Exactly 14,030 of the 24,740 public administration professionals employed in Illinois, work in Dekalb. Between 2006 and 2010, in Dekalb, there has been a 19% growth in the number of public administration professionals. As the employment for public administration professionals in Dekalb has increased, overall employment in Dekalb has also increased.

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In Dekalb, salaries for public administration professionals have increased. Dekalb public administration professionals made $96,495 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for public administration professionals in Dekalb was $84,325 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Dekalb.

Public administration professionals in Dekalb make a median yearly salary of $61,320. The difference in pay between the public administration professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 143%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $49,010 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $118,963 per year.

On average public administration professionals in Dekalb earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in Dekalb.

There is only one accredited public administration school in the city. Many of Dekalb's public administration professionals are graduates of this school.

Dekalb's public administration school offers one public administration degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 37 students graduated from public administration courses.