Exactly 370 of the 8,240 liberal arts professionals employed in California, work in Sacramento. There has been a 68% growth in the number of liberal arts professionals in Sacramento between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for liberal arts professionals in Sacramento has increased, overall employment in Sacramento has decreased.

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As the number of liberal arts professionals in Sacramento has grown, salaries for liberal arts professionals have decreased. In 2010 an average salary of $70,700 per year was earned by liberal arts professionals in Sacramento. Four years earlier in 2006, liberal arts professionals in Sacramento made an average salary of $71,170 per year. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Sacramento.

Liberal arts professionals in Sacramento earn a median salary of $69,810 per year. The difference in pay between the liberal arts professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 150%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $41,050 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $102,520 per year.

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

There are 5 accredited liberal arts schools in the city. Many of Sacramento's liberal arts professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

There are a total of 12 degree and certificate programs in liberal arts offered by Sacramento's liberal arts schools.

In 2010 approximately 1,475 students completed liberal arts courses.