Exactly 1,100 of New York's 329,370 business professionals work in Ithaca. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of business professionals in Ithaca has grown by 13%. As the number of business professionals in Ithaca has increased, overall employment in Ithaca has also increased.

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As the number of business professionals in Ithaca has grown, salaries for business professionals have also increased. In 2010 an average salary of $89,430 per year was earned by business professionals in Ithaca. Four years earlier in 2006, business professionals in Ithaca made an average salary of $80,617 per year. The growth in the salary of business professionals in Ithaca is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Ithaca business professionals earn a median yearly salary of $78,494. The 10% of business professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $52,247 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $103,675 per year.

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

There are 2 accredited business schools in the city. Many of Ithaca's business professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

Ithaca's business schools offer 11 business degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 751 students completed business courses in 2010.