Exactly 740 of California's 29,560 forensic nursing professionals work in Fresno. Between 2006 and 2010, in Fresno, there has been a 45% growth in the number of forensic nursing professionals. As the employment for forensic nursing professionals in Fresno has increased, overall employment in Fresno has decreased.

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As the number of forensic nursing professionals in Fresno has grown, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have also increased. Fresno forensic nursing professionals made $99,130 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, forensic nursing professionals in Fresno made an average salary of $92,200 per year. The growth in the salary of forensic nursing professionals in Fresno is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Forensic nursing professionals make a median salary of $90,010 per year in Fresno. The 10% of forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $54,300 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $150,750 per year.

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

Many of Fresno's forensic nursing professionals are graduates of one of the 3 accredited forensic nursing schools in the city.

Fresno's forensic nursing schools offer 4 forensic nursing degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 530 students completed forensic nursing courses in 2010.