Fashion Merchandising Schools In Wisconsin
There is only one accredited fashion merchandising school in Wisconsin for faculty who teach fashion merchandising classes to choose from. The trends in Wisconsin'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
- Bachelors degree in Fashion Merchandising
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Statistics
Professional Trends
Wisconsin Vs. National Fashion Merchandising Employment
| Wisconsin | 105,140 |
| National | 5,852,730 |
Approximately 2% of the country's fashion merchandising professionals work in Wisconsin state.
Employment Growth for Fashion merchandising professionals In Wisconsin
| 114,540 | 117,630 | 117,240 | 108,070 | 105,140 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
Fashion Merchandising is a shrinking field in Wisconsin. In Wisconsin, 9,400 less fashion merchandising professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, the field of fashion merchandising has shrunk by 8% in Wisconsin. 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 Wisconsin
| $49,138 | $50,473 | $51,970 | $52,452 | $53,902 |
| $43,308 | $43,685 | $45,556 | $47,117 | $48,374 |
| 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 Wisconsin. In 2006 fashion merchandising professionals made a mean salary of $49,138 per year, and in 2010 they made $53,902 per year.
Salary percentiles for Fashion merchandising professionals in Wisconsin
10th percentile |
$32,730 |
25th percentile |
$39,950 |
50th percentile |
$49,618 |
75th percentile |
$63,468 |
90th percentile |
$80,595 |
Thus, fashion merchandising professionals' salaries grew by 9% in 4 years. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. Within the field of fashion merchandising, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid fashion merchandising professionals earning 146% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in Wisconsin state.
Average Salaries for Fashion merchandising professionals and related professions in Wisconsin
Advertising |
$66,945 |
Business Administration |
$86,170 |
Business Management |
$93,430 |
Fashion |
$51,230 |
Fashion Design |
$73,190 |
Fashion Marketing |
$65,655 |
Fashion Merchandising |
$53,902 |
International Business |
$89,338 |
Marketing |
$80,570 |
Small Business |
$107,220 |
In Wisconsin, fashion merchandising professionals make, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Fashion Merchandising programs available for each degree type for all schools in Wisconsin
associate |
0 |
bachelor |
1 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
1 |
| Total | 2 |
As the number of fashion merchandising professionals is decreasing in Wisconsin state, the number of students graduating from the only accredited fashion merchandising school in Wisconsin state is decreasing. In 2006 there were 11 fashion merchandising graduates from fashion merchandising courses in Wisconsin and in 2010 there were 5 graduates.
Thus there was a 55% percent decrease in the number of fashion merchandising school degree or certificate graduates in Wisconsin. 50% of these graduates received a bachelor's degree in fashion merchandising.