Of the 2,830 liberal arts professionals employed in Florida, 280 work in Saint Petersburg. The number of liberal arts professionals in Saint Petersburg has shrunk by 12% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for liberal arts professionals in Saint Petersburg has decreased, overall employment in Saint Petersburg has increased.

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As the number of liberal arts professionals in Saint Petersburg has shrunk, salaries for liberal arts professionals have increased. In 2010 Saint Petersburg liberal arts professionals earned an average yearly salary of $68,430. Four years earlier in 2006, liberal arts professionals in Saint Petersburg made an average salary of $53,270 per year. The growth in the salary of liberal arts professionals in Saint Petersburg is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Liberal arts professionals make a median salary of $65,630 per year in Saint Petersburg. The 10% of liberal arts professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $34,030 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 214% higher salaries.

On average liberal arts professionals in Saint Petersburg earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in Saint Petersburg.

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

Saint Petersburg's liberal arts schools offer 2 liberal arts degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 14 students completed liberal arts courses in 2010.