Also called: Escapologist
Escapes from handcuffs, straitjackets, locked boxes, and tanks of water in front of audiences.
An escape artist practices lock-picking and flexibility every day, then performs a straitjacket or handcuff escape for a festival crowd. Some build famous stunts like escaping from water tanks.
Highly variable.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No degree; years of self-training in locks, restraints and safety, often with a mentor, before performing escapes in front of audiences.
Ways in: Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Growing slowly. Tiny niche.
Low risk for 10 years. Live escapes are human stunts; their draw is the real person at risk.
Classes: Physical education, Physics, Theater, Shop class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-2099.
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