Creative professional
For Creative professional, cfr section is § 541.302; cfr citation is 29 CFR Part 541, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19; source re-checked 2026-09-16.
- Exemption category
- Creative professional verified
- CFR section
- § 541.302 verified
- Duties test
- To qualify for the creative professional exemption, an employee's primary duty must be the performance of work requiring invention, imagination, originality or talent in a recognized field of artistic or creative endeavor as opposed to routine mental, manual, mechanical or physical work. The exemption does not apply to work which can be produced by a person with general manual or intellectual ability and training. verified
- CFR citation
- 29 CFR Part 541 our reading
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What the source says
§ 541.302 Creative professionals. (a) To qualify for the creative professional exemption, an employee's primary duty must be the performance of work requiring invention, imagination, originality or talent in a recognized field of artistic or creative endeavor as opposed to routine mental, manual, mechanical or physical work. The exemption does not apply to work which can be produced by a person with general manual or intellectual ability and training. (b) To qualify for exemption as a creative professional, the work performed must be “in a recognized field of artistic or creative endeavor.” This includes such fields as music, writing, acting and the graphic arts.
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-19
Source
- ecfr.govhttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-V/subchapter-A/part-541