Of the 54,480 criminal justice professionals employed in North Carolina, 2,980 work in Hamlet. The number of criminal justice professionals in Hamlet has grown by 3% from 2006 to 2010. As the number of criminal justice professionals in Hamlet has increased, overall employment in Hamlet has also increased.

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As the number of criminal justice professionals in Hamlet has grown, salaries for criminal justice professionals have also increased. Hamlet criminal justice professionals made $34,703 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, criminal justice professionals in Hamlet made an average salary of $31,242 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Hamlet.

Criminal justice professionals in Hamlet make a median yearly salary of $34,010. The 10% of criminal justice professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $25,818 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 74% higher salaries.

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

There is only one accredited criminal justice school in the city. Many of Hamlet's criminal justice professionals are graduates of this school.

Hamlet's criminal justice school offers one criminal justice degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 8 students graduated from criminal justice courses.