Of the 2,130 information systems professionals employed in Kansas, 290 work in Colby. There has been a 59% decline in the number of information systems professionals in Colby between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of information systems professionals in Colby has decreased, overall employment in Colby has increased.

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As the number of information systems professionals in Colby has shrunk, salaries for information systems professionals have increased. Colby information systems professionals made $73,430 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for information systems professionals in Colby was $66,240 per year. The growth in the salary of information systems professionals in Colby is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Information systems professionals in Colby make a median yearly salary of $71,680. The difference in pay between the information systems professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 106%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $49,650 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $102,140 per year.

On average information systems professional salaries in Colby are higher than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

There is only one accredited information systems school in the city. Many of Colby's information systems professionals are graduates of this school.

There is one degree and certificate program in information systems offered by Colby's information systems school.

Approximately 1 students graduated from information systems courses in 2010.