Exactly 3,910 of the 38,380 information systems professionals employed in California, work in Costa Mesa. Between 2006 and 2010, in Costa Mesa, there has been a 57% decline in the number of information systems professionals. As the number of information systems professionals in Costa Mesa has decreased, overall employment in Costa Mesa has also decreased.

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In Costa Mesa, salaries for information systems professionals have increased. Costa Mesa information systems professionals made $133,530 per year, on average, in 2010. The average salary for information systems professionals in Costa Mesa was $97,645 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of information systems professionals in Costa Mesa is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Information systems professionals in Costa Mesa make a median yearly salary of $127,650. The difference in pay between the information systems professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 124%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $81,610 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $182,750 per year.

On average information systems professionals in Costa Mesa earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in Costa Mesa.

Many of Costa Mesa's information systems professionals are graduates of the only accredited information systems school in the city.

There are a total of 5 degree and certificate programs in information systems offered by Costa Mesa's information systems schools.

In 2010 approximately 89 students completed information systems courses.