Exactly 62,060 of the 125,860 business professionals employed in Maryland, work in Baltimore. The number of business professionals in Baltimore has grown by 7% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for business professionals in Baltimore has increased, overall employment in Baltimore has also increased.

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As the number of business professionals in Baltimore has grown, salaries for business professionals have also increased. In 2010 Baltimore business professionals earned an average yearly salary of $95,170. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for business professionals in Baltimore was $84,009 per year. The growth in the salary of business professionals in Baltimore is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Business professionals in Baltimore make a median yearly salary of $85,763. The 10% of business professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $50,134 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 151% higher salaries.

On average business professionals in Baltimore earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in Baltimore.

There are 12 accredited business schools in the city. Many of Baltimore's business professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

There are a total of 62 degree and certificate programs in business offered by Baltimore's business schools.

In 2010 approximately 2,648 students completed business courses.