<p>The total number of employed artists has been showing a slight downward trend between 2017 and 2020. Also, the unemployment percentage of artists in the U.S. labor force has been fluctuating greatly between 2016 and 2020, reaching its lowest point of 2.7 percent in 2018. The rate reached 10.3 percent in 2020.</p>
<h3>NUMBER OF EMPLOYED ARTISTS</h3>
<ul>
<li>2020: 2,309,000</li>
<li>2019: 2,411,000</li>
<li>2018: 2,477,000</li>
<li>2017: 2,481,000</li>
<li>2016: 2,448,000</li>
</ul>
<h3>UNEMPLOYMENT PERCENTAGE</h3>
<ul>
<li>2020: 10.3%</li>
<li>2019: 3.7%</li>
<li>2018: 2.7%</li>
<li>2017: 4.0%</li>
<li>2016: 4.9%</li>
</ul>
<p>The source of these statistics is the Current Population Survey (CPS). Several <a href="/web/NADAC/search/studies?start=0&DATATYPE_FACET=survey&FREEDATA=true&ARCHIVE=NADAC&PUBLISH_STATUS=PUBLISHED&AFFILIATION_FACET=United%20States.%20Bureau%20of%20the%20Census&sort=score%20desc%2CDATEUPDATED%20desc&rows=50&q=%22current%20population%20survey%22">CPS supplements</a> are available through NADAC.</p>


<h2><em>– Artists Employment: 2016-2020 Trends</em></h2>


Infographics | Current Population Survey (CPS)

– Artists Employment: 2016-2020 Trends

NUMBER OF EMPLOYED ARTISTS

UNEMPLOYMENT PERCENTAGE