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Career Information for Artists in California

Fast Facts for Artists in California

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: San Diego
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Santa Ana
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: San Diego

Salaries for Artists in California

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: San Francisco. (See table at bottom of page)

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California Artists Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Academy of Art UniversitySan FranciscoMasters11,334
Art Center College of DesignPasadenaMasters1,832
Cerritos CollegeNorwalkAssociate22,273
Chabot CollegeHaywardAssociate13,229
Chaffey CollegeRancho CucamongaAssociate18,736
Citrus CollegeGlendoraAssociate11,467
College of San MateoSan MateoAssociate10,516
College of the SequoiasVisaliaAssociate11,697
Cypress CollegeCypressAssociate13,592
El Camino CollegeTorranceAssociate24,895
Glendale Community College GlendaleGlendaleAssociate16,827
Laney CollegeOaklandAssociate11,745
Los Angeles ORT Technical InstituteLos AngelesAssociate167
Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos AngelesAssociate13,194
Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley GlenAssociate17,264
Merced CollegeMercedAssociate10,890
Mount St Mary's CollegeLos AngelesDoctorate2,366
Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnutAssociate29,842
Orange Coast CollegeCosta MesaAssociate24,424
Otis College of Art and DesignLos AngelesMasters1,177
Palomar CollegeSan MarcosAssociate27,222
Pasadena City CollegePasadenaAssociate26,672
Porterville CollegePortervilleAssociate3,773
Rio Hondo CollegeWhittierAssociate21,041
Riverside Community CollegeRiversideAssociate30,961
Santa Ana CollegeSanta AnaAssociate33,514
Santiago Canyon CollegeOrangeAssociate14,085
Solano Community CollegeFairfieldAssociate11,163
University of San FranciscoSan FranciscoDoctorate & First Professional8,714
University of the PacificStocktonDoctorate6,235
Ventura CollegeVenturaAssociate12,603
Woodbury UniversityBurbankMasters1,539
Yuba CollegeMarysvilleAssociate9,904

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Artists

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for California. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Artists

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Artists relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

CALIFORNIA

   
San Diego290$35,9805.6
San Francisco60$67,2901.6
Santa Ana90$47,6001.5
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