Creative and performing artists not elsewhere classified: how to get into this work
Also called: Acrobat, Aerialist, Clown, Hypnotist, Magician, Puppeteer, Stand-up comedian, Ventriloquist
This unit group covers all creative and performing artists not classified elsewhere in Minor Group 265: Creative and Performing Artists. For instance, the group includes clowns, magicians, acrobats and other performing artists.
Main tasks
- Performing amusing antics and telling funny stories
- Performing tricks of illusion and sleight of hand, and feats of hypnotism
- Performing difficult and spectacular acrobatics, and gymnastic or juggling feats
- Training and performing with animals
Ways in
- University: Creative Arts & Design degrees, Offered by 21 universities in Hong Kong
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: HK$48,000 a month
- About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Film, stage and related directors and producers
- Actors
- Announcers on radio, television and other media
- Dancers and choreographers
- Visual artists
- Musicians, singers and composers
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Questions people ask
Creative and performing artists not elsewhere classified: how do I get into this work?
Ways in include: Creative Arts & Design degrees.
Creative and performing artists not elsewhere classified: do you need a degree for this work?
Usually. 85% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Creative and performing artists not elsewhere classified: will AI change this work?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026