SOC 27-1013 · Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations · May 2025
How much do Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators make in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?
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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $61,730. The 10th percentile is $42,680 and the 90th percentile is $104,000. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$61,730
- 10th percentile
- $42,680
- 25th percentile
- $61,730
- Median
- $61,730
- 75th percentile
- $98,270
- 90th percentile
- $104,000
- Mean
- $71,840
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators, the published 10th percentile is $42,680 and the 90th percentile is $104,000. The difference is $61,320, which is 99.3% 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 $61,730 to the 75th at $98,270, covers $36,540.
The mean annual wage is $71,840, which sits above the median of $61,730. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI median is 11.2% higher than the national median of $55,490 for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $58,890, which is 6.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is about the same as the Minnesota median of $61,730.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Minnesota, the primary state on the BLS area record.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 104.822, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $61,730 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators at $58,890 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Highest-paying jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI · 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
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How much do Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators make in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $61,730. The 10th percentile is $42,680 and the 90th percentile is $104,000.
How does that compare with the national median for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators?
The local median is 11.2% higher than the national median of $55,490.
What is Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators pay in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 104.822, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $61,730 is $58,890. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.