Exactly 490 of the 29,560 forensic nursing professionals employed in California, work in Ventura. The number of forensic nursing professionals in Ventura has grown by 63% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for forensic nursing professionals in Ventura has increased, overall employment in Ventura has decreased.

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As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Ventura has grown, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have also increased. In 2010 an average salary of $95,190 per year was earned by forensic nursing professionals in Ventura. Four years earlier in 2006, forensic nursing professionals in Ventura made an average salary of $94,630 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Ventura.

Forensic nursing professionals in Ventura make a median yearly salary of $90,830. The difference in pay between the forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 151%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $54,190 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $135,900 per year.

Forensic nursing professional salaries in Ventura are, on average, higher than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

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

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

In 2010 approximately 91 students graduated from forensic nursing courses.