Exactly 40 of the 620 liberal arts professionals employed in Iowa, work in Fayette. There has been a 0% decline in the number of liberal arts professionals in Fayette between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for liberal arts professionals in Fayette has decreased, overall employment in Fayette has also decreased.

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As the number of liberal arts professionals in Fayette has shrunk, salaries for liberal arts professionals have increased. In 2010 Fayette liberal arts professionals earned an average yearly salary of $53,890. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for liberal arts professionals in Fayette was $43,550 per year. The growth in the salary of liberal arts professionals in Fayette is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Fayette liberal arts professionals earn a median yearly salary of $50,520. The difference in pay between the liberal arts professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 162%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $31,570 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $82,660 per year.

On average liberal arts professional salaries in Fayette are higher than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

Many of Fayette's liberal arts professionals are graduates of the only accredited liberal arts school in the city.

Fayette's liberal arts school offers one liberal arts degree and certificate program.

Approximately 25 students graduated from liberal arts courses in 2010.