Of the 13,110 forensic nursing professionals employed in Pennsylvania, 90 work in Loretto. There has been a 47% decline in the number of forensic nursing professionals in Loretto between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Loretto has decreased, overall employment in Loretto has increased.

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As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Loretto has shrunk, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have increased. Loretto forensic nursing professionals made $89,780 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, forensic nursing professionals in Loretto made an average salary of $54,860 per year. The growth in the salary of forensic nursing professionals in Loretto is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Loretto forensic nursing professionals earn a median yearly salary of $72,160. The difference in pay between the forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 204%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $50,150 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $152,650 per year.

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

Many of Loretto'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 Loretto's forensic nursing school.

In 2010 approximately 8 students graduated from forensic nursing courses.