Exactly 1,550 of California's 29,560 forensic nursing professionals work in San Jose. There has been a 49% growth in the number of forensic nursing professionals in San Jose between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of forensic nursing professionals in San Jose has increased, overall employment in San Jose has decreased.

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As the number of forensic nursing professionals in San Jose has grown, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have also increased. In 2010 San Jose forensic nursing professionals earned an average yearly salary of $106,595. Four years earlier in 2006, forensic nursing professionals in San Jose made an average salary of $88,950 per year. The growth in the salary of forensic nursing professionals in San Jose is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

San Jose forensic nursing professionals earn a median yearly salary of $94,735. The difference in pay between the forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 233%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $45,895 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $152,845 per year.

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

Many of San Jose's forensic nursing professionals are graduates of one of the 4 accredited forensic nursing schools in the city.

There are a total of 5 degree and certificate programs in forensic nursing offered by San Jose's forensic nursing schools.

In 2010 approximately 494 students completed forensic nursing courses.