Registered Nurses Salary

Median Salary
$97,550
per year
Hourly Rate
$46.90
per hour
Employment
3,379,720
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$68,940
25th percentile
$80,330
Median
$97,550
75th percentile
$112,350
90th percentile
$137,470

💰 Registered Nurses Salary by State

StateMedianvs. National
California$140,270+43.8%
Hawaii$136,320+39.7%
Oregon$129,010+32.3%
Washington$124,200+27.3%
Alaska$109,480+12.2%
New York$109,440+12.2%
New Jersey$106,500+9.2%
Massachusetts$104,550+7.2%
Nevada$103,670+6.3%
Connecticut$102,740+5.3%
District of Columbia$102,540+5.1%
Minnesota$101,510+4.1%
Rhode Island$100,640+3.2%
Colorado$100,260+2.8%
Maryland$99,790+2.3%
New Hampshire$99,700+2.2%
Delaware$99,520+2.0%
Arizona$99,500+2.0%
Vermont$97,460-0.1%
Pennsylvania$96,430-1.1%
Illinois$95,990-1.6%
Texas$95,970-1.6%
Wisconsin$95,530-2.1%
New Mexico$94,340-3.3%
Michigan$94,300-3.3%
Virginia$93,600-4.0%
Georgia$93,550-4.1%
Idaho$92,460-5.2%
Maine$86,990-10.8%
Montana$85,280-12.6%
Nebraska$84,730-13.1%
Utah$84,600-13.3%
North Carolina$84,350-13.5%
Florida$84,190-13.7%
Wyoming$83,760-14.1%
Indiana$83,500-14.4%
Oklahoma$82,920-15.0%
Ohio$82,510-15.4%
South Carolina$82,360-15.6%
Missouri$81,780-16.2%
Tennessee$81,500-16.5%
Kentucky$81,040-16.9%
North Dakota$80,730-17.2%
Louisiana$80,230-17.8%
West Virginia$80,130-17.9%
Kansas$79,320-18.7%
Arkansas$78,940-19.1%
Iowa$78,630-19.4%
South Dakota$78,060-20.0%
Mississippi$77,090-21.0%
Alabama$77,080-21.0%

🏙️ Registered Nurses Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$216,740+122.2%
Vallejo, CA$203,290+108.4%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$186,610+91.3%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$174,550+78.9%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$171,460+75.8%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$170,960+75.3%
Yuba City, CA$149,320+53.1%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$144,350+48.0%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$139,520+43.0%
Urban Honolulu, HI$139,260+42.8%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$138,820+42.3%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$137,360+40.8%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$135,560+39.0%
Bend, OR$135,010+38.4%
Salinas, CA$134,910+38.3%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$134,580+38.0%
Redding, CA$134,350+37.7%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$133,940+37.3%
Modesto, CA$132,590+35.9%
Salem, OR$131,750+35.1%
Merced, CA$131,620+34.9%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$131,160+34.5%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$130,310+33.6%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$128,810+32.0%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$128,260+31.5%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$128,160+31.4%
Chico, CA$127,360+30.6%
Medford, OR$127,030+30.2%
Fresno, CA$125,420+28.6%
Visalia, CA$125,180+28.3%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$125,020+28.2%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$119,720+22.7%
Walla Walla, WA$116,970+19.9%
Anchorage, AK$115,290+18.2%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$113,720+16.6%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$112,280+15.1%
Albany, OR$111,920+14.7%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$111,750+14.6%
Reno, NV$107,520+10.2%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$107,220+9.9%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$106,730+9.4%
Grants Pass, OR$106,710+9.4%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$106,410+9.1%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$106,180+8.8%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$105,660+8.3%
St. Cloud, MN$105,290+7.9%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$104,980+7.6%
Pittsfield, MA$104,950+7.6%
New Haven, CT$104,490+7.1%
Glens Falls, NY$104,000+6.6%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$103,940+6.6%
Ann Arbor, MI$103,450+6.0%
El Centro, CA$103,450+6.0%
Mankato, MN$103,400+6.0%
Barnstable Town, MA$103,380+6.0%
Vineland, NJ$103,380+6.0%
Boulder, CO$103,290+5.9%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$103,040+5.6%
Yakima, WA$102,950+5.5%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$102,890+5.5%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$102,710+5.3%
Binghamton, NY$101,720+4.3%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$101,690+4.2%
Rochester, MN$101,660+4.2%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$101,470+4.0%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$101,440+4.0%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$101,420+4.0%
Carson City, NV$101,370+3.9%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$101,330+3.9%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$101,270+3.8%
Madison, WI$101,190+3.7%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$101,180+3.7%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$101,130+3.7%
Kingston, NY$101,030+3.6%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$100,830+3.4%
Santa Fe, NM$100,790+3.3%
Flagstaff, AZ$100,780+3.3%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$100,490+3.0%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$100,490+3.0%
Ithaca, NY$100,320+2.8%
Worcester, MA$100,240+2.8%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$99,990+2.5%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$99,970+2.5%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$99,880+2.4%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$99,830+2.3%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$99,550+2.1%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$99,320+1.8%
Charlottesville, VA$99,320+1.8%
Bozeman, MT$99,310+1.8%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$99,060+1.5%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$98,910+1.4%
Helena, MT$98,690+1.2%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$98,600+1.1%
Reading, PA$98,470+0.9%
Springfield, MA$98,410+0.9%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$98,370+0.8%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$98,330+0.8%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$97,890+0.3%
Boise City, ID$97,880+0.3%
Flint, MI$97,780+0.2%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$97,600+0.1%
Battle Creek, MI$97,520-0.0%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$97,360-0.2%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$97,280-0.3%
Duluth, MN-WI$96,940-0.6%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$96,770-0.8%
Greeley, CO$96,300-1.3%
Lebanon, PA$96,270-1.3%
York-Hanover, PA$96,210-1.4%
Colorado Springs, CO$96,140-1.4%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$96,070-1.5%
Albuquerque, NM$96,040-1.5%
Grand Junction, CO$95,990-1.6%
Pueblo, CO$95,720-1.9%
Winchester, VA-WV$95,650-1.9%
Saginaw, MI$95,160-2.5%
Salisbury, MD$94,880-2.7%
Lexington Park, MD$94,780-2.8%
Cheyenne, WY$94,540-3.1%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$94,370-3.3%
Yuma, AZ$94,320-3.3%
Utica-Rome, NY$94,300-3.3%
Williamsport, PA$94,300-3.3%
Tucson, AZ$94,110-3.5%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$93,990-3.6%
Bangor, ME$93,940-3.7%
Fond du Lac, WI$93,890-3.8%
Richmond, VA$93,580-4.1%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$93,540-4.1%
Killeen-Temple, TX$93,440-4.2%
Eau Claire, WI$93,410-4.2%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$93,330-4.3%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$93,030-4.6%
Waco, TX$92,890-4.8%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$92,800-4.9%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$92,770-4.9%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$92,390-5.3%
Dover, DE$91,620-6.1%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$91,380-6.3%
Lake Charles, LA$90,690-7.0%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$90,620-7.1%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$90,230-7.5%
Lancaster, PA$89,620-8.1%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$89,450-8.3%
Wausau, WI$89,190-8.6%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$89,090-8.7%
Portland-South Portland, ME$88,470-9.3%
Gettysburg, PA$88,260-9.5%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$88,200-9.6%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$88,100-9.7%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$87,760-10.0%
Lewiston, ID-WA$87,650-10.1%
Lincoln, NE$87,530-10.3%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$87,340-10.5%
Decatur, IL$87,170-10.6%
Syracuse, NY$86,960-10.9%
Amarillo, TX$86,850-11.0%
Savannah, GA$86,760-11.1%
Appleton, WI$86,680-11.1%
Rochester, NY$86,570-11.3%
St. George, UT$86,380-11.5%
Midland, MI$86,360-11.5%
Sumter, SC$86,260-11.6%
Kankakee, IL$86,220-11.6%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$86,130-11.7%
Logan, UT-ID$86,120-11.7%
Winston-Salem, NC$86,120-11.7%
El Paso, TX$86,100-11.7%
Iowa City, IA$85,940-11.9%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$85,890-12.0%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$85,870-12.0%
Sebring, FL$85,690-12.2%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$85,470-12.4%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$85,380-12.5%
Chambersburg, PA$85,270-12.6%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$85,070-12.8%
Jefferson City, MO$85,010-12.9%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$84,850-13.0%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$84,830-13.0%
Tulsa, OK$84,790-13.1%
Jacksonville, NC$84,750-13.1%
Green Bay, WI$84,700-13.2%
Omaha, NE-IA$84,600-13.3%
Johnstown, PA$84,390-13.5%
Columbia, MO$84,330-13.6%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$84,320-13.6%
Sheboygan, WI$84,240-13.6%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$84,230-13.7%
Springfield, IL$84,220-13.7%
Burlington, NC$84,180-13.7%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$84,180-13.7%
Virgin Islands$84,120-13.8%
Idaho Falls, ID$84,110-13.8%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$84,040-13.8%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$84,030-13.9%
Cleveland, OH$83,940-14.0%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$83,920-14.0%
Columbus, OH$83,900-14.0%
Rome, GA$83,880-14.0%
Evansville, IN$83,820-14.1%
Casper, WY$83,760-14.1%
Sherman-Denison, TX$83,700-14.2%
Traverse City, MI$83,690-14.2%
Victoria, TX$83,680-14.2%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$83,650-14.2%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$83,550-14.4%
Jacksonville, FL$83,520-14.4%
Kokomo, IN$83,370-14.5%
Las Cruces, NM$83,310-14.6%
Dalton, GA$83,290-14.6%
Wichita Falls, TX$83,280-14.6%
St. Louis, MO-IL$83,180-14.7%
Kenosha, WI$83,110-14.8%
College Station-Bryan, TX$83,090-14.8%
Farmington, NM$83,070-14.8%
Fayetteville, NC$83,060-14.9%
Kansas City, MO-KS$83,040-14.9%
Oklahoma City, OK$82,920-15.0%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$82,860-15.1%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$82,860-15.1%
Elmira, NY$82,820-15.1%
Goldsboro, NC$82,740-15.2%
Corpus Christi, TX$82,690-15.2%
Twin Falls, ID$82,680-15.2%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$82,650-15.3%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$82,640-15.3%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$82,630-15.3%
Jackson, MS$82,630-15.3%
Grand Island, NE$82,590-15.3%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$82,510-15.4%
Columbus, GA-AL$82,500-15.4%
Hinesville, GA$82,490-15.4%
Altoona, PA$82,410-15.5%
Pittsburgh, PA$82,370-15.6%
Spartanburg, SC$82,360-15.6%
Billings, MT$82,300-15.6%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$82,300-15.6%
Rocky Mount, NC$82,300-15.6%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$82,200-15.7%
Monroe, MI$82,170-15.8%
Missoula, MT$82,160-15.8%
Fargo, ND-MN$82,120-15.8%
Midland, TX$82,120-15.8%
Port St. Lucie, FL$82,090-15.8%
Lafayette, LA$81,960-16.0%
Columbia, SC$81,920-16.0%
Gainesville, FL$81,870-16.1%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$81,850-16.1%
Ogden, UT$81,840-16.1%
Topeka, KS$81,820-16.1%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$81,780-16.2%
Alexandria, LA$81,680-16.3%
Greenville, NC$81,670-16.3%
Asheville, NC$81,590-16.4%
Terre Haute, IN$81,550-16.4%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$81,520-16.4%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$81,500-16.5%
Lubbock, TX$81,480-16.5%
State College, PA$81,480-16.5%
Lima, OH$81,440-16.5%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$81,400-16.6%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$81,400-16.6%
Odessa, TX$81,370-16.6%
Sandusky, OH$81,310-16.6%
Mansfield, OH$81,300-16.7%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$81,300-16.7%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$81,260-16.7%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$81,230-16.7%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$81,180-16.8%
Florence, SC$81,170-16.8%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$81,160-16.8%
Baton Rouge, LA$81,130-16.8%
Bismarck, ND$81,120-16.8%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$81,090-16.9%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$81,070-16.9%
Toledo, OH$81,050-16.9%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$81,010-17.0%
Peoria, IL$81,010-17.0%
Wilmington, NC$80,970-17.0%
Rockford, IL$80,930-17.0%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$80,900-17.1%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$80,790-17.2%
Akron, OH$80,770-17.2%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$80,640-17.3%
Texarkana, TX-AR$80,610-17.4%
Lawton, OK$80,570-17.4%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$80,540-17.4%
Minot, ND$80,490-17.5%
Lynchburg, VA$80,450-17.5%
Punta Gorda, FL$80,410-17.6%
Albany, GA$80,390-17.6%
Bloomington, IN$80,370-17.6%
Tyler, TX$80,340-17.6%
Longview, TX$80,330-17.7%
Abilene, TX$80,240-17.7%
Charleston, WV$80,230-17.8%
Morgantown, WV$80,130-17.9%
Roanoke, VA$80,090-17.9%
San Angelo, TX$80,080-17.9%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$80,080-17.9%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$80,060-17.9%
Springfield, OH$80,060-17.9%
Erie, PA$80,000-18.0%
Bloomington, IL$79,970-18.0%
Paducah, KY-IL$79,920-18.1%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$79,870-18.1%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$79,770-18.2%
Fort Wayne, IN$79,630-18.4%
Canton-Massillon, OH$79,610-18.4%
Montgomery, AL$79,570-18.4%
Muncie, IN$79,500-18.5%
Mobile, AL$79,490-18.5%
Clarksville, TN-KY$79,450-18.6%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$79,450-18.6%
Tallahassee, FL$79,430-18.6%
Rapid City, SD$79,380-18.6%
Springfield, MO$79,370-18.6%
Ocala, FL$79,230-18.8%
Bowling Green, KY$79,120-18.9%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$79,070-18.9%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$79,040-19.0%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$79,000-19.0%
Warner Robins, GA$78,980-19.0%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$78,960-19.1%
Manhattan, KS$78,960-19.1%
Jonesboro, AR$78,940-19.1%
Pocatello, ID$78,780-19.2%
Beckley, WV$78,680-19.3%
Birmingham, AL$78,680-19.3%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$78,680-19.3%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$78,630-19.4%
Hot Springs, AR$78,590-19.4%
Cedar Rapids, IA$78,370-19.7%
Great Falls, MT$78,290-19.7%
Wheeling, WV-OH$78,280-19.8%
Monroe, LA$78,270-19.8%
Homosassa Springs, FL$78,080-20.0%
Enid, OK$78,060-20.0%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$78,040-20.0%
Lawrence, KS$78,020-20.0%
Elizabethtown, KY$77,930-20.1%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$77,910-20.1%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$77,890-20.2%
Gadsden, AL$77,810-20.2%
Johnson City, TN$77,660-20.4%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$77,400-20.7%
Knoxville, TN$77,240-20.8%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$77,240-20.8%
Ames, IA$77,160-20.9%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$77,150-20.9%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$77,110-21.0%
Huntsville, AL$77,090-21.0%
Laredo, TX$77,050-21.0%
Columbus, IN$77,030-21.0%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$76,920-21.1%
Dubuque, IA$76,790-21.3%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$76,730-21.3%
Wichita, KS$76,540-21.5%
Hattiesburg, MS$76,270-21.8%
Hammond, LA$76,200-21.9%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$75,840-22.3%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$75,740-22.4%
Morristown, TN$75,680-22.4%
Jackson, TN$75,610-22.5%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$75,350-22.8%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$75,310-22.8%
Tuscaloosa, AL$75,250-22.9%
Joplin, MO-KS$74,930-23.2%
Valdosta, GA$74,360-23.8%
Eagle Pass, TX$73,660-24.5%
Cleveland, TN$72,800-25.4%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$72,730-25.4%
Decatur, AL$68,320-30.0%
Dothan, AL$67,430-30.9%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$66,360-32.0%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$41,980-57.0%
Puerto Rico$39,880-59.1%
Mayaguez, PR$39,280-59.7%
Guayama, PR$38,800-60.2%
Ponce, PR$38,570-60.5%
Aguadilla, PR$38,000-61.0%
Arecibo, PR$37,460-61.6%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.