Exactly 210 of Virginia's 6,150 forensic nursing professionals work in Big Stone Gap. There has been a 16% decline in the number of forensic nursing professionals in Big Stone Gap between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for forensic nursing professionals in Big Stone Gap has decreased, overall employment in Big Stone Gap has increased.

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As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Big Stone Gap has shrunk, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $74,490 per year was earned by forensic nursing professionals in Big Stone Gap. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for forensic nursing professionals in Big Stone Gap was $58,940 per year. The growth in the salary of forensic nursing professionals in Big Stone Gap is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Forensic nursing professionals make a median salary of $66,920 per year in Big Stone Gap. The 10% of forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $48,100 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 122% higher salaries.

On average forensic nursing professionals in Big Stone Gap earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in Big Stone Gap.

There is only one accredited forensic nursing school in the city. Many of Big Stone Gap's forensic nursing professionals are graduates of this school.

Big Stone Gap's forensic nursing school offers one forensic nursing degree and certificate program.

Approximately 44 students completed forensic nursing courses in 2010.