Author's bio: Ryan Deto, originally from California, has been exploring the streets of Pittsburgh for more than four years. He has been published in LA Weekly and has traveled to more than a dozen countries and more than 40 states throughout America.
Current Nationwide trends estimate that job openings for forensic scientists will rise approximately 19 percent by 2012. These numbers indicate more than 360 job positions opening up each year. In 2002, forensic scientists held approximately 8,400 job positions.
Employers. Almost 60 percent of people with a forensic science career worked in local government, mainly police departments. These technicians earned a mean $26.44 per hour or $54,990 per year. Second for employment was state government, with about one third of the jobs. Compensation here averaged $26.23 per hour or $54,550 per year.