• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2022

29-1141 Registered Nurses

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required. Includes Clinical Nurse Specialists. Excludes “Nurse Anesthetists” (29-1151), “Nurse Midwives” (29-1161), and “Nurse Practitioners” (29-1171).

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National estimates for Registered Nurses
Industry profile for Registered Nurses
Geographic profile for Registered Nurses

National estimates for Registered Nurses:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Registered Nurses:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
3,072,700	0.3 %	$ 42.80	$ 89,010	0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for Registered Nurses:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 29.45	$ 32.06	$ 39.05	$ 48.60	$ 62.21
Annual Wage (2)	$ 61,250	$ 66,680	$ 81,220	$ 101,100	$ 129,400

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Industry profile for Registered Nurses:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Registered Nurses are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Registered Nurses, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Registered Nurses:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	1,724,510	30.85	$ 43.56	$ 90,600
Offices of Physicians	208,760	7.50	$ 38.37	$ 79,810
Home Health Care Services	173,640	11.31	$ 39.87	$ 82,920
Outpatient Care Centers	152,120	14.87	$ 46.73	$ 97,200
Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	124,690	9.28	$ 37.11	$ 77,190

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Registered Nurses:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	1,724,510	30.85	$ 43.56	$ 90,600
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	63,460	23.43	$ 43.89	$ 91,290
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	39,080	16.86	$ 40.83	$ 84,920
Outpatient Care Centers	152,120	14.87	$ 46.73	$ 97,200
Home Health Care Services	173,640	11.31	$ 39.87	$ 82,920

Top paying industries for Registered Nurses:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers	(8)	(8)	$ 54.08	$ 112,480
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	160	0.05	$ 53.02	$ 110,270
Nonscheduled Air Transportation	40	0.08	$ 52.48	$ 109,160
Employment Services	118,820	3.03	$ 52.43	$ 109,050
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4242 and 4246 only)	1,410	0.36	$ 51.62	$ 107,360

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Geographic profile for Registered Nurses:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Registered Nurses are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Registered Nurses, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in Registered Nurses:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	325,620	18.46	0.89	$ 64.10	$ 133,340
Texas	231,060	17.78	0.86	$ 40.54	$ 84,320
Florida	197,630	21.46	1.03	$ 38.42	$ 79,910
New York	190,470	20.91	1.01	$ 48.14	$ 100,130
Pennsylvania	137,970	23.74	1.14	$ 38.76	$ 80,630

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Registered Nurses:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
South Dakota	14,360	32.99	1.59	$ 31.01	$ 64,500
West Virginia	21,110	31.13	1.50	$ 34.73	$ 72,230
North Dakota	11,300	27.88	1.34	$ 36.06	$ 75,000
Massachusetts	94,100	26.39	1.27	$ 50.07	$ 104,150
Mississippi	29,370	25.96	1.25	$ 32.66	$ 67,930

Top paying states for Registered Nurses:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	325,620	18.46	0.89	$ 64.10	$ 133,340
Hawaii	11,800	19.84	0.96	$ 54.43	$ 113,220
Oregon	37,400	19.72	0.95	$ 51.26	$ 106,610
Massachusetts	94,100	26.39	1.27	$ 50.07	$ 104,150
Alaska	6,730	21.98	1.06	$ 49.67	$ 103,310

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Registered Nurses:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	182,710	19.89	0.96	$ 50.41	$ 104,860
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	111,660	18.30	0.88	$ 60.26	$ 125,350
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	94,640	21.43	1.03	$ 40.99	$ 85,260
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	70,220	25.97	1.25	$ 51.44	$ 106,980
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	69,370	25.04	1.21	$ 42.23	$ 87,830
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	66,550	17.49	0.84	$ 42.24	$ 87,850
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	58,620	19.19	0.92	$ 42.73	$ 88,880
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	55,200	21.04	1.01	$ 39.33	$ 81,810
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	45,360	16.63	0.80	$ 43.40	$ 90,270
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	44,120	14.57	0.70	$ 44.61	$ 92,800

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Registered Nurses:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA	2,600	65.27	3.14	$ 36.17	$ 75,230
Morgantown, WV	3,890	60.22	2.90	$ 33.68	$ 70,060
Rochester, MN	6,760	57.57	2.77	$ 43.30	$ 90,060
Ann Arbor, MI	10,400	49.22	2.37	$ 41.54	$ 86,410
Iowa City, IA	4,250	46.93	2.26	$ 35.69	$ 74,230
Sioux Falls, SD	7,420	45.96	2.21	$ 30.18	$ 62,780
Greenville, NC	3,450	44.28	2.13	$ 36.37	$ 75,640
Gainesville, FL	6,020	43.84	2.11	$ 38.91	$ 80,940
Carbondale-Marion, IL	2,120	40.66	1.96	$ 35.86	$ 74,590
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	1,680	38.33	1.84	$ 31.37	$ 65,250