Exactly 15,080 of Minnesota's 22,170 criminal justice professionals work in Minneapolis. There has been a 20% decline in the number of criminal justice professionals in Minneapolis between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for criminal justice professionals in Minneapolis has decreased, overall employment in Minneapolis has increased.

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As the number of criminal justice professionals in Minneapolis has shrunk, salaries for criminal justice professionals have increased. Minneapolis criminal justice professionals made $46,235 per year, on average, in 2010. Criminal justice professionals in Minneapolis made a yearly average salary of $42,241, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Minneapolis.

Criminal justice professionals in Minneapolis make a median yearly salary of $44,243. The 10% of criminal justice professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $31,288 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 111% higher salaries.

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

Many of Minneapolis' criminal justice professionals are graduates of one of the 5 accredited criminal justice schools in the city.

Minneapolis' criminal justice schools offer 9 criminal justice degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 467 students graduated from criminal justice courses.