Exactly 490 of the 24,400 criminal justice professionals employed in Wisconsin, work in Wausau. Between 2006 and 2010, in Wausau, there has been a 9% decline in the number of criminal justice professionals. Overall employment in Wausau has also decreased.

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As the number of criminal justice professionals in Wausau has shrunk, salaries for criminal justice professionals have increased. In 2010 Wausau criminal justice professionals earned an average yearly salary of $31,917. Criminal justice professionals in Wausau made a yearly average salary of $31,873, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of criminal justice professionals in Wausau is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Criminal justice professionals make a median salary of $30,747 per year in Wausau. The difference in pay between the criminal justice professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 60%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $25,147 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $40,180 per year.

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

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

Wausau's criminal justice schools offer 2 criminal justice degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 40 students completed criminal justice courses.