Exactly 330 of California's 3,920 hotel management professionals work in Palm Desert. There has been a 11% decline in the number of hotel management professionals in Palm Desert between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for hotel management professionals in Palm Desert has decreased, overall employment in Palm Desert has increased.

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In Palm Desert, salaries for hotel management professionals have increased. In 2010 hotel management professionals in Palm Desert reportedly earned an average salary of $53,440 per year. Hotel management professionals in Palm Desert made a yearly average salary of $41,410, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Palm Desert.

Hotel management professionals in Palm Desert earn a median salary of $50,920 per year. The 10% of hotel management professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $30,450 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $82,720 per year.

On average hotel management professional salaries in Palm Desert are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

There is only one accredited hotel management school in the city. Many of Palm Desert's hotel management professionals are graduates of this school.

There is one degree and certificate program in hotel management offered by Palm Desert's hotel management school.

In 2010 approximately 2 students completed hotel management courses.