Exactly 2,490 of the 168,080 business professionals employed in Virginia, work in Lynchburg. Between 2006 and 2010, in Lynchburg, there has been a 13% growth in the number of business professionals. As the employment for business professionals in Lynchburg has increased, overall employment in Lynchburg has also increased.

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As the number of business professionals in Lynchburg has grown, salaries for business professionals have also increased. Lynchburg business professionals made $89,941 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, business professionals in Lynchburg made an average salary of $74,446 per year. The growth in the salary of business professionals in Lynchburg is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Lynchburg business professionals earn a median yearly salary of $81,173. The difference in pay between the business professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 193%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $41,944 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $122,694 per year.

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

Many of Lynchburg's business professionals are graduates of one of the 6 accredited business schools in the city.

Lynchburg's business schools offer 21 business degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 1,439 students completed business courses in 2010.