Exactly 1,010 of Illinois' 67,340 small business professionals work in Mattoon. There has been a 25% growth in the number of small business professionals in Mattoon between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of small business professionals in Mattoon has increased, overall employment in Mattoon has also increased.

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Salaries for small business professionals in Mattoon have decreased. Mattoon small business professionals made $75,230 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, small business professionals in Mattoon made an average salary of $79,110 per year. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Mattoon.

Mattoon small business professionals earn a median yearly salary of $64,710. The difference in pay between the small business professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 267%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $35,700 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $130,860 per year.

On average small business professional salaries in Mattoon are higher than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

There is only one accredited small business school in the city. Many of Mattoon's small business professionals are graduates of this school.

There is one degree and certificate program in small business offered by Mattoon's small business school.

Approximately 2 students graduated from small business courses in 2010.