Exactly 130 of North Carolina's 3,100 liberal arts professionals work in Wilmington. There has been a 24% decline in the number of liberal arts professionals in Wilmington between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of liberal arts professionals in Wilmington has decreased, overall employment in Wilmington has increased.

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As the number of liberal arts professionals in Wilmington has shrunk, salaries for liberal arts professionals have increased. Wilmington liberal arts professionals made $59,240 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for liberal arts professionals in Wilmington was $46,250 per year. The growth in the salary of liberal arts professionals in Wilmington is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Liberal arts professionals in Wilmington make a median yearly salary of $56,570. The 10% of liberal arts professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $38,140 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 130% higher salaries.

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

Many of Wilmington's liberal arts professionals are graduates of one of the 2 accredited liberal arts schools in the city.

Wilmington's liberal arts schools offer 4 liberal arts degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 568 students completed liberal arts courses in 2010.