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Makeup Artists, Film & TV

SOC 39-5091

Apply makeup and prosthetics for actors on film, TV, and commercial productions.

The job

Median pay

$97k

$35k to $143k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+6.1% projected

Openings a year

600

BLS projection

Typical education

Postsecondary cert

Our model

AI displacement risk

Low

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

16/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

23rd pct

More exposed than 23% of occupations · modeled estimate · 46th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

62/100

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Key skills

Speaking
Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Active Learning
Monitoring

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	vs national	Median pay
California	830	3.0×	$141k
Florida	250	1.7×	$82k
Georgia	200	2.7×	$143k
New York	190	1.3×	$97k
Texas	152	0.7×	$83k~
Pennsylvania	95	1.0×	$93k~
Illinois	93	1.0×	$96k~
New Jersey	86	1.3×	$98k~
North Carolina	68	0.9×	$90k~
Ohio	68	0.8×	$86k~

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Virginia	68	0.0	1.1×	$95k~
Massachusetts	61	0.0	1.1×	$114k~
Washington DC	60	0.1	5.7×	$96k
Michigan	59	0.0	0.9×	$91k~
Colorado	56	0.0	1.3×	$108k~
Washington	50	0.0	0.9×	$126k~
Arizona	49	0.0	1.0×	$98k~
Minnesota	49	0.0	1.1×	$98k~
Maryland	48	0.0	1.1×	$101k~
Nevada	46	0.0	2.0×	$87k~
Missouri	43	0.0	1.0×	$87k~
Indiana	41	0.0	0.8×	$82k~
Oregon	41	0.0	1.4×	$111k~
Tennessee	41	0.0	0.8×	$86k~
Wisconsin	40	0.0	0.9×	$96k~
South Carolina	36	0.0	1.0×	$83k~
Connecticut	34	0.0	1.3×	$99k~
Utah	30	0.0	1.1×	$92k~
Alabama	27	0.0	0.8×	$76k~
Louisiana	26	0.0	0.9×	$130k~
Iowa	23	0.0	1.0×	$81k~
Kansas	23	0.0	1.1×	$81k~
Kentucky	23	0.0	0.8×	$83k~
Oklahoma	23	0.0	0.9×	$78k~
Nebraska	18	0.0	1.2×	$85k~
Mississippi	17	0.0	1.0×	$72k~
Arkansas	14	0.0	0.7×	$78k~
Idaho	14	0.0	1.1×	$92k~
Hawaii	13	0.0	1.4×	$109k~
New Hampshire	12	0.0	1.2×	$100k~
Maine	11	0.0	1.1×	$100k~
New Mexico	11	0.0	0.8×	$94k~
Montana	10	0.0	1.3×	$92k~
North Dakota	9	0.0	1.4×	$89k~
South Dakota	9	0.0	1.3×	$93k~
West Virginia	9	0.0	0.8×	$79k~
Delaware	8	0.0	1.1×	$92k~
Rhode Island	8	0.0	1.1×	$97k~
Alaska	6	0.0	1.2×	$110k~
Vermont	5	0.0	1.1×	$104k~
Wyoming	4	0.0	0.9×	$89k~

Top metro areas

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA780 jobs · $141k median
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ180 jobs · $97k median
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL160 jobs · $109k median
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA140 jobs · $160k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV70 jobs · $96k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.