Exactly 14,150 of Illinois' 20,490 communications professionals work in Dekalb. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of communications professionals in Dekalb has grown by 30%. Overall employment in Dekalb has also increased.

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As the number of communications professionals in Dekalb has grown, salaries for communications professionals have also increased. In 2010 communications professionals in Dekalb reportedly earned an average salary of $56,092 per year. The average salary for communications professionals in Dekalb was $45,370 per year, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Dekalb.

Communications professionals in Dekalb earn a median salary of $52,296 per year. The difference in pay between the communications professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 236%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $26,926 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $90,564 per year.

On average communications professionals in Dekalb earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Dekalb.

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

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

In 2010 approximately 297 students graduated from communications courses.