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What tattoo artists make
Median for the group
$71,240
Bottom tenth
$36,580
Top tenth
$136,660
There is no separate federal wage line for tattoo artists. They are lumped into a residual group called Artists and Related Workers, All Other, where the 2025 figures are $36,580 or less for the bottom tenth, $71,240 in the middle and $136,660 or more for the top tenth. Treat the middle as a rough marker, not a measurement of this job: most tattoo artists are self-employed, and self-employed people are largely missing from the survey.