Exactly 140 of the 13,160 information systems professionals employed in Virginia, work in Ferrum. The number of information systems professionals in Ferrum has shrunk by 82% from 2006 to 2010. Overall employment in Ferrum has increased.

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In Ferrum, salaries for information systems professionals have increased. In 2010 Ferrum information systems professionals earned an average yearly salary of $103,190. Four years earlier in 2006, information systems professionals in Ferrum made an average salary of $81,075 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Ferrum.

Information systems professionals make a median salary of $101,220 per year in Ferrum. The difference in pay between the information systems professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 172%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $55,570 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $151,090 per year.

Information systems professional salaries in Ferrum are, on average, higher than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

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

Ferrum's information systems school offers one information systems degree and certificate program.

Approximately 1 students graduated from information systems courses in 2010.