Of the 123,090 teaching professionals employed in North Carolina, 7,840 work in Hamlet. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of teaching professionals in Hamlet has shrunk by 20%. As the employment for teaching professionals in Hamlet has decreased, overall employment in Hamlet has increased.

• Grey: North Carolina
• Dark Yellow: Hamlet

• Light Blue: Teaching in Hamlet
• Dark Yellow: All Professions in Hamlet

As the number of teaching professionals in Hamlet has shrunk, salaries for teaching professionals have increased. Hamlet teaching professionals made $52,065 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for teaching professionals in Hamlet was $44,362 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Hamlet.

Teaching professionals in Hamlet make a median yearly salary of $51,508. The difference in pay between the teaching professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 79%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $38,095 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $68,042 per year.

Hamlet teaching professionals have earnings that are higher than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

Many of Hamlet's teaching professionals are graduates of the only accredited teaching school in the city.

Hamlet's teaching schools offer 3 teaching degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 39 students completed teaching courses.