Exactly 160 of the 3,860 forensic nursing professionals employed in Louisiana, work in Thibodaux. Between 2006 and 2010, in Thibodaux, there has been a 14% growth in the number of forensic nursing professionals. As the employment for forensic nursing professionals in Thibodaux has increased, overall employment in Thibodaux has also increased.

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In Thibodaux, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have increased. Thibodaux forensic nursing professionals made $84,360 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for forensic nursing professionals in Thibodaux was $81,730 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Thibodaux.

Forensic nursing professionals make a median salary of $63,370 per year in Thibodaux. The difference in pay between the forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 264%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $42,850 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $156,140 per year.

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

There is only one accredited forensic nursing school in the city. Many of Thibodaux's forensic nursing professionals are graduates of this school.

Thibodaux's forensic nursing schools offer 2 forensic nursing degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 155 students completed forensic nursing courses in 2010.