Exactly 1,450 of the 9,730 design professionals employed in Massachusetts, work in Fall River. The number of design professionals in Fall River has shrunk by 36% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for design professionals in Fall River has decreased, overall employment in Fall River has increased.

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In Fall River, salaries for design professionals have increased. In 2010 Fall River design professionals earned an average yearly salary of $56,995. Four years earlier in 2006, design professionals in Fall River made an average salary of $44,640 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Fall River.

Design professionals make a median salary of $50,900 per year in Fall River. The difference in pay between the design professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 156%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $32,950 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $84,388 per year.

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

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

Fall River's design schools offer 2 design degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 10 students graduated from design courses in 2010.