Exactly 360 of Iowa's 4,070 forensic nursing professionals work in Estherville. Between 2006 and 2010, in Estherville, there has been a 27% decline in the number of forensic nursing professionals. Overall employment in Estherville has increased.

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As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Estherville has shrunk, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have increased. Estherville forensic nursing professionals made $65,460 per year, on average, in 2010. The average salary for forensic nursing professionals in Estherville was $59,650 per year, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Estherville.

Forensic nursing professionals make a median salary of $63,300 per year in Estherville. The difference in pay between the forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 100%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $43,380 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $86,670 per year.

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

Many of Estherville'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 Estherville's forensic nursing school.

In 2010 approximately 74 students graduated from forensic nursing courses.