Exactly 13,350 of the 7,160 communications professionals employed in Washington DC, work in Washington. There has been a 15% decline in the number of communications professionals in Washington between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for communications professionals in Washington has decreased, overall employment in Washington has increased.

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In Washington, salaries for communications professionals have increased. In 2010 communications professionals in Washington reportedly earned an average salary of $60,061 per year. The average salary for communications professionals in Washington was $51,797 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of communications professionals in Washington is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Communications professionals make a median salary of $50,626 per year in Washington. The 10% of communications professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $30,459 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 205% higher salaries.

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

There are 7 accredited communications schools in the city. Many of Washington's communications professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

Washington's communications schools offer 17 communications degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 414 students graduated from communications courses.