Exactly 650 of Georgia's 71,130 culinary professionals work in Albany. Between 2006 and 2010, in Albany, there has been a 16% decline in the number of culinary professionals. As the employment for culinary professionals in Albany has decreased, overall employment in Albany has increased.

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In Albany, salaries for culinary professionals have increased. In 2010 culinary professionals in Albany reportedly earned an average salary of $18,058 per year. The average salary for culinary professionals in Albany was $15,870 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of culinary professionals in Albany is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Culinary professionals in Albany make a median yearly salary of $16,920. The difference in pay between the culinary professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 50%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $15,435 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $23,182 per year.

Culinary professional salaries in Albany are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Albany's culinary professionals are graduates of the only accredited culinary school in the city.

Albany's culinary schools offer 3 culinary degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 27 students completed culinary courses in 2010.