Exactly 5,850 of the 14,850 design professionals employed in Pennsylvania, work in Philadelphia. Between 2006 and 2010, in Philadelphia, there has been a 4% decline in the number of design professionals. As the number of design professionals in Philadelphia has decreased, overall employment in Philadelphia has increased.

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As the number of design professionals in Philadelphia has shrunk, salaries for design professionals have increased. In 2010 Philadelphia design professionals earned an average yearly salary of $52,596. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for design professionals in Philadelphia was $46,646 per year. The growth in the salary of design professionals in Philadelphia is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Design professionals in Philadelphia earn a median salary of $49,298 per year. The difference in pay between the design professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 183%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $28,462 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $80,522 per year.

On average design professional salaries in Philadelphia are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

Many of Philadelphia's design professionals are graduates of one of the 9 accredited design schools in the city.

Philadelphia's design schools offer 40 design degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 858 students completed design courses.