Exactly 140 of Arkansas' 1,680 design professionals work in Arkadelphia. Between 2006 and 2010, in Arkadelphia, there has been a 367% growth in the number of design professionals. Overall employment in Arkadelphia has also increased.

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In Arkadelphia, salaries for design professionals have decreased. Arkadelphia design professionals made $24,150 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, design professionals in Arkadelphia made an average salary of $24,360 per year. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Arkadelphia.

Design professionals in Arkadelphia make a median yearly salary of $21,880. The difference in pay between the design professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 101%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $17,300 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $34,800 per year.

Design professional salaries in Arkadelphia are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Arkadelphia's design professionals are graduates of the only accredited design school in the city.

Arkadelphia's design school offers one design degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 8 students completed design courses.