Exactly 26,650 of Wisconsin's 78,430 business professionals work in Waukesha. There has been a 11% growth in the number of business professionals in Waukesha between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for business professionals in Waukesha has increased, overall employment in Waukesha has also increased.

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Salaries for business professionals in Waukesha have increased. Waukesha business professionals made $98,574 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, business professionals in Waukesha made an average salary of $85,058 per year. The growth in the salary of business professionals in Waukesha is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Business professionals in Waukesha make a median yearly salary of $78,530. The difference in pay between the business professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 130%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $50,467 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $116,313 per year.

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

Many of Waukesha's business professionals are graduates of the only accredited business school in the city.

Waukesha's business schools offer 5 business degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 92 students completed business courses in 2010.