Of the 20,490 communications professionals employed in Illinois, 330 work in Charleston. There has been a 8% decline in the number of communications professionals in Charleston between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of communications professionals in Charleston has decreased, overall employment in Charleston has increased.

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In Charleston, salaries for communications professionals have increased. Charleston communications professionals made $37,695 per year, on average, in 2010. The average salary for communications professionals in Charleston was $25,163 per year, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Charleston.

Charleston communications professionals earn a median yearly salary of $31,515. The difference in pay between the communications professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 189%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $21,755 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $62,818 per year.

Communications professional salaries in Charleston are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Charleston's communications professionals are graduates of the only accredited communications school in the city.

Charleston's communications schools offer 2 communications degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 195 students graduated from communications courses.