Exactly 240 of the 2,220 liberal arts professionals employed in Massachusetts, work in Chicopee. Between 2006 and 2010, in Chicopee, there has been a 20% decline in the number of liberal arts professionals. As the number of liberal arts professionals in Chicopee has decreased, overall employment in Chicopee has increased.

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In Chicopee, salaries for liberal arts professionals have increased. In 2010 Chicopee liberal arts professionals earned an average yearly salary of $67,540. Four years earlier in 2006, liberal arts professionals in Chicopee made an average salary of $67,320 per year. The growth in the salary of liberal arts professionals in Chicopee is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Liberal arts professionals make a median salary of $63,310 per year in Chicopee. The difference in pay between the liberal arts professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 155%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $40,850 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $104,290 per year.

Liberal arts professional salaries in Chicopee are, on average, higher than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

There is only one accredited liberal arts school in the city. Many of Chicopee's liberal arts professionals are graduates of this school.

There is one degree and certificate program in liberal arts offered by Chicopee's liberal arts school.

Approximately 19 students graduated from liberal arts courses in 2010.