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Welcome to the Arts & Entertainment Community. Learn more about career paths in the Arts & Entertainment industry, gain access to career resources, and explore opportunities.
While Harvard’s alumni list boasts the likes of Leonard Bernstein and Natalie Portman, many of my classmates pursued well-trod paths promising financial security and certain prestige. As an Art, Film, and Visual Studies concentrator, I sometimes felt anxious about not …
MCS has partnered with Muse to offer Harvard students free lifetime access to the site.
College and graduate students across the U.S. and internationally with career objectives from creative fields and the arts to engineering and tech can use Muse …
By Anthony Arcieri
Anthony ArcieriAnthony Arcieri, Director of Undergraduate Career Advising and Programming; & Architecture, Engineering, Environment Advising
Find a career that aligns with your career interests, see current salary projects, and identify skills you need to apply for that next job or internship.
There are two ways to use this tool below:
By Keyword: Search for the name of the occupation you’re interested in.
By Occupation: Not sure what job you’d like? See available occupations within this career pathway/industry.
First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)
Type in a keyword to select a relevant occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)
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Occupation Description
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Employment Trends
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Top Employers
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Education Levels
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Annual Earnings
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Technical Skills
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Core Competencies
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Job Titles
Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
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