Exactly 660 of California's 8,240 liberal arts professionals work in Palm Desert. There has been a 100% growth in the number of liberal arts professionals in Palm Desert between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of liberal arts professionals in Palm Desert has increased, overall employment in Palm Desert has also increased.

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As the number of liberal arts professionals in Palm Desert has grown, salaries for liberal arts professionals have also increased. Palm Desert liberal arts professionals made $120,590 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, liberal arts professionals in Palm Desert made an average salary of $71,030 per year. The growth in the salary of liberal arts professionals in Palm Desert is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Liberal arts professionals make a median salary of $118,040 per year in Palm Desert. The difference in pay between the liberal arts professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 210%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $65,130 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $201,820 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 211 students graduated from liberal arts courses in 2010.