Exactly 80 of Oregon's 3,500 forensic nursing professionals work in Grants Pass. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of forensic nursing professionals in Grants Pass has shrunk by 20%. As the employment for forensic nursing professionals in Grants Pass has decreased, overall employment in Grants Pass has increased.

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In Grants Pass, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have increased. Grants Pass forensic nursing professionals made $76,700 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, forensic nursing professionals in Grants Pass made an average salary of $57,880 per year. The growth in the salary of forensic nursing professionals in Grants Pass is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Forensic nursing professionals make a median salary of $77,220 per year in Grants Pass. 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 $40,600 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $112,810 per year.

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

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

Grants Pass' forensic nursing school offers one forensic nursing degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 31 students graduated from forensic nursing courses.