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Here are some highlights from an article in last month's Dramatics Magazine.
"There are nearly forty thousand professional actors in the US today--and at the moment, most of them are unemployed.
That's one unsurprising statistic from Artists in the Workforce, 1990-2005, a report released in June by the National Endowment for the Arts. As for film and theatre actors in particular, the population is young, diverse and well educated, almost 60 percent of acators have college degrees, more than double the rate of the labor force as a whole.
The median income for actors in 2005 was $23,400. $26,700 for men and $19,100 for women.
Aspiring stage and film artist can take some comfort in the fat that the number of professional actors hasn't grown much since 1990.
For the full report, go to nea.gov"
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