How are "creative types" faring during the recession?

Pretty well, according to Richard Florida, but it depends upon your line of work:

Creative workers in arts, design, and entertainment occupations consistently face higher unemployment rates and significant spikes during recessions. In contrast to other creative fields, the unemployment rate for arts, design, and entertainment workers sometimes runs higher than the overall unemployment rate. . . .Computer, sciences, and engineering professionals experience lower rates of unemployment than arts, design, and entertainment workers. But the lowest rates of unemployment and the most stable employment are found in meds and eds occupations - health and education - where unemployment stays consistently low, even during downturns.

So artists tend to starve, geeks do a little better and public employees in schools and health care organizations make out the best of all.  No surprises here.  But if you want to read Florida's full analysis, it is here.

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