SOC 27-1013 · Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations · May 2025

How much do Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators make in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is $57,320. The 10th percentile is $26,930 and the 90th percentile is $110,390. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$57,320

10th percentile
$26,930
25th percentile
$46,040
Median
$57,320
75th percentile
$110,390
90th percentile
$110,390
Mean
$68,680

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A nurse with a patient at a hospital centre in Birmingham. Wellcome Collection. Photograph by Wellcome Collection. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Percentile spread

For Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators, the published 10th percentile is $26,930 and the 90th percentile is $110,390. The difference is $83,460, which is 145.6% 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 $46,040 to the 75th at $110,390, covers $64,350.

The mean annual wage is $68,680, which sits above the median of $57,320. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC median is 3.3% higher than the national median of $55,490 for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $61,463, which is 10.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 93.260, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $57,320 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators at $61,463 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. Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC ranks 2nd 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).).

  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 97 miles away, with a median of $56,300 and employment of 90. That median is 1.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,834, against $61,463 here.
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 131 miles away, with a median of $65,010 and employment of 230. That median is 13.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,972, against $61,463 here.

Highest-paying jobs in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC · Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators make in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is $57,320. The 10th percentile is $26,930 and the 90th percentile is $110,390.

How does that compare with the national median for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators?

The local median is 3.3% higher than the national median of $55,490.

What is Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators pay in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 93.260, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $57,320 is $61,463. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC compare with nearby metros for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators?

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 97 miles away, at $56,300. Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC ranks 2nd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.