Exactly 80 of the 720 graphic design professionals employed in Mississippi, work in Meridian. Between 2006 and 2010, in Meridian, there has been a 33% growth in the number of graphic design professionals. As the number of graphic design professionals in Meridian has increased, overall employment in Meridian has decreased.

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As the number of graphic design professionals in Meridian has grown, salaries for graphic design professionals have also increased. In 2010 graphic design professionals in Meridian reportedly earned an average salary of $31,030 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, graphic design professionals in Meridian made an average salary of $30,570 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Meridian.

Meridian graphic design professionals earn a median yearly salary of $28,900. The difference in pay between the graphic design professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 112%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $21,390 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $45,360 per year.

On average graphic design professional salaries in Meridian are higher than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

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

Meridian's graphic design school offers one graphic design degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 8 students graduated from graphic design courses.