Nurse Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Nurse positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$93,600

National average

Salary Range

$66,030 – $135,320

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Registered Nurses Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$208,940$126,150$226,240
Vallejo, CA$192,470$109,650$234,910
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$188,020$120,210$221,890
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$178,900$97,560$203,410
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$172,390$105,140$219,220
Modesto, CA$169,460$104,210$202,710
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$169,210$104,100$211,220
Yuba City, CA$144,220$96,450$172,200
Chico, CA$141,720$99,360$162,720
California$140,330$100,120$208,880
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$139,310$85,870$140,810
Urban Honolulu, HI$138,690$82,070$146,480
Hawaii$136,320$82,380$146,480
Salinas, CA$135,080$98,590$174,680
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$134,620$100,380$165,970
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$133,470$98,880$196,030
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$133,470$104,170$163,450
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$133,440$99,530$172,740
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$133,090$103,160$174,820
Stockton-Lodi, CA$131,840$98,500$207,020
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$130,740$104,260$194,160
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$130,680$94,420$163,280
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$130,160$97,780$171,040
Bend, OR$130,150$92,650$152,820
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$129,740$96,370$166,640
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$128,520$97,760$180,820
Salem, OR$128,150$98,920$153,280
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$127,980$99,710$146,720
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$127,510$93,340$181,660
Merced, CA$126,880$95,980$159,630
Fresno, CA$126,630$87,110$196,280
Redding, CA$124,990$92,600$161,920
Oregon$123,990$95,040$143,410
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$122,650$82,250$137,770
Visalia, CA$120,160$95,240$152,220
El Centro, CA$118,580$83,300$151,340
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$118,570$89,700$157,380
Corvallis, OR$114,500$95,000$134,520
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$113,490$83,900$154,440
Washington$112,180$86,490$149,370
Medford, OR$111,980$91,240$132,190
Anchorage, AK$110,690$82,410$137,400
Alaska$110,690$82,400$137,400
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$108,490$83,150$135,170
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$108,470$79,670$136,860
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$108,350$85,700$134,470
Albany, OR$108,000$91,320$133,980
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$107,250$90,020$134,120
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$106,810$89,150$132,520
Eugene-Springfield, OR$106,530$90,490$134,090
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$106,020$80,600$139,040
New York$105,600$77,930$153,420
Walla Walla, WA$105,360$85,970$135,130
District of Columbia$104,550$81,880$135,620
St. Cloud, MN$103,890$77,150$111,860
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$103,850$80,560$150,720
Longview-Kelso, WA$103,740$83,570$150,990
Reno, NV$103,620$77,490$132,990
Worcester, MA$103,490$75,130$151,940
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$103,400$81,700$135,130
Ithaca, NY$103,290$75,230$118,400
Grants Pass, OR$103,180$88,630$129,340
Mankato, MN$103,000$79,270$123,150
New Jersey$102,730$81,670$130,540
Fairbanks-College, AK$102,660$80,700$125,260
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$102,660$81,800$133,340
Rochester, MN$102,580$82,960$124,960
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$102,440$77,910$177,130
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$102,240$78,120$128,690
Nevada$101,990$77,960$132,990
Massachusetts$101,970$76,950$173,590
New Haven, CT$101,920$79,120$135,250
Pittsfield, MA$101,840$74,130$128,840
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$101,840$77,960$132,760
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$101,800$79,460$129,320
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$101,720$75,320$107,380
Glens Falls, NY$101,710$65,390$119,970
Connecticut$101,590$78,660$132,840
Bellingham, WA$101,580$84,310$149,370
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$101,390$81,630$131,820
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$101,210$77,890$124,360
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$101,180$84,390$152,660
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$100,980$80,090$137,110
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$100,950$72,610$120,510
Minnesota$100,870$75,830$128,200
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$100,840$74,340$121,080
Kennewick-Richland, WA$100,540$82,260$151,360
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$100,390$70,470$128,430
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$100,310$79,400$130,620
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$100,070$79,800$124,780
Rhode Island$99,960$72,090$128,520
Cheyenne, WY$99,860$65,880$131,060
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$99,780$69,580$125,420
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$99,680$78,820$117,750
Carson City, NV$99,600$82,040$118,150
Boulder, CO$99,530$67,080$129,680
Vineland, NJ$99,340$79,720$119,360
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$99,290$82,770$136,030
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$99,210$77,440$122,500
Barnstable Town, MA$99,170$75,680$149,980
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$98,740$67,400$122,800
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$98,500$77,210$124,200
Binghamton, NY$98,420$71,770$124,710
Niles, MI$98,280$76,600$124,200
Yakima, WA$98,240$81,730$154,180
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$98,160$71,200$124,130
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$97,810$69,360$125,320
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$97,640$80,790$120,390
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$97,370$76,720$131,710
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$97,220$72,090$133,310
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$97,140$75,810$122,470
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$97,110$77,420$119,600
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$96,980$74,330$114,400
Arizona$96,890$69,930$123,480
Maryland$96,830$75,470$121,150
New Hampshire$96,830$69,250$120,120
Lebanon, PA$96,770$75,240$122,490
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$96,600$79,630$104,370
Colorado$96,520$76,050$121,710
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$96,480$72,070$118,080
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$96,370$69,100$129,340
Reading, PA$96,330$75,030$125,280
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$96,060$73,600$133,140
Tucson, AZ$95,960$62,890$122,080
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$95,800$78,960$111,660
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$95,780$66,970$120,500
Battle Creek, MI$95,750$75,650$121,960
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$95,380$75,160$115,340
Killeen-Temple, TX$95,210$64,660$116,800
Charlottesville, VA$95,180$66,390$136,770
Kingston, NY$95,090$67,070$117,890
Rochester, NY$95,010$76,320$125,810
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$94,900$64,210$122,820
Coeur d'Alene, ID$94,870$72,200$126,200
Ann Arbor, MI$94,050$80,360$127,200
Boise City, ID$93,830$71,560$123,800
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$93,540$74,620$128,570
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$93,120$67,510$124,320
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$93,100$66,360$130,310
Delaware$92,610$72,850$127,340
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$92,470$72,190$125,980
Grand Junction, CO$92,280$78,840$119,060
Yuma, AZ$92,010$58,100$97,390
Santa Fe, NM$91,750$72,080$108,760
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$91,600$76,140$116,330
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$91,370$69,880$117,330
Winchester, VA-WV$91,280$66,720$127,310
Springfield, MA$90,970$67,850$127,760
Chambersburg, PA$90,620$68,510$114,700
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$90,450$71,730$115,960
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$90,280$63,200$127,930
Texas$90,010$64,660$122,060
Madison, WI$89,980$80,000$110,100
Richmond, VA$89,730$67,020$119,860
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$89,650$67,620$107,240
Albuquerque, NM$89,590$79,700$120,850
Colorado Springs, CO$89,210$73,590$108,060
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$89,140$68,640$107,750
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$89,000$69,930$111,570
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$88,980$72,470$111,200
Virginia$88,820$64,370$124,040
Greeley, CO$88,550$73,630$108,070
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$88,510$68,780$103,710
Midland, TX$88,460$64,650$110,180
Warner Robins, GA$88,270$70,270$108,660
New Mexico$88,260$70,630$121,200
Lexington Park, MD$87,960$72,760$102,180
Flint, MI$87,720$65,160$108,090
Bay City, MI$87,670$65,510$105,490
Helena, MT$87,630$70,250$124,300
Pennsylvania$87,610$67,410$116,590
Pueblo, CO$87,520$73,790$107,540
Waco, TX$87,330$64,380$108,180
Manchester-Nashua, NH$87,210$69,250$118,960
Burlington, NC$87,110$65,580$102,740
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$87,100$63,260$115,990
Monroe, MI$87,020$62,930$103,310
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$86,970$74,010$119,140
Bangor, ME$86,860$69,240$104,520
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$86,570$67,200$108,580
Georgia$86,560$66,110$124,810
Albany, GA$86,560$65,120$109,280
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$86,430$72,270$106,750
Illinois$86,410$64,930$112,320
Dover, DE$86,280$66,350$121,760
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$86,270$66,840$106,700
Idaho$86,100$65,690$118,460
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$86,090$66,960$106,230
Wisconsin$86,070$74,970$109,270
Utica-Rome, NY$86,020$62,560$109,860
Williamsport, PA$86,020$70,370$106,590
Bozeman, MT$86,000$77,750$119,220
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$85,930$67,920$107,210
York-Hanover, PA$85,800$67,560$110,290
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$85,770$64,720$102,430
Michigan$85,670$70,150$106,770
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$85,660$63,720$136,430
Saginaw, MI$85,640$75,690$105,500
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$85,610$68,040$127,240
Billings, MT$85,580$67,720$109,450
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$85,560$69,110$106,530
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$85,500$75,960$106,930
Vermont$85,150$70,840$117,310
Lawton, OK$85,150$67,770$145,980
Naples-Marco Island, FL$85,140$69,900$142,960
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$84,970$68,910$108,950
Salisbury, MD$84,930$70,430$106,910
Kokomo, IN$84,880$62,620$105,160
Raleigh-Cary, NC$84,870$67,460$107,800
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$84,820$73,490$106,440
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$84,780$67,140$107,280
Gainesville, FL$84,710$72,740$109,200
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$84,710$65,860$106,660
Peoria, IL$84,690$65,550$103,440
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$84,690$68,050$95,060
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$84,660$77,150$120,280
Janesville-Beloit, WI$84,610$70,170$106,480
Kenosha, WI$84,500$75,930$102,730
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$84,470$64,030$106,500
Lincoln, NE$84,460$61,890$99,960
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$84,410$64,510$120,360
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$84,400$66,240$109,320
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$84,350$64,610$101,770
Lewiston, ID-WA$84,310$70,220$123,360
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$84,300$70,840$103,180
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$84,290$67,960$114,960
Winston-Salem, NC$84,270$69,050$108,320
Greensboro-High Point, NC$84,200$67,660$105,380
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$84,130$64,500$115,030
Decatur, IL$84,120$65,980$101,260
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$83,990$73,170$107,600
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$83,930$65,590$104,840
Syracuse, NY$83,920$67,670$105,310
Amarillo, TX$83,810$64,300$112,130
Savannah, GA$83,720$63,770$106,620
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$83,660$65,470$100,770
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$83,520$69,640$105,330
Rome, GA$83,420$66,910$99,090
St. George, UT$83,360$67,400$104,310
Duluth, MN-WI$83,270$67,400$106,490
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$83,200$65,410$130,920
Lancaster, PA$83,180$67,890$102,230
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$83,150$72,610$103,270
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$83,140$70,680$114,340
Kankakee, IL$83,110$62,690$104,910
Logan, UT-ID$83,100$65,800$104,180
Sandusky, OH$83,060$68,730$92,710
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$82,980$75,410$104,270
Iowa City, IA$82,920$67,830$102,430
Maine$82,860$66,330$104,870
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$82,860$70,610$101,750
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$82,850$65,550$103,640
Florida$82,850$66,670$110,530
Portland-South Portland, ME$82,830$68,920$103,550
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$82,800$61,250$105,790
Lexington-Fayette, KY$82,780$67,340$105,890
Sebring, FL$82,690$67,990$101,860
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$82,680$64,070$97,300
Kansas City, MO-KS$82,630$65,360$104,240
St. Louis, MO-IL$82,560$61,990$105,630
Columbus, OH$82,520$73,180$104,170
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$82,370$66,920$104,950
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$82,330$60,250$106,970
Utah$82,270$67,980$106,960
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$82,170$61,500$105,950
Macon-Bibb County, GA$82,160$65,180$105,770
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$82,140$68,420$119,220
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$82,140$62,590$99,290
Tulsa, OK$82,130$68,060$105,460
Cleveland, OH$81,970$74,920$104,330
Champaign-Urbana, IL$81,960$65,460$100,580
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$81,950$61,030$103,180
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$81,920$65,870$125,020
North Carolina$81,860$64,180$107,110
Appleton, WI$81,850$69,650$105,210
Lynchburg, VA$81,840$63,350$96,160
Wyoming$81,790$64,660$108,350
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$81,790$68,540$103,510
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$81,750$63,840$103,500
Hinesville, GA$81,730$67,510$100,030
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$81,730$62,370$106,500
Springfield, IL$81,680$66,690$107,030
Rockford, IL$81,560$60,010$105,530
Montana$81,560$67,720$109,450
Farmington, NM$81,530$63,280$113,880
Akron, OH$81,520$65,560$99,280
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$81,450$63,490$100,210
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$81,450$62,580$136,300
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$81,440$63,130$121,120
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$81,430$65,980$107,810
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$81,430$62,760$97,150
Eau Claire, WI$81,420$75,510$104,330
El Paso, TX$81,380$62,550$119,040
Columbia, MO$81,370$59,600$102,610
Sheboygan, WI$81,360$66,750$102,230
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$81,310$66,340$105,480
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$81,270$63,070$101,390
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$81,270$66,320$101,780
Fayetteville, NC$81,260$61,940$119,230
Ohio$81,250$66,060$103,650
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$81,210$64,810$102,170
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$81,200$63,290$110,950
Pittsburgh, PA$81,190$67,000$107,870
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$81,190$61,670$105,920
Johnstown, PA$81,180$65,040$95,840
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$81,170$64,360$108,530
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$81,170$63,550$115,710
Oklahoma$81,160$64,110$105,320
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$81,150$60,270$103,940
Charleston, WV$81,130$44,870$108,600
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$81,130$59,950$107,160
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$81,110$66,310$101,630
Rocky Mount, NC$81,090$61,490$102,680
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$81,080$64,600$98,490
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$81,080$64,310$106,770
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$81,070$60,670$103,250
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$81,040$73,090$105,480
Morgantown, WV$81,040$59,140$96,150
Omaha, NE-IA$81,020$64,600$102,090
Nebraska$81,020$63,290$101,500
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$80,990$67,030$103,340
Twin Falls, ID$80,950$73,600$100,740
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$80,900$69,800$99,970
Casper, WY$80,890$64,890$100,910
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$80,890$59,960$104,420
Greenville, NC$80,870$65,110$148,810
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$80,860$62,220$97,830
Corpus Christi, TX$80,850$62,980$99,130
Jacksonville, FL$80,850$65,460$100,980
Sherman-Denison, TX$80,840$67,800$99,760
Traverse City, MI$80,760$70,670$102,010
Indiana$80,740$63,720$103,820
Asheville, NC$80,720$62,770$110,860
State College, PA$80,620$62,950$94,690
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$80,620$70,410$100,700
Las Cruces, NM$80,520$62,410$105,850
Gettysburg, PA$80,510$67,290$98,820
Punta Gorda, FL$80,500$63,690$103,550
Victoria, TX$80,500$63,260$103,420
Oklahoma City, OK$80,460$65,360$102,940
Altoona, PA$80,460$67,790$107,450
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$80,420$64,590$101,830
Fond du Lac, WI$80,360$74,140$97,980
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$80,350$50,270$102,410
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$80,340$55,800$100,790
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$80,310$72,300$104,740
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$80,310$64,670$98,550
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$80,300$64,080$103,380
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$80,280$62,750$101,710
Montgomery, AL$80,250$50,620$122,820
Sumter, SC$80,240$64,280$100,990
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$80,240$62,350$117,960
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$80,230$59,000$106,350
Florence, SC$80,220$63,950$165,610
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$80,190$65,140$95,670
Port St. Lucie, FL$80,160$70,520$101,840
Dalton, GA$80,120$63,790$99,980
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$80,120$64,040$98,610
Columbia, SC$80,100$64,890$104,390
Bloomington, IL$80,060$60,490$103,590
West Virginia$79,990$53,060$106,830
Elmira, NY$79,990$64,760$95,080
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$79,970$63,040$96,260
Athens-Clarke County, GA$79,940$66,820$97,620
Grand Island, NE$79,940$60,350$102,320
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$79,940$65,660$90,910
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$79,920$65,960$100,830
Kentucky$79,910$63,180$104,430
Goldsboro, NC$79,910$66,600$100,980
South Carolina$79,900$64,200$102,040
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$79,840$61,510$101,200
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$79,830$57,820$103,440
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$79,830$56,530$96,420
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$79,800$59,700$99,320
Missouri$79,770$58,510$103,140
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$79,680$62,110$99,490
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$79,630$65,680$103,420
Wichita Falls, TX$79,620$62,550$100,250
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$79,620$64,370$103,530
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$79,600$62,520$99,830
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$79,580$66,020$98,290
Spartanburg, SC$79,550$67,780$97,950
Green Bay, WI$79,550$74,860$100,630
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$79,540$61,790$102,620
Owensboro, KY$79,510$64,150$100,450
Lawrence, KS$79,510$62,200$91,050
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$79,490$60,440$100,840
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$79,470$62,090$97,760
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$79,470$63,720$98,000
Toledo, OH$79,440$66,030$99,500
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$79,410$63,620$99,780
Columbus, GA-AL$79,360$62,620$97,030
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$79,360$64,090$98,260
Ogden, UT$79,320$64,640$101,970
Longview, TX$79,290$58,480$103,930
College Station-Bryan, TX$79,270$64,440$97,690
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$79,260$51,780$97,060
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$79,250$64,720$108,410
Missoula, MT$79,210$68,720$101,580
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$79,210$62,890$104,110
Terre Haute, IN$79,140$63,010$96,600
Elizabethtown, KY$79,140$63,790$100,460
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$79,120$62,240$94,610
Evansville, IN$79,040$59,490$100,080
Wausau, WI$79,030$70,790$101,010
Tennessee$79,030$59,540$102,040
Fargo, ND-MN$78,990$66,970$101,440
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$78,980$62,330$106,920
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$78,970$64,340$98,110
Beckley, WV$78,930$40,560$103,310
Louisiana$78,880$62,830$111,810
Idaho Falls, ID$78,880$62,670$98,740
Topeka, KS$78,870$61,880$102,460
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$78,840$60,120$108,680
Jackson, MS$78,800$61,570$114,650
Alexandria, LA$78,740$59,980$105,410
Jonesboro, AR$78,730$63,410$108,100
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$78,720$26,790$97,710
Lubbock, TX$78,700$63,930$102,910
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$78,620$59,690$108,990
Laredo, TX$78,580$58,400$103,050
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$78,540$59,720$102,430
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$78,530$67,040$98,990
Lima, OH$78,510$64,240$93,850
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$78,480$62,540$94,450
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$78,450$58,860$96,640
Mansfield, OH$78,370$63,340$97,800
Bloomington, IN$78,320$63,060$100,360
Minot, ND$78,310$62,880$98,490
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$78,310$63,630$99,000
Odessa, TX$78,270$66,010$100,120
North Dakota$78,260$65,770$99,540
Lake Charles, LA$78,240$64,230$117,310
Pocatello, ID$78,220$61,620$97,230
Baton Rouge, LA$78,210$63,450$99,520
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$78,210$55,690$101,500
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$78,190$59,790$105,670
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$78,140$61,900$106,770
Kansas$78,060$60,630$97,870
Bismarck, ND$78,040$66,750$98,810
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$77,980$54,040$106,600
Muncie, IN$77,970$63,010$98,720
Erie, PA$77,950$63,970$103,850
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$77,940$59,650$100,340
Clarksville, TN-KY$77,930$57,730$98,900
Abilene, TX$77,860$60,610$99,090
Jacksonville, NC$77,860$58,610$99,040
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$77,830$64,430$96,750
Auburn-Opelika, AL$77,720$63,300$129,190
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$77,710$60,840$96,610
Fort Wayne, IN$77,690$63,780$97,740
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$77,680$62,950$97,360
Canton-Massillon, OH$77,650$62,490$96,950
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$77,640$53,920$96,810
Manhattan, KS$77,570$60,840$93,470
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$77,470$61,260$96,650
Tyler, TX$77,450$60,480$96,160
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$77,410$60,770$85,420
Paducah, KY-IL$77,400$62,100$99,730
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$77,380$59,980$99,780
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$77,340$64,600$96,710
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$77,310$61,780$98,950
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$77,300$60,530$95,290
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$77,260$61,370$93,700
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$77,240$58,590$96,160
Springfield, OH$77,180$61,260$96,870
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$77,160$50,470$92,620
Arkansas$77,130$57,380$99,960
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$77,040$49,000$97,320
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$77,010$57,550$100,030
Fort Smith, AR-OK$77,000$55,730$94,960
Iowa$76,960$62,210$98,280
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$76,960$59,990$100,530
Hot Springs, AR$76,930$59,710$96,440
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$76,920$62,540$96,990
Chattanooga, TN-GA$76,870$61,140$99,420
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$76,840$61,880$96,410
Morristown, TN$76,640$56,680$93,600
Bowling Green, KY$76,620$63,180$96,810
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$76,590$60,680$97,820
Texarkana, TX-AR$76,560$58,140$105,520
Cedar Rapids, IA$76,560$60,290$99,910
Grand Forks, ND-MN$76,550$65,030$96,620
Lafayette, LA$76,550$61,710$112,130
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$76,430$60,880$99,930
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$76,430$62,720$98,730
Ocala, FL$76,410$64,230$94,980
Wheeling, WV-OH$76,400$61,450$97,460
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$76,380$60,620$89,240
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$76,380$61,930$101,870
Cleveland, TN$76,230$56,960$90,940
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$76,230$58,730$97,740
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$76,190$59,700$98,040
Columbus, IN$76,160$60,620$95,390
Birmingham, AL$76,020$61,080$102,480
Tallahassee, FL$75,990$61,420$100,980
Roanoke, VA$75,960$63,240$109,200
Jefferson City, MO$75,930$56,070$92,920
Youngstown-Warren, OH$75,850$62,480$94,160
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$75,810$52,030$97,850
Wilmington, NC$75,710$64,020$97,850
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$75,620$60,150$101,160
Homosassa Springs, FL$75,580$59,740$109,660
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$75,510$50,820$98,420
Great Falls, MT$75,470$65,830$99,140
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$75,470$50,720$102,020
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$75,460$60,480$91,990
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$75,460$59,670$85,740
San Angelo, TX$75,440$61,570$95,510
Monroe, LA$75,440$58,800$94,630
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$75,300$58,590$93,100
Hammond, LA$75,210$63,610$103,370
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$75,140$53,530$100,410
Enid, OK$75,090$57,630$96,710
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$74,970$63,090$111,920
St. Joseph, MO-KS$74,750$60,360$92,680
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$74,720$60,420$93,790
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$74,680$53,280$97,650
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$74,630$55,680$96,890
Mississippi$74,470$58,130$104,040
Valdosta, GA$74,450$62,710$90,810
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$74,440$60,220$93,590
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$74,390$61,170$95,360
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$74,360$60,770$97,540
Gadsden, AL$74,020$47,190$88,770
Virgin Islands$73,890$48,730$88,270
Eagle Pass, TX$73,890$62,300$98,350
Wichita, KS$73,790$57,800$96,660
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$73,490$57,350$105,640
Johnson City, TN$73,340$53,260$106,660
Knoxville, TN$73,320$51,890$93,490
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$73,230$54,100$96,500
Joplin, MO-KS$73,190$59,670$92,710
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$73,190$54,770$91,480
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$72,970$59,690$102,130
Ames, IA$72,920$62,680$92,040
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$72,690$55,180$95,590
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$71,650$51,680$95,560
Jackson, TN$71,640$57,360$85,710
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$71,110$55,970$89,130
Alabama$71,040$53,360$98,840
Dubuque, IA$70,740$62,190$85,510
Mobile, AL$69,700$55,770$91,300
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$69,680$59,340$88,540
Rapid City, SD$69,510$57,170$92,640
South Dakota$69,510$51,980$92,570
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$69,180$61,590$90,680
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$68,890$51,980$92,850
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$68,830$52,250$89,790
Tuscaloosa, AL$68,790$53,360$102,190
Anniston-Oxford, AL$68,720$47,700$83,270
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$67,800$50,100$83,930
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$67,390$50,650$93,350
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$67,390$58,550$92,790
Decatur, AL$67,010$50,120$85,230
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$66,540$55,830$85,200
Springfield, MO$66,530$56,140$95,490
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$66,450$55,890$87,160
Huntsville, AL$66,030$53,260$95,950
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$65,250$51,940$82,850
Dothan, AL$65,070$50,390$86,140
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$65,060$53,370$82,310
Hattiesburg, MS$64,960$57,450$92,910
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$64,930$49,960$81,730
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$64,370$50,790$86,240
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$62,080$46,070$77,290
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$38,750$30,730$57,350
Puerto Rico$37,780$30,230$55,780
Guayama, PR$37,220$28,190$55,310
Ponce, PR$36,490$31,630$48,480
Mayaguez, PR$36,040$29,490$50,000
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$35,610$22,850$55,310
Arecibo, PR$34,250$24,150$48,220
Aguadilla, PR$32,090$26,830$50,470

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Nurse make?

The median annual salary for a Nurse is $93,600, with a typical range of $66,030 – $135,320 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Nurse?

Entry-level Nurse positions typically start around $66,030 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Nurses earn the most?

Nurses tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.

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