Also called: Personal Manager
Guides an artist's overall career strategy, image, and choices, usually for 10-15% commission.
A manager meets with a young actor to plan their next move, coordinates with the agent and publicist, and helps them pick which projects to take.
BLS agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes: median roughly $85k; commission-based, so top agents earn far more.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Often former agents or assistants.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Business, Communications.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). Approximate: BLS projects about average growth for agents and business managers.
Low risk for 10 years. AI tracks data and opportunities, but guiding a client's whole career on trust stays human.
Classes: Business, Psychology, Theater or music, Marketing.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1011.
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