Exactly 18,120 of New Jersey's 8,890 forensic nursing professionals work in Jersey City. The number of forensic nursing professionals in Jersey City has grown by 9% from 2006 to 2010. As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Jersey City has increased, overall employment in Jersey City has also increased.

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In Jersey City, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have increased. In 2010 Jersey City forensic nursing professionals earned an average yearly salary of $106,190. The average salary for forensic nursing professionals in Jersey City was $104,200 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of forensic nursing professionals in Jersey City is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Forensic nursing professionals in Jersey City make a median yearly salary of $98,095. The 10% of forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $60,415 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 152% higher salaries.

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

Many of Jersey City's forensic nursing professionals are graduates of one of the 3 accredited forensic nursing schools in the city.

Jersey City's forensic nursing schools offer 3 forensic nursing degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 211 students completed forensic nursing courses in 2010.