Exactly 590 of the 13,110 forensic nursing professionals employed in Pennsylvania, work in Nanticoke. Between 2006 and 2010, in Nanticoke, there has been a 24% decline in the number of forensic nursing professionals. As the employment for forensic nursing professionals in Nanticoke has decreased, overall employment in Nanticoke has increased.

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Salaries for forensic nursing professionals in Nanticoke have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $73,470 per year was earned by forensic nursing professionals in Nanticoke. Forensic nursing professionals in Nanticoke made a yearly average salary of $68,210, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Nanticoke.

Forensic nursing professionals in Nanticoke earn a median salary of $64,820 per year. The difference in pay between the forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 154%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $43,750 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $111,320 per year.

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

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

Nanticoke's forensic nursing school offers one forensic nursing degree and certificate program.

Approximately 115 students graduated from forensic nursing courses in 2010.