Of the 9,140 design professionals employed in Georgia, 290 work in Clarkesville. The number of design professionals in Clarkesville has grown by 4% from 2006 to 2010. As the number of design professionals in Clarkesville has increased, overall employment in Clarkesville has decreased.

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As the number of design professionals in Clarkesville has grown, salaries for design professionals have also increased. Clarkesville design professionals made $40,347 per year, on average, in 2010. Design professionals in Clarkesville made a yearly average salary of $28,965, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of design professionals in Clarkesville is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Design professionals in Clarkesville make a median yearly salary of $38,587. The difference in pay between the design professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 125%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $25,867 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $58,113 per year.

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

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

Clarkesville's design schools offer 2 design degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 3 students graduated from design courses.