Exactly 290 of the 750 liberal arts professionals employed in Kansas, work in Liberal. The number of liberal arts professionals in Liberal has shrunk by 15% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for liberal arts professionals in Liberal has decreased, overall employment in Liberal has increased.

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In Liberal, salaries for liberal arts professionals have decreased. Liberal liberal arts professionals made $52,290 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, liberal arts professionals in Liberal made an average salary of $55,720 per year. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Liberal.

Liberal arts professionals make a median salary of $45,110 per year in Liberal. The difference in pay between the liberal arts professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 356%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $20,540 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $93,760 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 136 students completed liberal arts courses in 2010.