Exactly 660 of the 8,870 forensic nursing professionals employed in North Carolina, work in Wentworth. The number of forensic nursing professionals in Wentworth has grown by 12% from 2006 to 2010. Overall employment in Wentworth has also increased.

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As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Wentworth has grown, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have also increased. Wentworth forensic nursing professionals made $94,100 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for forensic nursing professionals in Wentworth was $70,170 per year. The growth in the salary of forensic nursing professionals in Wentworth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Wentworth forensic nursing professionals earn a median yearly salary of $82,150. The difference in pay between the forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 127%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $62,380 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $141,710 per year.

On average forensic nursing professional salaries in Wentworth are higher than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

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

There is one degree and certificate program in forensic nursing offered by Wentworth's forensic nursing school.

In 2010 approximately 19 students completed forensic nursing courses.