Exactly 2,110 of the 40,370 business professionals employed in Iowa, work in Fayette. The number of business professionals in Fayette has grown by 12% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for business professionals in Fayette has increased, overall employment in Fayette has decreased.

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Salaries for business professionals in Fayette have increased. In 2010 Fayette business professionals earned an average yearly salary of $72,074. Four years earlier in 2006, business professionals in Fayette made an average salary of $61,343 per year. The growth in the salary of business professionals in Fayette is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Business professionals in Fayette earn a median salary of $61,520 per year. The difference in pay between the business professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 215%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $31,940 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $100,700 per year.

On average business professional salaries in Fayette are higher than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

There is only one accredited business school in the city. Many of Fayette's business professionals are graduates of this school.

Fayette's business schools offer 10 business degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 442 students completed business courses.