Exactly 210 of the 980 design professionals employed in South Dakota, work in Mitchell. Between 2006 and 2010, in Mitchell, there has been a 5% decline in the number of design professionals. As the employment for design professionals in Mitchell has decreased, overall employment in Mitchell has also decreased.

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As the number of design professionals in Mitchell has shrunk, salaries for design professionals have also decreased. In 2010 Mitchell design professionals earned an average yearly salary of $25,695. Design professionals in Mitchell made a yearly average salary of $27,200, four years earlier in 2006. The decline in the salary of design professionals in Mitchell is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Design professionals in Mitchell 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.

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

There is only one accredited design school in the city. Many of Mitchell's design professionals are graduates of this school.

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

Approximately 2 students completed design courses in 2010.