Exactly 53,650 of Illinois' 95,040 hospitality professionals work in Palatine. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of hospitality professionals in Palatine has grown by 46%. Overall employment in Palatine has also increased.

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In Palatine, salaries for hospitality professionals have increased. In 2010 Palatine hospitality professionals earned an average yearly salary of $34,014. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for hospitality professionals in Palatine was $31,310 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Palatine.

Palatine hospitality professionals earn a median yearly salary of $30,077. The difference in pay between the hospitality professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 165%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $20,689 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $54,871 per year.

Hospitality professional salaries in Palatine are, on average, higher than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

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

There is one degree and certificate program in hospitality offered by Palatine's hospitality school.

In 2010 approximately 10 students graduated from hospitality courses.