Exactly 160 of the 3,660 forensic nursing professionals employed in Colorado, work in La Junta. The number of forensic nursing professionals in La Junta has grown by 7% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for forensic nursing professionals in La Junta has increased, overall employment in La Junta has also increased.

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As the number of forensic nursing professionals in La Junta has grown, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have also increased. La Junta forensic nursing professionals made $72,060 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for forensic nursing professionals in La Junta was $62,470 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in La Junta.

Forensic nursing professionals make a median salary of $70,870 per year in La Junta. The 10% of forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $44,820 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $95,520 per year.

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

Many of La Junta'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 La Junta's forensic nursing school.

Approximately 33 students graduated from forensic nursing courses in 2010.