Exactly 860 of the 8,870 forensic nursing professionals employed in North Carolina, work in Smithfield. There has been a 16% growth in the number of forensic nursing professionals in Smithfield between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Smithfield has decreased.

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In Smithfield, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have increased. Smithfield forensic nursing professionals made $85,320 per year, on average, in 2010. The average salary for forensic nursing professionals in Smithfield was $76,750 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of forensic nursing professionals in Smithfield is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Smithfield forensic nursing professionals earn a median yearly salary of $76,150. The difference in pay between the forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 104%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $59,925 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $122,195 per year.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 64 students completed forensic nursing courses.