How much do Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators make in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD?

Percentile spread

For Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators, the published 10th percentile is $23,460 and the 90th percentile is $110,750. The difference is $87,290, which is 147.4% 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 $42,240 to the 75th at $77,570, covers $35,330.

The mean annual wage is $61,970, which sits above the median of $59,200. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD median is 6.7% higher than the national median of $55,490 for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $57,726, which is 4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.1% higher than the Pennsylvania median of $54,270.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Pennsylvania, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 102.554, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,200 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators at $57,726 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD ranks 4th of 6 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).).

• Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 77 miles away, with a median of $65,520. That median is 10.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,706, against $57,726 here.
• New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 98 miles away, with a median of $78,290. That median is 32.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,552, against $57,726 here.
• Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY is 134 miles away, with a median of $70,570 and employment of 40. That median is 19.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,493, against $57,726 here.