Exactly 60 of Montana's 850 design professionals work in Kalispell. There has been a 62% decline in the number of design professionals in Kalispell between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of design professionals in Kalispell has decreased, overall employment in Kalispell has increased.

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As the number of design professionals in Kalispell has shrunk, salaries for design professionals have increased. Kalispell design professionals made $38,110 per year, on average, in 2010. Design professionals in Kalispell made a yearly average salary of $32,767, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of design professionals in Kalispell is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Design professionals in Kalispell earn a median salary of $33,860 per year. The difference in pay between the design professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 210%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $21,200 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $65,640 per year.

On average design professionals in Kalispell earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Kalispell.

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

There are a total of 2 degree and certificate programs in design offered by Kalispell's design schools.

In 2010 approximately 5 students graduated from design courses.