9) Art
Starting salary: $37,600
Mid-career salary: $57,700
Annual online job postings: 15,918
Related job: Fine artist
Projected 10-year job growth: 3.3%
Andy Warhol said, “Making money is art…and good business is the best art.” Too bad the reverse is frequently untrue. Fine artists, including painters, sculptors and illustrators, typically enjoy very little pay, earning a median income of less than $29,500 a year. Demand for their work, after all, is dependent largely on people’s discretionary income (and fleeting tastes); when times are tough, purchasing art is left out of most consumers’ budgets.
