Exactly 2,430 of Virginia's 59,380 criminal justice professionals work in Big Stone Gap. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of criminal justice professionals in Big Stone Gap has grown by 15%. As the employment for criminal justice professionals in Big Stone Gap has increased, overall employment in Big Stone Gap has also increased.

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In Big Stone Gap, salaries for criminal justice professionals have increased. In 2010 Big Stone Gap criminal justice professionals earned an average yearly salary of $34,288. Four years earlier in 2006, criminal justice professionals in Big Stone Gap made an average salary of $32,190 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Big Stone Gap.

Criminal justice professionals in Big Stone Gap make a median yearly salary of $30,378. The difference in pay between the criminal justice professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 126%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $24,210 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $54,668 per year.

Big Stone Gap criminal justice professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

Many of Big Stone Gap's criminal justice professionals are graduates of the only accredited criminal justice school in the city.

There are a total of 3 degree and certificate programs in criminal justice offered by Big Stone Gap's criminal justice schools.

In 2010 approximately 21 students completed criminal justice courses.