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Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators pay in Oklahoma and Oregon
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators is $47,830 per year in Oklahoma. It is $98,540 per year in Oregon. Oklahoma is 51.5% below Oregon on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-1013 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 60 wage and salary jobs in Oklahoma and Not published in Oregon. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings