Exactly 2,520 of California's 51,090 design professionals work in Stanford. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of design professionals in Stanford has shrunk by 8%. As the number of design professionals in Stanford has decreased, overall employment in Stanford has also decreased.

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As the number of design professionals in Stanford has shrunk, salaries for design professionals have also decreased. In 2010 Stanford design professionals earned an average yearly salary of $64,854. The average salary for design professionals in Stanford was $71,786 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The decline in the salary of design professionals in Stanford is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Stanford design professionals earn a median yearly salary of $61,158. The 10% of design professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $34,921 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 161% higher salaries.

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

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

There is one degree and certificate program in design offered by Stanford's design school.

Approximately 3 students graduated from design courses in 2010.