Exactly 420 of the 9,100 design professionals employed in North Carolina, work in Wilkesboro. There has been a 8% growth in the number of design professionals in Wilkesboro between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of design professionals in Wilkesboro has increased, overall employment in Wilkesboro has also increased.

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As the number of design professionals in Wilkesboro has grown, salaries for design professionals have also increased. Wilkesboro design professionals made $35,410 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for design professionals in Wilkesboro was $25,550 per year. The growth in the salary of design professionals in Wilkesboro is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Design professionals make a median salary of $33,200 per year in Wilkesboro. The difference in pay between the design professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 110%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $23,840 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $50,107 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 8 students graduated from design courses in 2010.