Exactly 11,080 of California's 585,620 business professionals work in Ventura. There has been a 3% decline in the number of business professionals in Ventura between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of business professionals in Ventura has decreased, overall employment in Ventura has also decreased.

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In Ventura, salaries for business professionals have increased. Ventura business professionals made $100,364 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, business professionals in Ventura made an average salary of $97,573 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Ventura.

Business professionals in Ventura earn a median salary of $82,839 per year. The difference in pay between the business professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 121%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $51,378 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $113,638 per year.

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

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

There are a total of 13 degree and certificate programs in business offered by Ventura's business schools.

Approximately 138 students graduated from business courses in 2010.