Registered nurse earnings by seniority

90th percentile

Top-level registered nurse earnings begin at:

$41.86 per hour

$87,070 per year

75th percentile

Senior-level registered nurse earnings begin at:

$36.88 per hour

$76,700 per year

50th percentile

Mid-level registered nurse earnings begin at:

$31.30 per hour

$65,100 per year

25th percentile

Junior-level registered nurse earnings begin at:

$26.88 per hour

$55,910 per year

10th percentile

Starting level registered nurse earnings begin at:

$23.72 per hour

$49,330 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 Wyoming. On average, they make less than informatics nurse specialists but more than magnetic resonance imaging technologists.

Career Median Salary
Informatics nurse specialist salary $75K
Audiologist salary $74K
Nuclear medicine technologist salary $74K
Nurse educator salary $69K
Dental hygienist salary $70K
Registered nurse salary $65K
Clinical nurse specialist salary $65K
Acute care nurse practitioner salary $65K
Diagnostic medical sonographer salary $69K
Magnetic resonance imaging technologist salary $67K

Source: CareerExplorer (Aggregated)