Of the 29,560 forensic nursing professionals employed in California, 2,140 work in Mission Viejo. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of forensic nursing professionals in Mission Viejo has grown by 27%. Overall employment in Mission Viejo has decreased.

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In Mission Viejo, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have decreased. Mission Viejo forensic nursing professionals made $81,440 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, forensic nursing professionals in Mission Viejo made an average salary of $82,260 per year. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Mission Viejo.

Forensic nursing professionals make a median salary of $68,895 per year in Mission Viejo. The difference in pay between the forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 200%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $44,470 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $133,385 per year.

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

There is only one accredited forensic nursing school in the city. Many of Mission Viejo's forensic nursing professionals are graduates of this school.

There are a total of 2 degree and certificate programs in forensic nursing offered by Mission Viejo's forensic nursing schools.

In 2010 approximately 223 students completed forensic nursing courses.