Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators · SOC 27-1013
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators Salary in the Michigan
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Michigan
Figures describe the state of Michigan as a whole.
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators in the Michigan earned a median of $38,650 per year ($18.58 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $25,960 at the 10th percentile to $124,480 at the 90th. BLS estimates 220 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators in the Michigan earn more than $38,650 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $30,490 and $80,750.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $25,960 | $30,490 | $38,650 | $80,750 | $124,480 |
| Hourly | $12.48 | $14.66 | $18.58 | $38.82 | $59.85 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Michigan$38,650 median for Michigan; middle half earns $30,490 to $80,750
- United Statesnational$55,490 median for United States; middle half earns $37,560 to $83,200
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −30% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Michigan
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Michiganthis page$38,650 median for Michigan; middle half earns $30,490 to $80,750
- $42,060 median for Detroit metro area; middle half earns $32,720 to $85,110
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustratorss · Highest-paying occupations in Michigan
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.