Arts Career Guide: Roles, Salary 2026 & Future Scope

Updated on Dec 11, 2024 02:44 IST

A career in Arts is very vast which includes a variety of career opportunities such as an Actor, Art Director, Illustrator, Graphic Designer, and many more.  As it is rightly said that art is the subjective depiction of objective thoughts, Art is a subject of wonders revolving around creative thoughts and strata. It inculcates within it the study of various opinions and perspectives through visual interpretations, illustrations, sculptures, drawings, and pictorial literature.

The Starting Salary of a Graduate with a degree in Arts which includes Fine Arts, Visual Arts, and Performing Arts is INR 1 LPA to 9.1 LPA. After gaining experience the graduates have the potential to earn INR 4 LPA to INR 20+ LPA in this field.

There are various companies that provide job opportunities to an Arts Graduate. Some of the famous companies are Disney India, Zee Media, Times of India, Reliance Mediaworks, Balaji Telefilms etc.

Arts Career: Quick Facts

  • 85% of people having a degree in Arts engage themselves in interesting work fields and projects like Graphic designing, Drama and Theatre Arts, Cinematography, and Film Video and Photographic Arts.
  • According to one of the studies conducted, it can be concluded that 66% of the workers from different sectors have a degree in Fine Arts.
  • According to a study, A fifth (20%) of performing arts graduates are working as actors, entertainers, presenters (9%), arts officers, producers, and directors (4%).

Top Career Profiles in Arts Career

Owing to the importance and respect that is given to Arts in different cultures and the modern world, careers in Arts whether it is Fine Arts, Visual Arts, or Performing Arts can be traced as being favorable and assuring in nature. In terms of career prospects, Arts is one of those subjects that provides an individual with an opportunity to be exposed to a wide range of sources of income. For example, an artist can create a portfolio while simultaneously they can indulge themselves in the academic sector.

Below are a few top career opportunities if one chooses to opt for an Arts Career:

Job Roles

Average Salary 

Animator/ VFX artist

INR 1.5 - 5 LPA

Art Teacher

INR 1 - 6 LPA
Art Director INR 4 - 20 LPA
Actor INR 1 - 20 LPA
Screenwriter INR 1 - 8.1 LPA
Graphic Designer INR 1.1 - 7.1 LPA

Illustrator

INR 1.6 - 10 LPA

Musician

INR 1 - 8 LPA
Painter INR 1 - 5.5 LPA

Note- The above salary has been taken from Ambitionbox.com.

 

Arts (Fine Arts, Visual Arts, Performing Arts) Scope in India: Jobs, Salary, and Further Education

Given below are the top industries that hire Arts graduates:

Sectors

Description

Media and Publishing houses With changing times, increased digital linguistics, and technological advancements the target audience expects something that lays creative foundations. These creative aspects can be constructed by individuals who have a degree in Visual Arts. Basically, in the media and publishing houses, the designers are expected to cultivate creativity within the technological frameworks. For example, the visual and pictorial representations in newspapers and magazines are the ones designed by graphic designers. Under this sector, individuals can work as Art Director, Art Curator, Graphic Designer, Illustrator, etc.
Academia “Imparting one’s own skill is a deed like no other” Considering this, if an individual with a degree in Performing Arts or Visual Arts wishes to push forward the legacy of their subject, they can move ahead with it by landing in the Academic sector. They can influence students to take up Fine Arts as their career and teach them about different concepts and topics under Visual Arts as a subject.
Government Agencies Fine Arts as a subject is equally important in the Government Sector as individuals with this degree are hired in these agencies to illustrate and design government institutions. Many Architects and Interior designers are required in Government firms to create an aesthetically pleasing landscape and architect.
Healthcare Sector Studies suggest that the inclusion of Fine Arts in the healthcare sector has proved to be a boon. It has been observed that patients acquiring Art Therapy from Art Therapists tend to recover and heal faster when compared with the ones who do not.
Design Manufacturing Companies Under this sector, the individuals or designers, to be specific are expected to create pictorial layouts or three-dimensional setups which are to be realistically created through appropriate implementations.
Textile Industry Visual Arts is incomplete without the Textile Industry. Fashion Designers in this sector are responsible for experimenting with their innovative insights to curate beautiful masterpieces using textiles.
Advertising Companies Advertising companies search for Artists, Graphic designers, Digital developers, Illustrators, etc. to invent and fabricate pleasing ads that can attract the target audience’s attention. The major goal of an individual as a creator in this sector becomes to persuade and influence the individuals that are consuming their piece of Art.

Note: The information is taken from external sites and may vary.

Courses after a Degree in Arts

Here are some popular courses with descriptions:

 

Top recruiters for Arts Degree

The below-mentioned list consists of top recruiters that provide opportunities to the individuals having a degree in Fine Arts. These companies are considered to be giants at both National and International levels excelling in various fields and departments of Media and Publishing houses, Academia, Government agencies, Healthcare, Design Manufacturing, Textile Industries, and Advertising companies.

Top Recruiting Companies for Arts Graduates
Cognizant AAPC Robosoft Technologies
Microsoft Corporations HT Media Balaji Telefilms Limited
Reliance Mediaworks Saregama India Limited Red Chillies
Eros International  Nritya Shakti  Universal Arts
Green Gold Entertainment Disney India Kalki Fashion
Google Zee Media Infosys
Amazon Symphony TOI

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Best Arts Colleges for Placements

In today’s time when equal and parallel importance is given to creative intelligence as of the normal IQ, imaginative and innovative subjects like Arts become important and play a significant role. It is important to choose a good college because taking a subject like Fine Arts, Visual Arts, and Performing Arts are promising yet risky, so one should be sure of the college in terms of placements and CTC offerings.

Below mentioned table specifies a few best Colleges offering a degree in Arts.

Arts Colleges

Average Salary

G.V.M.Girls College INR 20.6 LPA
University of Mumbai (MU) INR 6 - 18 LPA
Delhi University (DU) INR 16 LPA
Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Solapur University INR 14.86 LPA
Dibrugarh University INR 3.6 - 14.55 LPA
The True School of Music, Vijaybhoomi University INR 13.3 LPA
Sri Aurobindo College INR 12 LPA
Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design And Technology INR 7 - 11.75 LPA
Manipal Academy of Higher Education INR 6.8 - 11.68 LPA
Jawaharlal Nehru University INR 9.5 LPA
Jamia Millia Islamia INR 7.5 - 9.25 LPA
Banaras Hindu University INR 8 - 9 LPA

Information source: Official/counseling body and may vary.

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