Exactly 440 of Florida's 12,490 forensic nursing professionals work in Gainesville. There has been a 6% decline in the number of forensic nursing professionals in Gainesville between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Gainesville has increased.

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As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Gainesville has shrunk, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have increased. In 2010 forensic nursing professionals in Gainesville reportedly earned an average salary of $86,845 per year. Forensic nursing professionals in Gainesville made a yearly average salary of $83,590, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Gainesville.

Forensic nursing professionals in Gainesville earn a median salary of $87,485 per year. The difference in pay between the forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 127%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $52,695 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $119,775 per year.

Gainesville forensic nursing professionals have earnings that are higher than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

Many of Gainesville's forensic nursing professionals are graduates of one of the 2 accredited forensic nursing schools in the city.

Gainesville's forensic nursing schools offer 4 forensic nursing degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 493 students completed forensic nursing courses in 2010.