The Art Institute offers bachelor's and associate's degrees, as well as diploma programs for those seeking real-world education in the creative and applied arts.
Salary Information for Jobs in Art, Design, and Fashion
There are some artists and designers who have reached superhero status and, as a result, make enormous salaries. But not everyone who enters the fields of art and design become millionaires. In fact, if you have chosen to make a life in this industry, it's probably because you have a passion for art and creativity, not because you aspire to be in the same income bracket as Steve Jobs or Steven Spielberg. However, it is precisely because of that passion that artists and designers make a decent living financially and, in turn, lead fulfilling and rewarding lives.
The following bar graphs illustrate salary ranges or median salaries in various art, design, and fashion jobs as stated by salary.com and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The above graph shows the salary breakdown of different design jobs. The dollar amounts shown are averages: in the purple, you can see what designers make in the bottom 25% of the industry's salary, and in the green, what designers make in the top 75%. Managerial positions usually make a substantially larger income than lower-level employees.
Non-design careers in the art industry consist of a large variety of options. The above graph shows salaries in just a handful of possible art careers, including animators, illustrators, photographers, printmakers, and production artists. You can see that the salary range from the 25th to the 75th percentile is broad. Remember that attitudes of stick-to-itiveness, drive, and dedication will only reap positive financial rewards.
If you have chosen a specific career in fashion, you have more than creative pattern-making projects to be thankful for. The above chart illustrates median salaries in various fashion positions, and it's evident that every career shown offers a solid income.