Exactly 2,130 of the 12,970 hospitality professionals employed in West Virginia, work in Elkins. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of hospitality professionals in Elkins has shrunk by 28%. Overall employment in Elkins has increased.

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As the number of hospitality professionals in Elkins has shrunk, salaries for hospitality professionals have increased. In 2010 Elkins hospitality professionals earned an average yearly salary of $27,262. Four years earlier in 2006, hospitality professionals in Elkins made an average salary of $22,514 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Elkins.

Hospitality professionals in Elkins earn a median salary of $25,088 per year. The difference in pay between the hospitality professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 120%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $18,882 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $41,546 per year.

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

Many of Elkins' hospitality professionals are graduates of the only accredited hospitality school in the city.

Elkins' hospitality school offers one hospitality degree and certificate program.

Approximately 1 students graduated from hospitality courses in 2010.