Fashion Merchandising Schools In New Jersey
In New Jersey, there are 3 accredited schools where fashion merchandising classes faculty can find employment. The trends in New Jersey's fashion merchandising academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in fashion merchandising includes fashion merchandising training at the following levels:
- Fashion Merchandising Certificate
- Associates degree in Fashion Merchandising
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Statistics
Professional Trends
New Jersey Vs. National Fashion Merchandising Employment
| New Jersey | 166,880 |
| National | 5,852,730 |
Approximately 3% of the country's fashion merchandising professionals work in New Jersey state.
Employment Growth for Fashion merchandising professionals In New Jersey
| 173,750 | 179,840 | 179,840 | 170,180 | 166,880 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In New Jersey, the field of fashion merchandising is shrinking. In New Jersey, 6,870 less fashion merchandising professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, the field of fashion merchandising has shrunk by 4% in New Jersey. This decline is slower than the change in the number of fashion merchandising professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of fashion merchandising professionals has shrunk by 4% from 2006 to 2010.
Fashion Merchandising VS. All Professions salaries in New Jersey
| $62,750 | $64,433 | $65,478 | $66,872 | $69,255 |
| $50,031 | $52,191 | $53,328 | $54,026 | $55,877 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- 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 New Jersey. In 2006 fashion merchandising professionals made a mean salary of $62,750 per year, and in 2010 they made $69,255 per year.
Salary percentiles for Fashion merchandising professionals in New Jersey
10th percentile |
$42,115 |
25th percentile |
$51,772 |
50th percentile |
$64,862 |
75th percentile |
$82,095 |
90th percentile |
$99,328 |
This represents a growth in salaries of 9%. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. In the state of New Jersey, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of fashion merchandising. The pay differential between the highest paid fashion merchandising professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 136%
Average Salaries for Fashion merchandising professionals and related professions in New Jersey
Advertising |
$93,088 |
Business Administration |
$116,543 |
Business Management |
$126,438 |
Fashion |
$59,412 |
Fashion Design |
$68,930 |
Fashion Marketing |
$87,860 |
Fashion Merchandising |
$69,255 |
International Business |
$107,918 |
Marketing |
$99,950 |
Small Business |
$162,420 |
In New Jersey, fashion merchandising professionals earn, on average, less than professionals in related fields.
Educational Trends
Fashion Merchandising programs available for each degree type for all schools in New Jersey
associate |
2 |
bachelor |
1 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
1 |
| Total | 4 |
As the number of fashion merchandising professionals is decreasing in New Jersey state, the number of students graduating from the 3 accredited fashion merchandising schools in New Jersey state is decreasing. In 2006, 134 students graduated from fashion merchandising courses in New Jersey. And in 2010, 40 students graduated.
Thus there was a 70% percent decrease in the number of fashion merchandising school degree or certificate graduates in New Jersey. Most of these graduates, or 50%, earned a associate's degree in fashion merchandising.