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# Artist Payments at NYC Nonprofits, By the Numbers
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/wage-2010-artist-payments-at-nonprofits-by-the-numbers/
- Published: 2012-04-23T14:05:41.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:19:12.000Z
- Description: As a supplement to "Why Are (Most) Artists (So Fucking) Poor?" here is some of the data from the 2010 W.A.G.E. survey of payments received by artists who exhibited with nonprofit art institutions in New York City between 2005 and 2010.
- Author: William Powhida
- Tags: Art, Artists Space, Funding, W.A.G.E., #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 06:51 (2012, 2013, part 1)

As a supplement to “[Why Are (Most) Artists (So Fucking) Poor?](https://hyperallergic.com/why-are-most-artists-so-fucking-poor-william-powhida-wage/)” here is some of the data from the 2010 W.A.G.E. survey of payments received by artists who exhibited with nonprofit art institutions in New York City between 2005 and 2010.

*All images courtesy W.A.G.E. and all images can be clicked to view a larger version.*

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