Exactly 60,790 of California's 219,640 criminal justice professionals work in Los Angeles. There has been a 1% growth in the number of criminal justice professionals in Los Angeles between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Los Angeles has also increased.

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Salaries for criminal justice professionals in Los Angeles have increased. In 2010 Los Angeles criminal justice professionals earned an average yearly salary of $46,337. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for criminal justice professionals in Los Angeles was $41,218 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Los Angeles.

Criminal justice professionals in Los Angeles make a median yearly salary of $45,250. The 10% of criminal justice professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $27,940 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 137% higher salaries.

Criminal justice professional salaries in Los Angeles are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Los Angeles' criminal justice professionals are graduates of one of the 8 accredited criminal justice schools in the city.

There are a total of 7 degree and certificate programs in criminal justice offered by Los Angeles' criminal justice schools.

Approximately 397 students graduated from criminal justice courses in 2010.