Of the 1,610 forensic nursing professionals employed in Maine, 440 work in South Portland. The number of forensic nursing professionals in South Portland has shrunk by 8% from 2006 to 2010. As the number of forensic nursing professionals in South Portland has decreased, overall employment in South Portland has increased.

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As the number of forensic nursing professionals in South Portland has shrunk, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have also decreased. In 2010 an average salary of $93,720 per year was earned by forensic nursing professionals in South Portland. Four years earlier in 2006, forensic nursing professionals in South Portland made an average salary of $102,965 per year. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in South Portland.

Forensic nursing professionals in South Portland make a median yearly salary of $82,730. The 10% of forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $51,170 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $150,680 per year.

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

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

Approximately 54 students completed forensic nursing courses in 2010.