Exactly 1,640 of the 5,920 forensic nursing professionals employed in Wisconsin, work in Milwaukee. There has been a 14% growth in the number of forensic nursing professionals in Milwaukee between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for forensic nursing professionals in Milwaukee has increased, overall employment in Milwaukee has also increased.

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In Milwaukee, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have increased. In 2010 forensic nursing professionals in Milwaukee reportedly earned an average salary of $85,070 per year. The average salary for forensic nursing professionals in Milwaukee was $72,750 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of forensic nursing professionals in Milwaukee is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Forensic nursing professionals in Milwaukee earn a median salary of $77,295 per year. The 10% of forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $53,580 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $83,700 per year.

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

Many of Milwaukee's forensic nursing professionals are graduates of one of the 8 accredited forensic nursing schools in the city.

Milwaukee's forensic nursing schools offer 12 forensic nursing degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 775 students completed forensic nursing courses.