DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA
27-2011 Actors
Occupational Description:
Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, or film productions, or other settings for entertainment, information, or instruction. Interpret serious or comic role by speech, gesture, and body movement to entertain or inform audience. May dance and sing.| Percentiles | |||||||||
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| Geography | Employment | Emp SE* | Mean | Mean SE* | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
| Minnesota | 420 | 79 | $17.97/hr | $1.44/hr | $10.68/hr | $12.32/hr | $15.15/hr | $18.34/hr | $29.55/hr |
| U S | 52,620 | 7,156 | $29.44/hr | $1.24/hr | $9.62/hr | $12.72/hr | $20.64/hr | $29.59/hr | $61.04/hr |
| *SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate. | |||||||||
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| Occupation (click title for details) | OES | Projections | |
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| Employment | Median Wage | % Change 2023 - 2025 | |
| Producers and Directors | 1,360 | $31.32/hr | 1.5% |
| Floral Designers | 660 | $15.30/hr | 1.4% |
| Musicians and Singers | 480 | $27.93/hr | 1.2% |
| Music Directors and Composers | 140 | $23.16/hr | 1.0% |
| Models | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators | N/A | $27.21/hr | 1.8% |
Tasks for Actors
- Portrays and interprets role, using speech, gestures, and body movements, to entertain radio, film, television, or live audience.
- Constructs puppets and ventriloquist dummies, and sews accessory clothing, using hand tools and machines.
- Writes original or adapted material for drama, comedy, puppet show, narration, or other performance.
- Signals start and introduces performers to stimulate excitement and to coordinate smooth transition of acts during circus performance.
- Manipulates string, wire, rod, or fingers to animate puppet or dummy in synchronization to talking, singing, or recorded program.
- Sings or dances during dramatic or comedy performance.
- Performs humorous and serious interpretations of emotions, actions, and situations, using only body movements, facial expressions, and gestures.
- Reads and rehearses role from script to learn lines, stunts, and cues as directed.
- Reads from script or book to narrate action, inform, or entertain audience, utilizing few or no stage props.
- Prepares for and performs action stunts for motion picture, television, or stage production.
- Dresses in comical clown costume and makeup and performs comedy routines to entertain audience.
- Tells jokes, performs comic dances and songs, impersonates mannerisms and voice of others, contorts face and uses other devices to amuse audience.
- Performs original and stock tricks of illusion to entertain and mystify audience, occasionally including audience members as participants.
