Of the 110,550 business professionals employed in Michigan, 3,300 work in Kalamazoo. Between 2006 and 2010, in Kalamazoo, there has been a 17% decline in the number of business professionals. As the number of business professionals in Kalamazoo has decreased, overall employment in Kalamazoo has also decreased.

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In Kalamazoo, salaries for business professionals have increased. In 2010 business professionals in Kalamazoo reportedly earned an average salary of $85,039 per year. Business professionals in Kalamazoo made a yearly average salary of $72,456, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Kalamazoo.

Business professionals make a median salary of $76,498 per year in Kalamazoo. The difference in pay between the business professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 141%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $45,622 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $109,862 per year.

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

Many of Kalamazoo's business professionals are graduates of one of the 4 accredited business schools in the city.

There are a total of 26 degree and certificate programs in business offered by Kalamazoo's business schools.

Approximately 1,281 students completed business courses in 2010.