Exactly 8,200 of California's 29,560 forensic nursing professionals work in Los Angeles. There has been a 32% growth in the number of forensic nursing professionals in Los Angeles between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Los Angeles has increased, overall employment in Los Angeles has also increased.

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As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Los Angeles has grown, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have decreased. Los Angeles forensic nursing professionals made $84,185 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, forensic nursing professionals in Los Angeles made an average salary of $88,180 per year. The decline in the salary of forensic nursing professionals in Los Angeles is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Forensic nursing professionals in Los Angeles earn a median salary of $73,650 per year. 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 Los Angeles are higher than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

There are 7 accredited forensic nursing schools in the city. Many of Los Angeles' forensic nursing professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

There are a total of 12 degree and certificate programs in forensic nursing offered by Los Angeles' forensic nursing schools.

In 2010 approximately 992 students graduated from forensic nursing courses.