Exactly 8,200 of the 29,560 forensic nursing professionals employed in California, work in Pasadena. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of forensic nursing professionals in Pasadena has grown by 32%. As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Pasadena has increased, overall employment in Pasadena has also increased.

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As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Pasadena has grown, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have decreased. In 2010 forensic nursing professionals in Pasadena reportedly earned an average salary of $84,185 per year. Forensic nursing professionals in Pasadena made a yearly average salary of $88,180, four years earlier in 2006. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Pasadena.

Forensic nursing professionals in Pasadena earn a median salary of $73,650 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 234%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $39,875 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $133,355 per year.

On average forensic nursing professional salaries in Pasadena 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 Pasadena's forensic nursing professionals are graduates of this school.

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

In 2010 approximately 125 students graduated from forensic nursing courses.