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What illustrators make
Median
$65,000
Lower end
$42,000
Upper end
$110,000
Job Bank's national median is $31.25 an hour, about $65,000 a year at 40 hours a week. Read that with care: the page counts illustrators together with graphic designers, and most staff jobs in that pool are design jobs. Freelance income is not a wage and depends on your client list.