Of the 2,020 respiratory therapy professionals employed in Wisconsin, 280 work in Madison. There has been a 40% growth in the number of respiratory therapy professionals in Madison between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of respiratory therapy professionals in Madison has increased, overall employment in Madison has also increased.

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In Madison, salaries for respiratory therapy professionals have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $55,890 per year was earned by respiratory therapy professionals in Madison. Four years earlier in 2006, respiratory therapy professionals in Madison made an average salary of $51,170 per year. The growth in the salary of respiratory therapy professionals in Madison is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Respiratory therapy professionals make a median salary of $55,090 per year in Madison. The difference in pay between the respiratory therapy professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 60%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $43,990 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $70,300 per year.

Madison respiratory therapy professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

There is only one accredited respiratory therapy school in the city. Many of Madison's respiratory therapy professionals are graduates of this school.

Madison's respiratory therapy school offers one respiratory therapy degree and certificate program.

Approximately 24 students completed respiratory therapy courses in 2010.