Exactly 26,600 of California's 285,540 hospitality professionals work in San Diego. Between 2006 and 2010, in San Diego, there has been a 2% decline in the number of hospitality professionals. Overall employment in San Diego has increased.

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• Light Blue: Hospitality in San Diego
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Salaries for hospitality professionals in San Diego have increased. San Diego hospitality professionals made $36,414 per year, on average, in 2010. Hospitality professionals in San Diego made a yearly average salary of $33,200, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of hospitality professionals in San Diego is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Hospitality professionals make a median salary of $33,566 per year in San Diego. The 10% of hospitality professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $26,494 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 92% higher salaries.

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

There are 3 accredited hospitality schools in the city. Many of San Diego's hospitality professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

San Diego's hospitality schools offer 4 hospitality degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 102 students graduated from hospitality courses.