Anyone care to tackle this subject? I'm also a pilot, and some of the brightest people you will meet are Pilots. What about in the magic world? Average IQ? Tendency towards certain personality traits?

I think it is around 90-100, except for the hobbyists/inventors which iq seems to be higher

Here is a true tale of a pilot.

I work as an aeronautical engineer.
One day as I was writing up a worksheet one of the RAF fast jet pilots walked in and told the controller he had a fault on the aircraft he had just flown.
When asked what the problem was, he said, "The radio doesn't work."
The controller then asked if it was UHF, VHF etc.
The pilot said, "It doesn't work in the O/F/F position."

I don't know what his IQ was but...

I don't know about IQ, but my guess is that magician and pilots are about equal in their obsession with their particular field of endeavor, particularly when it comes to the hobbyists. IQ is relative to who made the test and has little bearing on reality. And the quality of intelligence is also relative to what discipline is being tested. For example, engineers usually have an excellent capacity for mathematics because they are accustomed to using math in their work, but few can draw well. Artists on the other hand can usually draw well, but steer clear of math. If you are testing for math aptitude then most engineers would test better than most artists. If the test deals with artistic abilities such as drawing or color theory applications, the artists are going to do better.

In my experience, the non-professional (and professional!) magic communities draw from many different areas: doctors, lawyers, accountants, teachers, engineers, actors, gamblers, musicians, machinists, students, photographers, computer IT. I would say 80% of Magic Café-ers fall into one of the above categories. How about you?

Darn! Ya missed ME! I'm just an old (very) retired magician who always (since age 7)knew he wanted to be a magician. --And, am/was!

Along the way, I "did" four years in the U.S. Navy. I studied in and graduated from a Catholic Seminary. But, at that point I decided it was not the right thing for me. Then, I spent nine years as a District Executive with The Boy Scouts of America. During those years, I was a part time professional.
Finally, I decided to be a full time pro. I'm now a retired professional.

Oh! I forgot to mention that in my mid teens, I worked as a magician/fire eater in a ten-in-one (side show)!

Where do I fit in your "list"? (hee hee)

Most of the magicians I know and have met
seem to have a higher IQ.
Todd

IQ doesn't mean as much as you would think it does.

A Myers-Briggs personality type would tell you more, in my opinion

There are many types of intelligence (11 at last count) -- and the standard IQ tests only evaluates two -- namely the ability to do well on such tests.

Consider that being a successful performer based on demonstrating the impossible requires a special type of intelligence not testable at all -- except is the "fire of the moment."

Now, if one considers the desire to support a family with such silliness -- magicians generally have a flexible IQ - i.e. "Intelligence Questionable."

That made me laugh sooo hard. As far as my views on IQ and magicians I have run across some rather duller minded folk that excel at magic. To me it is not IQ that matters but the personality of that person. I always say the simplest tricks are the most effective. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to perform simple tricks well in my book. So I never really equated to two together before.