Exactly 2,280 of California's 43,920 visual communications professionals work in Berkeley. Between 2006 and 2010, in Berkeley, there has been a 19% growth in the number of visual communications professionals. Overall employment in Berkeley has also increased.

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As the number of visual communications professionals in Berkeley has grown, salaries for visual communications professionals have also increased. In 2010 an average salary of $59,333 per year was earned by visual communications professionals in Berkeley. Four years earlier in 2006, visual communications professionals in Berkeley made an average salary of $56,060 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Berkeley.

Visual communications professionals in Berkeley earn a median salary of $54,175 per year. The 10% of visual communications professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $32,450 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $94,832 per year.

On average visual communications professional salaries in Berkeley are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

There is only one accredited visual communications school in the city. Many of Berkeley's visual communications professionals are graduates of this school.

There is one degree and certificate program in visual communications offered by Berkeley's visual communications school.

In 2010 approximately 1 students graduated from visual communications courses.