Exactly 24,120 of California's 251,520 culinary professionals work in Palm Desert. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of culinary professionals in Palm Desert has shrunk by 9%. Overall employment in Palm Desert has increased.

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In Palm Desert, salaries for culinary professionals have increased. In 2010 Palm Desert culinary professionals earned an average yearly salary of $29,320. Culinary professionals in Palm Desert made a yearly average salary of $24,594, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of culinary professionals in Palm Desert is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Culinary professionals in Palm Desert make a median yearly salary of $26,790. The 10% of culinary professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $20,354 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $41,702 per year.

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

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

There are a total of 2 degree and certificate programs in culinary offered by Palm Desert's culinary schools.

Approximately 8 students completed culinary courses in 2010.