OES Code: 340350

ALAMEDA COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR ARTISTS & RELATED WORKERS

Artists and Related Workers include workers concerned with designing and executing artwork to illustrate subject matter or promote public consumption of materials, products, or services and to influence others in their opinions of individuals or organizations. Includes Commercial Artists, Artistic Painters, Painting Restorers, and artists who perform limited layout work as part of their other tasks. Does not include Art Directors or artists who primarily work as Layout Artists or Creative and Graphic Designers.

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PROJECTED ESTIMATES OF EMPLOYMENT (excluding self-employed)

Number Working in this Occupation --- Year --- 1995 2002		Percent Change	Increase/ Decrease	Additional Openings Due to People Chang- ing Occupations or Retiring	Sum of Increase/Decrease and Additional Openings
520	620	19%	100	80	180

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE ARTISTS & RELATED WORKERS IN ALAMEDA COUNTY

The following are the types of firms that employ the most workers in this occupation within this county. They are listed in order from largest to smallest.

Industry Code (SIC)	Industry Title
7372	Prepackaged software
7336	Commercial art & graphic design
2711	Newspaper publishers
5961	Catalog/mail-order houses
2759	Commercial printers, all other
7311	Advertising agencies
7389	Business services, all other
5735	Prerecorded disc & tape stores
8711	Engineering services
2752	Commercial printers, lithographic
2741	Miscellaneous publishers
5942	Book stores
7331	Direct mail advertising services
8744	Facilities support management services
7922	Theatrical producers & services (exc motion pictures)
2721	Periodicals publishers
2731	Book publishers
2791	Typesetting firms
4833	Television broadcasting stations
5999	Miscellaneous retail stores, all other
7334	Photocopying & duplicating services

Look in the yellow pages of the phone book under the above or similar industry titles, or look in employer directories in libraries. Directories such as Business Prospector, California Services Register and those by chambers of commerce often list firms by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.

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