Exactly 2,900 of North Carolina's 116,690 business professionals work in Fayetteville. There has been a 7% decline in the number of business professionals in Fayetteville between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for business professionals in Fayetteville has decreased, overall employment in Fayetteville has increased.

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As the number of business professionals in Fayetteville has shrunk, salaries for business professionals have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $88,758 per year was earned by business professionals in Fayetteville. Business professionals in Fayetteville made a yearly average salary of $75,114, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of business professionals in Fayetteville is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Fayetteville business professionals earn a median yearly salary of $71,138. The difference in pay between the business professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 133%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $49,072 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $114,332 per year.

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

There are 3 accredited business schools in the city. Many of Fayetteville's business professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

There are a total of 28 degree and certificate programs in business offered by Fayetteville's business schools.

In 2010 approximately 571 students completed business courses.