Mean hourly earnings of registered nurses,  
selected metropolitan areas, May 2006 


Area					Mean hourly earnings	

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA		$44.42	
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA			 43.18	
Salinas, CA					 40.83	
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA	 39.83	
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA				 38.84	
State College, PA				 20.76	
Jonesboro, AR					 20.68	
Lawrence, KS					 20.55	
Morristown, TN					 20.16	
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	  	 19.70