Careers in the arts, including arts administration careers, are increasingly abundant and lucrative, with the Return on Investment being high. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) recently reported that the arts contribute$763.6 billion to the U.S. economy (more than agriculture, transportation, or warehousing), and the arts employ 4.9 million workers across the country with earnings of more than $370 billion.