Exactly 1,490 of the 84,360 business professionals employed in Washington State, work in Bellingham. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of business professionals in Bellingham has grown by 3%. As the number of business professionals in Bellingham has increased, overall employment in Bellingham has decreased.

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As the number of business professionals in Bellingham has grown, salaries for business professionals have also increased. In 2010 business professionals in Bellingham reportedly earned an average salary of $96,953 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, business professionals in Bellingham made an average salary of $80,106 per year. The growth in the salary of business professionals in Bellingham is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Business professionals make a median salary of $88,515 per year in Bellingham. The difference in pay between the business professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 107%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $54,349 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $112,710 per year.

Business professional salaries in Bellingham are, on average, higher than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Bellingham's business professionals are graduates of one of the 4 accredited business schools in the city.

Bellingham's business schools offer 21 business degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 574 students completed business courses.