Exactly 470 of the 4,900 forensic nursing professionals employed in Oklahoma, work in Tahlequah. Between 2006 and 2010, in Tahlequah, there has been a 74% growth in the number of forensic nursing professionals. As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Tahlequah has increased, overall employment in Tahlequah has also increased.

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Salaries for forensic nursing professionals in Tahlequah have decreased. In 2010 Tahlequah forensic nursing professionals earned an average yearly salary of $66,940. Four years earlier in 2006, forensic nursing professionals in Tahlequah made an average salary of $67,860 per year. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Tahlequah.

Forensic nursing professionals make a median salary of $60,320 per year in Tahlequah. The difference in pay between the forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 178%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $36,720 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $101,970 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 36 students completed forensic nursing courses in 2010.