The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) released prototype estimates today from the new Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA). This is the first federal effort to provide in-depth analysis of the arts and cultural sector’s contributions to current-dollar gross domestic product (GDP), a measure of the final dollar value of all goods and services produced in the United States.
Economic Impact
Cultural Districts Strategy Sampler
Increasingly, state arts agencies are pursuing place-based creative economic development strategies in the form of cultural district policies.
Equal Opportunity Data Mining: National Statistics about Working Artists
What do we know about the 2.1 million artists in the United States’ labor force? To help answer that question, the NEA released “Equal Opportunity Data Mining: National Statistics about Working Artists.” This new online research tool offers 70 searchable tables with figures on working artists by state and metropolitan area, by demographic information (including race and ethnicity, age, gender, and disability status), and by residence and workplace. The public is welcome to investigate the tables, a map of state-level rankings, and links to original sources. SEE PRESS RELEASE
A Report on Salaries, Benefits, and Demographics for the Local Arts Field
The Local Arts Agency Salaries 2013 research report benchmarks the vast and varied compensation practices of the local arts field in America today. As the previous iteration of this report did when it was published in 2001, the 2013 report will assist LAA executives and employees in evaluating staffing and salary levels, setting pay rates, determining incremental compensation adjustments, and better understanding the varied benefit options and structures currently at play in the field.
Equal Opportunity Data Mining: National Statistics about Working Artists
NEA Arts Data Profile Series: Issue 1
National Overview
There are 2,081,735 million artists in the United States, identified by the occupation to which they which devoted the most hours in a given week. These artists fall into one of 11 occupations, and together they compose 1.35 percent of the total workforce.
“Equal Opportunity Data Mining: National Statistics about Working Artists”
Title of Dataset
EEO Tables for 2006-2010
Periodicity
Every 10 Years
Source/Sponsor
U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey; Multiple Agencies
Research Topic
Artists in the Workforce; Other Arts/Cultural Occupations
Notable Features
- Micro-geographic coverage. Data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, metro and micro areas; counties; and “places”
- Detailed occupations (including self-employed workers)
- Demographic and socioeconomic variables include age, gender, race and ethnicity, citizenship, disability status, industry affiliation, earnings, education level, employment status, place of residency, and place of work
Happiness in the arts: International evidence on artists’ job satisfaction
Many artists are prone to high unemployment and low incomes suggesting low job satisfaction. Our analysis including 49 countries paints a different picture. On average artists enjoy higher job satisfaction than other employees, mainly due to more autonomy.
