FORENSIC SCIENCE SALARIES

Income varies greatly depending on the degree, your actual job, where you work, and how many hours you work.

It’s said; you may never ‘get rich’ but will have a good income, satisfied with your job, knowing you are contributing to justice.

Forensic scientists work different hours depending on job description.

        I.            Working in the laboratory for almost 40 hours a week.

     II.            In the fields or digs

   III.            Others wait for calls and work after their regular shifts

In the USA, the salaries vary as shown below:

Department	Income in $
Crime lab analyst	16.75-21.44/hour
Crime scene analyst	31.87-36.49/hour
criminalists	5000-7000/month
Crime lab director	58,000-76,000/yr
DNA analyst	62,000-75,000/yr
Evidence custodian	86,000-144,000/yr
Firearms examiner	2,000-5,000/month
Fingerprint technician	30,000-46,000/yr
Forensic autopsy Assistant	24.04-29.08/hour
Forensic technician	4,000-5,000/month
Forensic biologist	46,000-64,000/yr
Forensic evidence technician	4,000-5,000/month
Forensic scientist	35,000-52,0000/yr
Law enforcement training officer	22.0-30.00/hour
Latent print examiner	108,000-158,000/yr
Latent print technician	33,000- 50,000/yr
Toxicologist	6000/month
Trace analyst	2,000-3,000/month

In Kenya, that is subject to a lot of influences and the best to say is to urge us to be patient and wait for that day. However, we could compare the salaries to what the present Crime scene 

investigators and police earn just to have a rough figure.