By the Numbers from the Employment issue of Columbia Business Times.

1. estimated employed
graphic designers in
Columbia, May 2015
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
130
estimated employed
accountants in Columbia,
May 2015
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
490
Columbia, Missouri’s labor
force, December 2016
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
102,400
full-time employees at
MU and MU Health Care
in 2014-2015
Source: MU
13,303
of MU graduates find
jobs in the state of
Missouri after graduation
Source: MU
68%
the average hourly wage
of workers in the Columbia
Metropolitan Statistical
Area in May 2015
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
$
20.93