Exactly 2,550 of Kansas' 12,700 criminal justice professionals work in Liberal. There has been a 30% decline in the number of criminal justice professionals in Liberal between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of criminal justice professionals in Liberal has decreased, overall employment in Liberal has increased.

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In Liberal, salaries for criminal justice professionals have increased. Liberal criminal justice professionals made $33,878 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for criminal justice professionals in Liberal was $32,235 per year. The growth in the salary of criminal justice professionals in Liberal is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Liberal criminal justice professionals earn a median yearly salary of $32,742. The 10% of criminal justice professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $24,652 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $45,078 per year.

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

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

There are a total of 2 degree and certificate programs in criminal justice offered by Liberal's criminal justice schools.

In 2010 approximately 2 students completed criminal justice courses.