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.
(BLS, 2012). The typical forensic scientist salary in the best paying jobs make between $65,000 and $72,000 per year, according to 2012 data from the BLS. For new forensic scientists, the typical forensic scientist salary is between $48,000 and $60,000 per year.Overall, the median in 2010 was $51, 570, BLS data from 2010 shows. Within the forensic science category, there are several specialties that may change salary and compensation.rime scene investigation is the specialization of acquiring criminal data at the scene of the crime. One of the least educationally intensive subsets of forensic science, typical salaries are between $38,000 and $55,000 per year, according to the American Academy of Forensic Science (2013).