Fashion Merchandising Schools In California
In California, there are 8 accredited schools where fashion merchandising classes faculty can find employment. The graphs, statistics and analysis below outline the current state and the future direction of academia in fashion merchandising in the state of California, which encompasses fashion merchandising training at the following levels:
- Fashion Merchandising Certificate
- Associates degree in Fashion Merchandising
- Bachelors degree in Fashion Merchandising
Schools
Cities
Statistics
Professional Trends
California Vs. National Fashion Merchandising Employment
| California | 640,670 |
| National | 5,852,730 |
Approximately 11% of the country's fashion merchandising professionals work in California state.
Employment Growth for Fashion merchandising professionals In California
| 703,990 | 719,190 | 715,650 | 666,760 | 640,670 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In California, the field of fashion merchandising is shrinking. 63,320 less fashion merchandising professionals were working in California in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 9% decline in the field. This is faster than the trend for fashion merchandising professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of fashion merchandising professionals has shrunk by 4% between 2006 and 2010.
Fashion Merchandising VS. All Professions salaries in California
| $55,980 | $57,873 | $60,278 | $61,835 | $63,648 |
| $48,885 | $52,410 | $54,744 | $56,285 | $57,176 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Fashion Merchandising
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
As the number of fashion merchandising professionals is declining, the salaries paid to fashion merchandising professionals are increasing in California. Fashion merchandising professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $55,980 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $63,648 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Fashion merchandising professionals in California
10th percentile |
$37,668 |
25th percentile |
$46,185 |
50th percentile |
$59,158 |
75th percentile |
$76,358 |
90th percentile |
$95,645 |
This represents a growth in salaries of 12%. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. Within the field of fashion merchandising, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid fashion merchandising professionals earning 154% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in California state.
Average Salaries for Fashion merchandising professionals and related professions in California
Advertising |
$91,762 |
Business Administration |
$106,637 |
Business Management |
$121,280 |
Fashion |
$58,177 |
Fashion Design |
$72,500 |
Fashion Marketing |
$84,310 |
Fashion Merchandising |
$63,648 |
International Business |
$102,440 |
Marketing |
$100,852 |
Small Business |
$128,440 |
Fashion merchandising professionals in California earn, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Fashion Merchandising programs available for each degree type for all schools in California
associate |
5 |
bachelor |
4 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
1 |
| Total | 10 |
The number of students graduating from the 8 accredited fashion merchandising schools in California is increasing. In California, there were 797 graduates in 2006. And there were 1,088 graduates from fashion merchandising courses in 2010.
Thus there was a 37% percent increase in the number of fashion merchandising school degree or certificate graduates in California. Most of these graduates, or 50%, earned an associate's degree in fashion merchandising.