Registered Nurse Salary by State

All 51 states ranked by median annual pay for registered nurses. The national median is $86,070. ← Back to Registered Nurse overview

#	State	Median / yr	Median / hr
1	District of Columbia	$111,757	$53.73
2	Massachusetts	$105,783	$50.86
3	California	$102,903	$49.47
4	Washington	$98,252	$47.24
5	Maryland	$96,722	$46.50
6	Hawaii	$95,400	$45.87
7	New York	$94,843	$45.60
8	Connecticut	$94,750	$45.55
9	New Jersey	$92,659	$44.55
10	Alaska	$90,521	$43.52
11	Rhode Island	$90,408	$43.47
12	Virginia	$90,265	$43.40
13	Colorado	$89,033	$42.80
14	Arizona	$88,203	$42.41
15	Minnesota	$88,045	$42.33
16	New Hampshire	$87,546	$42.09
17	Delaware	$86,449	$41.56
18	Oregon	$85,918	$41.31
19	Utah	$85,901	$41.30
20	Illinois	$85,877	$41.29
21	North Carolina	$84,927	$40.83
22	Michigan	$84,205	$40.48
23	Pennsylvania	$84,178	$40.47
24	Nevada	$83,624	$40.20
25	Florida	$83,336	$40.07
26	Vermont	$83,156	$39.98
27	Tennessee	$83,120	$39.96
28	Iowa	$83,119	$39.96
29	Georgia	$82,214	$39.53
30	Texas	$80,983	$38.93
31	Wyoming	$80,949	$38.92
32	Missouri	$80,189	$38.55
33	Wisconsin	$79,653	$38.29
34	North Dakota	$79,027	$37.99
35	Ohio	$78,414	$37.70
36	Kansas	$78,329	$37.66
37	Indiana	$77,884	$37.44
38	Maine	$77,726	$37.37
39	Oklahoma	$77,680	$37.35
40	Nebraska	$77,612	$37.31
41	South Dakota	$76,200	$36.63
42	Kentucky	$75,790	$36.44
43	Idaho	$75,065	$36.09
44	Montana	$74,893	$36.01
45	South Carolina	$74,470	$35.80
46	Alabama	$74,411	$35.77
47	New Mexico	$74,287	$35.71
48	Louisiana	$73,838	$35.50
49	West Virginia	$73,833	$35.50
50	Mississippi	$73,759	$35.46
51	Arkansas	$72,577	$34.89