Exactly 210 of the 980 design professionals employed in South Dakota, work in Madison. There has been a 5% decline in the number of design professionals in Madison between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Madison has also decreased.

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As the number of design professionals in Madison has shrunk, salaries for design professionals have also decreased. Madison design professionals made $25,695 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, design professionals in Madison made an average salary of $27,200 per year. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Madison.

Design professionals in Madison earn a median salary of $24,500 per year. The difference in pay between the design professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 68%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $19,980 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $33,625 per year.

Madison design professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

Many of Madison'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 Madison's design schools.

Approximately 9 students graduated from design courses in 2010.