Employed Musicians Over Time
Estimates are for employed musicians apart for decennial years 1910, 1930, and 1940, which includes all labor force participants as employment data was not available. The Census Bureau created separate occupation codes for music teachers and practicing musicians in 1970, and in 2000 removed the music teachers code. Thus the combined series is estimated using growth rates from the musician only series for the 21st century. Harmonized series (OCC1990 and OCC1950 significantly over-count musicians and are thus unusable)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Decennial Census and ACS 1-Year
