Exactly 80 of North Carolina's 590 creative writing professionals work in Greensboro. The number of creative writing professionals in Greensboro has shrunk by 56% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for creative writing professionals in Greensboro has decreased, overall employment in Greensboro has increased.

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As the number of creative writing professionals in Greensboro has shrunk, salaries for creative writing professionals have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $55,100 per year was earned by creative writing professionals in Greensboro. Four years earlier in 2006, creative writing professionals in Greensboro made an average salary of $48,290 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Greensboro.

Creative writing professionals make a median salary of $44,170 per year in Greensboro. The difference in pay between the creative writing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 197%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $27,350 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $81,210 per year.

On average creative writing professionals in Greensboro earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in Greensboro.

There is only one accredited creative writing school in the city. Many of Greensboro's creative writing professionals are graduates of this school.

Greensboro's creative writing school offers one creative writing degree and certificate program.

Approximately 13 students completed creative writing courses in 2010.