Exactly 140 of the 4,400 forensic nursing professionals employed in Kentucky, work in Hopkinsville. The number of forensic nursing professionals in Hopkinsville has grown by 56% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for forensic nursing professionals in Hopkinsville has increased, overall employment in Hopkinsville has decreased.

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As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Hopkinsville has grown, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have also increased. In 2010 Hopkinsville forensic nursing professionals earned an average yearly salary of $78,310. Four years earlier in 2006, forensic nursing professionals in Hopkinsville made an average salary of $66,860 per year. The growth in the salary of forensic nursing professionals in Hopkinsville is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Hopkinsville forensic nursing professionals earn a median yearly salary of $71,100. The difference in pay between the forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 149%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $45,270 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $112,640 per year.

On average forensic nursing professional salaries in Hopkinsville are higher than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

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

Hopkinsville's forensic nursing school offers one forensic nursing degree and certificate program.

Approximately 46 students completed forensic nursing courses in 2010.