Exactly 2,530 of North Carolina's 93,910 accounting professionals work in Fayetteville. Between 2006 and 2010, in Fayetteville, there has been a 2% decline in the number of accounting professionals. As the number of accounting professionals in Fayetteville has decreased, overall employment in Fayetteville has increased.

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As the number of accounting professionals in Fayetteville has shrunk, salaries for accounting professionals have increased. In 2010 accounting professionals in Fayetteville reportedly earned an average salary of $41,087 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, accounting professionals in Fayetteville made an average salary of $38,672 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Fayetteville.

Accounting professionals make a median salary of $38,963 per year in Fayetteville. The 10% of accounting professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $27,812 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 105% higher salaries.

On average accounting professional salaries in Fayetteville are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

Many of Fayetteville's accounting professionals are graduates of one of the 3 accredited accounting schools in the city.

Fayetteville's accounting schools offer 5 accounting degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 42 students completed accounting courses.