What do they do?
Create or reproduce handmade objects for sale and exhibition using a variety of techniques, such as welding, weaving, pottery, and needlecraft.
Also known as:
Artist, Ceramic Artist, Designer, Fiber Artist, Fine Craft Artist, Furniture Artist, Furniture Maker, Glass Artist, Goldsmith, Hand-Weaver, Metal Arts Production Artist
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- Bachelor's degree (42%)
- Some college, no degree (19%)
- Master's degree (13%)
- High school diploma equivalent (13%)
- Associate's degree (8%)
- Less than high school diploma (3%)
- Doctorate or Professional Degree (2%)
Most Popular Majors that prepare Craft Artists
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Degrees Granted
17,784
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Female Students
12,469
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Male Students
5,315
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Median Starting Salary
$36,700
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#2
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2,861
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1,862
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Male Students
999
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Median Starting Salary
$39,600
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Degrees Granted
485
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Female Students
389
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Male Students
96
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Median Starting Salary
$37,200
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Degrees Granted
237
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Female Students
179
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Male Students
58
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Median Starting Salary
$36,700
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Degrees Granted
166
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Female Students
113
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53
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Median Starting Salary
$36,700
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People in this career often know a lot about:
- Fine Arts - Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Sales and Marketing - Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
People in this career often have talent in:
- Originality - The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
- Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
- Multilimb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
People in this career often do these activities:
- Construct distinctive physical objects for artistic, functional, or commercial purposes.
- Apply finishes to artwork, crafts, or displays.
- Develop artistic or design concepts for decoration, exhibition, or commercial purposes.
- Select materials or props.
- Promote products, activities, or organizations.
- Build models, patterns, or templates.
- Confer with clients to determine needs.
- Develop promotional strategies or plans.
- Monitor current trends.
- Draw detailed or technical illustrations.
This page includes data from:
Career data: O*NET 28.3 Database
by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (“USDOL/ETA”). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA
Occupation statistics: USDOL U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics
Videos: CareerOneStop, USDOL/ETA and the Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development
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