Exactly 2,280 of the 43,920 visual communications professionals employed in California, work in Oakland. The number of visual communications professionals in Oakland has grown by 19% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for visual communications professionals in Oakland has increased, overall employment in Oakland has also increased.

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

Visual communications professionals make a median salary of $54,175 per year in Oakland. The difference in pay between the visual communications professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 192%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $32,450 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $94,832 per year.

On average visual communications professionals in Oakland earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Oakland.

There are 2 accredited visual communications schools in the city. Many of Oakland's visual communications professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

Oakland's visual communications schools offer 6 visual communications degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 72 students completed visual communications courses in 2010.