Ever wonder what your fellow nurses are making a few states over? Coastal cities consistently rank higher for mean nursing wages, but cost of living in these cities also takes more out of your pocket.
Do you think you work in the nation’s “sweet spot”? Tell us! Where do you live and what is your specialty?
Annual Mean Wage of Registered Nurses By State, May 2010
Source: bls.gov
Images via: bls.gov
KY-Psych
Iowa–long term care
I live in Michigan and wish I made the mean wage reported here, not even close; although I do love what I do – Pediatrics RN!
I work in the nursery in Arizona. I make great money working for Banner Health. Since the housing market crash, houses are cheap! In a little rural town called Queen Creek, you can get a 5 bedroom 3800+sqft home for 105K. Really…I’m not kidding! Some new foreclosures with a pool and granite are 40K. Queen Creek is a little town East of downtown Phoenix and about 30 minutes from Chandler, AZ. I have worked many places in the north west and the salary map isn’t even close. So far…I always come back to AZ because I make such good money!
I am from Minnesota and work long term care and i dont even make half of the median mentioned!
Mississippi – OR nurse. I wish I made the “mean” wage. Where do these numbers come from?
OK is fairly accurate- rural areas make low median : (