Exactly 63,030 of Arizona's 96,820 business professionals work in Phoenix. Between 2006 and 2010, in Phoenix, there has been a 9% decline in the number of business professionals. Overall employment in Phoenix has increased.

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In Phoenix, salaries for business professionals have increased. Phoenix business professionals made $93,818 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, business professionals in Phoenix made an average salary of $76,410 per year. The growth in the salary of business professionals in Phoenix is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Business professionals make a median salary of $73,314 per year in Phoenix. The difference in pay between the business professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 132%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $47,978 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $111,346 per year.

Business professional salaries in Phoenix are, on average, higher than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

There are 22 accredited business schools in the city. Many of Phoenix's business professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

Phoenix's business schools offer 131 business degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 7,407 students graduated from business courses in 2010.