Exactly 8,200 of the 29,560 forensic nursing professionals employed in California, work in La Mirada. The number of forensic nursing professionals in La Mirada has grown by 32% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for forensic nursing professionals in La Mirada has increased, overall employment in La Mirada has also increased.

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In La Mirada, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have decreased. La Mirada forensic nursing professionals made $84,185 per year, on average, in 2010. Forensic nursing professionals in La Mirada made a yearly average salary of $88,180, four years earlier in 2006. The decline in the salary of forensic nursing professionals in La Mirada is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Forensic nursing professionals in La Mirada make a median yearly salary of $73,650. The 10% of forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $39,875 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $133,355 per year.

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

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

In 2010 approximately 32 students completed forensic nursing courses.