This industry comprises independent (i.e., freelance) individuals primarily engaged in performing in artistic productions, in creating artistic and cultural works or productions, or in providing technical expertise necessary for these productions. This industry also includes athletes and other celebrities exclusively engaged in endorsing products and making speeches or public appearances for which they receive a fee.

• Independent actors or actresses
• Independent producers
• Independent art restorers
• Independent recording technicians
• Independent artists (except musical, commercial, or medical)
• Independent speakers
• Independent cartoonists
• Independent theatrical costume designers
• Independent dancers
• Independent theatrical lighting technicians
• Independent journalists

• Actors, independent
• Actresses, independent
• Animated cartoon artists, independent
• Announcers, independent radio and television
• Art restorers, independent
• Artists (except commercial, musical), independent
• Artists (i.e., painters), independent
• Authors, independent
• Ballet dancers, independent
• Cameramen, independent (freelance)
• Cartoonists, independent
• Celebrity spokespersons, independent
• Choreographers, independent
• Cinematographers, independent
• Comedians, independent
• Composers, independent
• Conservators (i.e., art, artifact restorers), independent
• Costume designers, independent theatrical
• Dancers, independent
• Directors (i.e., film, motion picture, music, theatrical), independent
• Directors, independent motion picture
• Directors, independent music
• Disc jockeys, independent
• Entertainers, independent
• Ethnic dancers, independent
• Film actors, independent
• Film producers, independent
• Folk dancers, independent
• Ghost writers, independent
• Interpretive dancers, independent
• Jazz dancers, independent
• Journalists, independent (freelance)
• Lighting technicians, theatrical, independent
• Magicians, independent
• Models, independent
• Motion picture directors, independent
• Motion picture producers, independent
• Motivational speakers, independent
• Music arrangers, independent
• Music directors, independent
• Newspaper columnists, independent (freelance)
• Orchestra conductors, independent
• Painters (i.e., artists), independent
• Painting restorers, independent
• Performers (i.e., entertainers), independent
• Performing artists, independent
• Photographers, independent artistic
• Photojournalists, independent (freelance)
• Playwrights, independent
• Poets, independent
• Political cartoonists, independent
• Producers, independent
• Radio commentators, independent
• Record producers, independent
• Recording technicians, independent
• Reporters, independent (freelance)
• Scenery designers, independent theatrical
• Screenplay writers, independent
• Script writers, independent
• Sculptors, independent
• Set designers, independent theatrical
• Sketch artists, independent
• Song writers, independent
• Speakers, independent
• Special effect technicians, independent
• Sports announcers, independent
• Stage set (e.g., concert, motion picture, television) erecting and dismantling, independent
• Standup comedians, independent
• Storytellers, independent
• Taxidermists, independent
• Technical writers, independent
• Television producers, independent
• Wildlife artists, independent
• Writers of advertising copy, independent
• Writers, independent (freelance)