Exactly 2,910 of the 61,170 business professionals employed in Alabama, work in Birmingham. Between 2006 and 2010, in Birmingham, there has been a 7% decline in the number of business professionals. As the employment for business professionals in Birmingham has decreased, overall employment in Birmingham has also decreased.

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As the number of business professionals in Birmingham has shrunk, salaries for business professionals have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $81,982 per year was earned by business professionals in Birmingham. Four years earlier in 2006, business professionals in Birmingham made an average salary of $72,779 per year. The growth in the salary of business professionals in Birmingham is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Birmingham business professionals earn a median yearly salary of $73,238. The difference in pay between the business professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 127%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $46,442 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $105,264 per year.

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

There are 9 accredited business schools in the city. Many of Birmingham's business professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

Birmingham's business schools offer 48 business degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 948 students graduated from business courses.