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.
Of course, the number of forensic pathologist jobs is only going to represent a fraction of that number. If NAME has its way, perhaps 500 of those 2,400 jobs would be forensic pathology positions, but that would be best-case scenario.