Exactly 24,510 of Pennsylvania's 86,770 hospitality professionals work in Chester. There has been a 6% decline in the number of hospitality professionals in Chester between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of hospitality professionals in Chester has decreased, overall employment in Chester has increased.

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As the number of hospitality professionals in Chester has shrunk, salaries for hospitality professionals have increased. In 2010 Chester hospitality professionals earned an average yearly salary of $37,770. The average salary for hospitality professionals in Chester was $34,333 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of hospitality professionals in Chester is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Hospitality professionals in Chester make a median yearly salary of $35,660. The difference in pay between the hospitality professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 149%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $22,616 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $56,253 per year.

Chester hospitality professionals have earnings that are higher than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

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

There are a total of 2 degree and certificate programs in hospitality offered by Chester's hospitality schools.

In 2010 approximately 37 students completed hospitality courses.