Also called: Mural Artist
Paints large murals on buildings, schools, and businesses.
Muralists design artwork, win commissions, and spend days on lifts painting giant walls.
Mostly freelance or small-business income, which varies widely.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Art degree or self-taught with a strong portfolio.
Ways in: 4-year college, Self-taught. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Fine Arts, Illustration.
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection; estimate based on related occupations.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI drafts designs fast and wall-printing robots exist, but winning commissions and painting giant walls stays mostly human.
Classes: Art/painting, Art history, Geometry, Business.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-1013.
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