Of the 116,690 business professionals employed in North Carolina, 3,550 work in Boone. There has been a 16% decline in the number of business professionals in Boone between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for business professionals in Boone has decreased, overall employment in Boone has increased.

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As the number of business professionals in Boone has shrunk, salaries for business professionals have increased. In 2010 business professionals in Boone reportedly earned an average salary of $81,666 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, business professionals in Boone made an average salary of $74,916 per year. The growth in the salary of business professionals in Boone is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Business professionals in Boone make a median yearly salary of $74,161. The difference in pay between the business professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 129%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $47,330 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $108,399 per year.

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

Many of Boone's business professionals are graduates of the only accredited business school in the city.

There are a total of 13 degree and certificate programs in business offered by Boone's business schools.

In 2010 approximately 612 students graduated from business courses.