These were subsequently bought and taken over by UCI. In 1995, AMC pioneered the first North American megaplex, a theater that can accommodate thousands, when it opened the AMC Grand 24 in Dallas, Texas â the first megaplex in the world had been built by European chain Kinepolis in 1988.
Average Salary. Artists in the Fine Arts sector earn an average annual salary of $57,400, or $27.60 an hour according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This average includes illustrators in the newspaper, periodical, book and directory publishing industry.
3x3 Magazine conducts an annual survey of illustrators ($10 PDF): 3x3 Illustrator Income Survey. Last year (2013), the median income was $45,000 and the average was $63,000 with the highest reported being $948,000 and the lowest as $200.