• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023

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)
3,175,390	0.5 %	$ 45.42	$ 94,480	0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for Registered Nurses:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 30.64	$ 36.53	$ 41.38	$ 50.32	$ 63.79
Annual Wage (2)	$ 63,720	$ 75,990	$ 86,070	$ 104,670	$ 132,680

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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	1,749,320	30.61	$ 46.55	$ 96,830
Offices of Physicians	220,070	7.74	$ 39.96	$ 83,110
Home Health Care Services	179,530	11.21	$ 42.04	$ 87,430
Outpatient Care Centers	163,630	15.39	$ 49.35	$ 102,640
Employment Services	130,890	3.49	$ 53.00	$ 110,230

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	1,749,320	30.61	$ 46.55	$ 96,830
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	64,060	22.42	$ 47.22	$ 98,220
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	40,830	17.40	$ 45.40	$ 94,440
Outpatient Care Centers	163,630	15.39	$ 49.35	$ 102,640
Home Health Care Services	179,530	11.21	$ 42.04	$ 87,430

Top paying industries for Registered Nurses:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding State and Local Government Schools and Hospitals and the U.S. Postal Service (OEWS Designation)	97,940	4.58	$ 55.22	$ 114,860
Employment Services	130,890	3.49	$ 53.00	$ 110,230
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	80	0.02	$ 52.23	$ 108,640
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	200	0.05	$ 51.19	$ 106,470
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4242 and 4246 only)	1,280	0.32	$ 49.97	$ 103,940

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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	332,560	18.53	0.89	$ 66.20	$ 137,690
Texas	251,840	18.57	0.89	$ 43.37	$ 90,210
Florida	207,910	21.73	1.04	$ 40.75	$ 84,760
New York	188,060	20.02	0.96	$ 51.26	$ 106,620
Pennsylvania	144,100	24.22	1.16	$ 42.08	$ 87,530

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	14,600	32.85	1.57	$ 33.19	$ 69,030
West Virginia	20,860	30.29	1.45	$ 36.53	$ 75,990
Missouri	73,190	25.45	1.22	$ 37.30	$ 77,590
Delaware	11,810	25.17	1.20	$ 45.51	$ 94,670
Mississippi	28,910	25.14	1.20	$ 36.30	$ 75,510

Top paying states for Registered Nurses:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	332,560	18.53	0.89	$ 66.20	$ 137,690
Hawaii	11,920	19.31	0.92	$ 57.55	$ 119,710
Oregon	38,770	19.95	0.95	$ 54.54	$ 113,440
Washington	65,030	18.60	0.89	$ 53.38	$ 111,030
Alaska	6,590	21.16	1.01	$ 52.51	$ 109,210

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	184,360	19.42	0.93	$ 53.47	$ 111,210
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	123,940	20.04	0.96	$ 58.39	$ 121,440
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	102,330	22.71	1.09	$ 43.66	$ 90,810
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	72,910	18.38	0.88	$ 45.31	$ 94,240
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	72,060	25.47	1.22	$ 45.60	$ 94,850
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	64,120	23.22	1.11	$ 53.81	$ 111,930
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	61,860	19.46	0.93	$ 45.38	$ 94,390
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	56,660	20.82	1.00	$ 42.17	$ 87,710
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	51,820	18.39	0.88	$ 45.67	$ 95,000
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	46,350	20.25	0.97	$ 44.49	$ 92,540

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)
Rochester, MN	8,990	75.27	3.60	$ 45.92	$ 95,520
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA	2,600	63.53	3.04	$ 37.82	$ 78,660
Morgantown, WV	4,030	61.71	2.95	$ 35.51	$ 73,870
Ann Arbor, MI	10,670	49.56	2.37	$ 44.22	$ 91,980
Greenville, NC	3,670	46.02	2.20	$ 39.24	$ 81,620
Sioux Falls, SD	7,630	45.96	2.20	$ 32.45	$ 67,490
Gainesville, FL	6,410	45.42	2.17	$ 41.18	$ 85,650
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	1,930	43.59	2.08	$ 35.22	$ 73,260
Iowa City, IA	3,900	43.11	2.06	$ 37.99	$ 79,010
Springfield, IL	4,210	40.60	1.94	$ 40.08	$ 83,360