.

Employment share

Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI (120 of 1,904,530). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (11,220 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.87 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.