Median earnings of creative sector occupations tells us how much Austin's artists, musicians, and related creative sector workers are earning per hour. It shows us whether our city's artists and creative sector workers can afford to live and work in Austin.

This data reflects metric CLL.B1 within the City of Austin's Strategic Direction 2023. This metric is meant to inform City efforts in pursuing the Culture and Lifelong Learning Strategic Outcome. The complete metric title is "Median earnings of metro-area creative sector occupations (as defined by specific Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard Occupational Classifications System [SOC] codes)"

Data was gathered directly from the Creative Vitality Suite (cvsuite.org), a subscription-based online research-based, economic development tool that provides creative economy data and reporting. Data extracted from CVSuite software's data analysis from the following sources: Economic Modeling Specialists International (EMSI), National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, National Center for Charitable Statistics.

This data was used to create the Economic Development Department's 2016 Creative Economy Snapshot Report available at http://www.austintexas.gov/page/creative-development.

Data was compiled by the CreativeVitality Suite from a variety of sources including Occupations & Demographic: Economic Modeling Specialists International, Industry Sales: Economic Modeling Specialists International, State Arts Agency Grants: National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (Final Descriptive Reports), Nonprofit Revenues: National Center for Charitable Statistics, NCCS.

This product has been produced by the Economic development Department of the City of Austin for the sole purpose of informational reference. No warranty is made by the City of Austin regarding specific accuracy or completeness.

This dataset supports measure CLL.B.2 of SD23 and reports the total number of jobs per North American Industry Classification System [NAICS] codes in the Austin metro area. Data sourced from Creative Vitality Suite.

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This dataset supports measure CLL.B.5 of SD23 and counts the total number of audience members served through the cultural and music contracts between the City of Austin and local artists and arts groups.

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This dataset supports measure CLL.B.4 of SD23 and provides the number and percentage of creative-sector professionals who indicated they benefited from a City-sponsored professional development opportunity.

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