June 13, 2008
Art’s Economy
Art, thus saith the NYT, is a pretty big industry:
In 2005 nearly two million Americans said their primary employment was in jobs that the census defines as artists’ occupations — including architects, interior designers and window dressers. Their combined income was about $70 billion, a median of $34,800 each. Another 300,000 said artist was their second job.
But,
About 13 percent of people who say their primary occupation is artist also hold a second job — about twice the rate that other people in the labor force work two jobs. The majority of artists work for for-profit enterprises but 8 percent work for private, nonprofits and 3 percent work for government.
I wonder how people classify primary and secondary jobs in the survey? Is it determined by percentage of income or what people prefer to call themselves?
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Me, I default to personal preference and whatever seems advantageous whenever I answer survey questions.