Exactly 2,750 of California's 29,560 forensic nursing professionals work in Pittsburg. Between 2006 and 2010, in Pittsburg, there has been a 66% growth in the number of forensic nursing professionals. As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Pittsburg has increased, overall employment in Pittsburg has also increased.

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As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Pittsburg has grown, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have also increased. In 2010 an average salary of $107,820 per year was earned by forensic nursing professionals in Pittsburg. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for forensic nursing professionals in Pittsburg was $100,920 per year. The growth in the salary of forensic nursing professionals in Pittsburg is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Forensic nursing professionals in Pittsburg make a median yearly salary of $101,070. The 10% of forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $56,460 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $157,210 per year.

Pittsburg forensic nursing professionals have earnings that are higher than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

Many of Pittsburg's forensic nursing professionals are graduates of the only accredited forensic nursing school in the city.

There is one degree and certificate program in forensic nursing offered by Pittsburg's forensic nursing school.

In 2010 approximately 43 students completed forensic nursing courses.