Of the 29,560 forensic nursing professionals employed in California, 2,230 work in Riverside. Between 2006 and 2010, in Riverside, there has been a 39% growth in the number of forensic nursing professionals. As the employment for forensic nursing professionals in Riverside has increased, overall employment in Riverside has also increased.

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In Riverside, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have decreased. Riverside forensic nursing professionals made $84,915 per year, on average, in 2010. The average salary for forensic nursing professionals in Riverside was $90,490 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The decline in the salary of forensic nursing professionals in Riverside is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Riverside forensic nursing professionals earn a median yearly salary of $77,930. The difference in pay between the forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 143%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $50,215 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $122,085 per year.

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

Many of Riverside's forensic nursing professionals are graduates of one of the 2 accredited forensic nursing schools in the city.

Riverside's forensic nursing schools offer 3 forensic nursing degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 241 students graduated from forensic nursing courses.