Of the 24,400 criminal justice professionals employed in Wisconsin, 7,770 work in Milwaukee. The number of criminal justice professionals in Milwaukee has grown by 2% from 2006 to 2010. As the number of criminal justice professionals in Milwaukee has increased, overall employment in Milwaukee has also increased.

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As the number of criminal justice professionals in Milwaukee has grown, salaries for criminal justice professionals have also increased. Milwaukee criminal justice professionals made $48,028 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for criminal justice professionals in Milwaukee was $39,521 per year. The growth in the salary of criminal justice professionals in Milwaukee is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Criminal justice professionals make a median salary of $44,940 per year in Milwaukee. The 10% of criminal justice professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $31,875 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $71,415 per year.

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

There are 5 accredited criminal justice schools in the city. Many of Milwaukee's criminal justice professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

Milwaukee's criminal justice schools offer 6 criminal justice degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 275 students completed criminal justice courses in 2010.