Of the 585,620 business professionals employed in California, 63,980 work in Irvine. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of business professionals in Irvine has shrunk by 2%. As the employment for business professionals in Irvine has decreased, overall employment in Irvine has also decreased.

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In Irvine, salaries for business professionals have increased. Irvine business professionals made $110,603 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, business professionals in Irvine made an average salary of $94,634 per year. The growth in the salary of business professionals in Irvine is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Business professionals make a median salary of $88,289 per year in Irvine. The difference in pay between the business professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 117%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $59,477 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $129,268 per year.

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

Many of Irvine's business professionals are graduates of one of the 5 accredited business schools in the city.

There are a total of 19 degree and certificate programs in business offered by Irvine's business schools.

In 2010 approximately 1,193 students graduated from business courses.