Exactly 2,050 of the 4,600 forensic nursing professionals employed in Missouri, work in Independence. The number of forensic nursing professionals in Independence has grown by 15% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for forensic nursing professionals in Independence has increased, overall employment in Independence has also increased.

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In Independence, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have decreased. In 2010 Independence forensic nursing professionals earned an average yearly salary of $77,595. The average salary for forensic nursing professionals in Independence was $89,400 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The decline in the salary of forensic nursing professionals in Independence is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Forensic nursing professionals in Independence make a median yearly salary of $70,565. The 10% of forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $44,050 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $120,095 per year.

Forensic nursing professional salaries in Independence are, on average, higher than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

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

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

Approximately 1 students graduated from forensic nursing courses in 2010.