Exactly 75,370 of California's 285,540 hospitality professionals work in Pasadena. There has been a 84% growth in the number of hospitality professionals in Pasadena between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for hospitality professionals in Pasadena has increased, overall employment in Pasadena has also increased.

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As the number of hospitality professionals in Pasadena has grown, salaries for hospitality professionals have also increased. In 2010 an average salary of $36,297 per year was earned by hospitality professionals in Pasadena. Four years earlier in 2006, hospitality professionals in Pasadena made an average salary of $31,974 per year. The growth in the salary of hospitality professionals in Pasadena is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Hospitality professionals make a median salary of $33,436 per year in Pasadena. 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 $23,966 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $52,744 per year.

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

There are 2 accredited hospitality schools in the city. Many of Pasadena's hospitality professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

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

In 2010 approximately 41 students graduated from hospitality courses.