Exactly 90 of Maryland's 12,050 forensic nursing professionals work in Cumberland. There has been a 80% growth in the number of forensic nursing professionals in Cumberland between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Cumberland has also increased.

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In Cumberland, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $72,950 per year was earned by forensic nursing professionals in Cumberland. Forensic nursing professionals in Cumberland made a yearly average salary of $66,910, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Cumberland.

Forensic nursing professionals make a median salary of $77,210 per year in Cumberland. The difference in pay between the forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 128%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $41,670 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $94,850 per year.

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

Many of Cumberland's forensic nursing professionals are graduates of the only accredited forensic nursing school in the city.

There is one degree and certificate program in forensic nursing offered by Cumberland's forensic nursing school.

In 2010 approximately 111 students completed forensic nursing courses.