Exactly 230 of North Carolina's 3,100 liberal arts professionals work in Dobson. The number of liberal arts professionals in Dobson has grown by 35% from 2006 to 2010. As the number of liberal arts professionals in Dobson has increased, overall employment in Dobson has also increased.

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As the number of liberal arts professionals in Dobson has grown, salaries for liberal arts professionals have also increased. Dobson liberal arts professionals made $54,000 per year, on average, in 2010. Liberal arts professionals in Dobson made a yearly average salary of $50,390, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of liberal arts professionals in Dobson is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Liberal arts professionals in Dobson make a median yearly salary of $50,950. The difference in pay between the liberal arts professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 137%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $33,490 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $79,360 per year.

Dobson liberal arts professionals have earnings that are higher than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

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

Dobson's liberal arts schools offer 3 liberal arts degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 145 students graduated from liberal arts courses.