Registered nurse earnings by seniority

90th percentile

Top-level registered nurse earnings begin at:

$37.21 per hour

$77,400 per year

75th percentile

Senior-level registered nurse earnings begin at:

$32.21 per hour

$67,000 per year

50th percentile

Mid-level registered nurse earnings begin at:

$27.65 per hour

$57,510 per year

25th percentile

Junior-level registered nurse earnings begin at:

$23.50 per hour

$48,870 per year

10th percentile

Starting level registered nurse earnings begin at:

$20.45 per hour

$42,530 per year

Approximate values based on highest and lowest earning segments.

Registered nurse salary by state

State Name Average Salary
Hawaii $95,925
Oregon $91,220
District of Columbia $88,800
Massachusetts $86,860
Alaska $85,816
New York $85,300
Nevada $85,210
New Jersey $81,820
Connecticut $79,920
Washington $79,920
Minnesota $77,940
Rhode Island $77,650
Maryland $75,660
Delaware $73,030
Texas $72,890
Colorado $72,870
New Hampshire $71,640
New Mexico $71,310
Michigan $70,590
Wisconsin $70,150
Virginia $68,000
Georgia $67,870
Montana $65,960
Idaho $65,886
Vermont $65,740
Maine $65,630
Wyoming $65,100
North Carolina $64,850
Florida $64,400
Ohio $64,200
Arizona $64,173
North Dakota $63,870
Utah $63,570
South Carolina $62,910
Nebraska $62,730
Pennsylvania $62,642
Louisiana $62,400
Missouri $62,270
Oklahoma $61,750
Virgin Islands, U.S. $60,950
West Virginia $60,890
Tennessee $60,120
Illinois $58,089
Kentucky $57,936
South Dakota $57,510
Mississippi $57,440
Guam $57,320
Indiana $56,997
Kansas $56,906
Iowa $56,251
Arkansas $55,565
Alabama $49,599
Puerto Rico $32,800
California $104,410

How do registered nurse salaries compare to similar careers?

Registered nurses earn about the same as related careers in South Dakota. On average, they make less than nuclear medicine technologists but more than surgical assistants.

Career Median Salary
Nuclear medicine technologist salary $65K
Dental hygienist salary $66K
Diagnostic medical sonographer salary $61K
Magnetic resonance imaging technologist salary $60K
Speech language pathologist salary $57K
Registered nurse salary $58K
Clinical nurse specialist salary $58K
Acute care nurse practitioner salary $58K
Neurodiagnostic technologist salary $54K
Surgical assistant salary $54K

Source: CareerExplorer (Aggregated)