Exactly 17,280 of the 257,460 mba professionals employed in California, work in Palm Desert. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of mba professionals in Palm Desert has shrunk by 2%. As the number of mba professionals in Palm Desert has decreased, overall employment in Palm Desert has increased.

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As the number of mba professionals in Palm Desert has shrunk, salaries for mba professionals have increased. In 2010 Palm Desert mba professionals earned an average yearly salary of $147,890. The average salary for mba professionals in Palm Desert was $134,250 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of mba professionals in Palm Desert is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Mba professionals in Palm Desert earn a median salary of $94,510 per year. The 10% of mba professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $66,425 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 161% higher salaries.

Mba professional salaries in Palm Desert are, on average, higher than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

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

Palm Desert's mba school offers one mba degree and certificate program.

Approximately 46 students graduated from mba courses in 2010.