Exactly 22,530 of the 251,520 culinary professionals employed in California, work in Oceanside. There has been a 4% decline in the number of culinary professionals in Oceanside between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for culinary professionals in Oceanside has decreased, overall employment in Oceanside has increased.

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Salaries for culinary professionals in Oceanside have increased. Oceanside culinary professionals made $29,326 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, culinary professionals in Oceanside made an average salary of $26,536 per year. The growth in the salary of culinary professionals in Oceanside is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Culinary professionals make a median salary of $27,602 per year in Oceanside. The 10% of culinary professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $22,426 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $39,456 per year.

On average culinary professional salaries in Oceanside are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

There is only one accredited culinary school in the city. Many of Oceanside's culinary professionals are graduates of this school.

There are a total of 2 degree and certificate programs in culinary offered by Oceanside's culinary schools.

In 2010 approximately 4 students completed culinary courses.