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Practitioners will continue to raise for at least
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Nurse
Salaries
I Nurse
Practitioner Salaries
Nurse
Salaries
There
are many organizations which monitor nurse
compensation, the information below is
provided by Modern
Healthcare Magazine. Below are the results
of nursing salary surveys
conducted
by 11 reliable sources. They provide a
convenient overview of current nurse compensation
levels by medical specialty.
Employment
Statistics
Below are the approximate number of
jobs held nationally by various healthcare professionals:
|
Job Title |
Number of Jobs |
|
Registered Nurses |
1,971,000 |
|
Physicians (M.D. & D.O.) |
560,000 |
|
Physician Assistants |
64,000 |
|
Pharmacists |
172,000 |
Employment
Count - United States
Information on the
top 20 metropolitan area markets for persons employed as
registered nurses, physicians, physician assistants, and
pharmacists are presented in the linked tables that follow.
Nurses
by Population
Recent
surveys suggest that 93% of Nurses are women.
|
RANK |
|
METRO AREA
|
#EMPLOYED
|
TOTAL POPULATION |
|
1
|
|
New York, NY
|
69,500
|
7,323,000
|
|
2
|
|
LA to Long Beach, CA
|
53,000
|
5,500,000
|
|
3
|
|
Chicago, IL
|
51,000
|
2,784,000
|
|
4
|
|
Philadelphia, PA-NJ
|
49,000
|
1,586,000
|
|
5
|
|
Boston, MA
|
33,000
|
574,000
|
|
6
|
|
Detroit, MI
|
33,000
|
1,016,000
|
|
7
|
|
Washington DC, MD-VA
|
32,000
|
610,000
|
|
8
|
|
Nassau-Suffolk, NY
|
25,000
|
1,322,000
|
|
9
|
|
Minneapolis, MN
|
24,000
|
369,000
|
|
10
|
|
Baltimore, MD
|
23,000
|
736,000
|
|
11
|
|
Pittsburgh, PA
|
23,000
|
370,000
|
|
12
|
|
Houston, TX
|
22,000
|
1,631,000
|
|
13
|
|
St. Louis, MO-KS
|
22,000
|
397,000
|
|
14
|
|
Atlanta, GA
|
21,000
|
394,000
|
|
15
|
|
Cleveland, OH
|
17,500
|
560,000
|
|
16
|
|
Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA
|
17,000
|
600,000
|
|
17
|
|
San Diego, CA
|
17,000
|
1,111,000
|
|
18
|
|
Phoenix, AZ
|
17,000
|
984,000
|
|
19
|
|
Tampa - St. Pete, FL
|
17,000
|
600,000
|
|
20
|
|
Seattle, WA
|
17,000
|
516,000
|
Source:
Allied
Physicians, Los Angeles Times, RN Magazine and Rand McNally
Registered Nurse Salaries
Staff RNs working in the
United States average a median base salary of $41,642.
Half of the RNs in this job are expected to earn
between $38,792
and $44,869.
Nearly %67 of
nurses are employed in hospital inpatient and outpatient
departments.
The remaining are employed in offices and clinics of
physicians, home healthcare
agencies, nursing homes, temporary help agencies, schools,
and government agencies.
|
Nurse
|
Base
Salary
|
Starting
Base |
|
|
|
|
|
RN
|
$45,000
|
$37,000 |
|
Staff
RN
|
$41,000 |
$39,000
|
|
|
Total Nurse Income |
All
Nurses
|
|
|
$60,000 + |
8% |
|
|
$50,000 - $59,000 |
13% |
|
|
$47,500 - $49,999 |
13% |
|
|
$42,500 -
$47,499
|
12%
|
|
|
$40,000 -
$42,499
|
11%
|
|
|
$37,500 -
$39,999
|
6%
|
|
|
$35,000 -
$37,500
|
8%
|
|
|
$32,500 - $34,499 |
6% |
|
|
$30,000-
$32,499
|
10%
|
|
|
$27,500 -
$29,999
|
2%
|
|
|
$25,000 -
$27,499
|
4%
|
|
|
<
$25,000
|
11%
|
|
|
Mean
|
$45,000
|
Average Annual Income By Hospital Setting
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|
|
|
|
Setting |
Income |
|
|
National
Average |
$44,000 |
|
|
Acute Care |
$47,000 |
|
|
Ambulatory Care Center/HMO |
$44,000 |
|
|
Case
Management |
$51,000 |
|
|
Community/ Home Health |
$44,600 |
|
|
Health Insurance Co/School |
$43,000 |
|
|
Extended Care/ Psych |
$38,500 |
|
|
Physician's Office |
$36,500 |
|
|
Operating
Room |
$44,000 |
Average
Income By Years Of Experience
|
|
|
|
|
Years of Experience |
Average Income |
|
|
< 3 years |
$36,000 |
|
|
3-5 years |
$42,000 |
|
|
6-10 years |
$45,000 |
|
|
11-15 years |
$47,000 |
|
|
16+
|
$48,000 |
Average Hourly Pay By Specialty
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty |
Average Hourly Pay |
|
|
Critical Care |
$19.45 |
|
|
OR |
$19.75 |
|
|
Medicine/ Surgery |
$18.80 |
|
|
Emergency |
$18.75 |
Average Hourly Pay By Hospital Bed Size
|
|
|
|
|
Bed Size |
Average Hourly Pay |
|
|
500 Beds+ |
$21.00 |
|
|
300-499 Beds |
$19.85 |
|
|
100-299 Beds |
$19.70 |
|
|
< 100 Beds |
$17.65 |
Sources:
Allied
Physicians
Los Angeles Times
RN Magazine
Rand McNally
Nurse Practitioner Salary Surveys
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|
|
|
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Average
Salary 3+
Years
|
$64,000
|
|
|
Starting
|
$56,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By Setting
|
|
|
|
Home health
agency
|
$74,800
|
|
|
Emergency
department
|
$68,500
|
|
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Own practice
|
$66,500
|
|
|
Rehab hospital
|
$62,500
|
|
|
HMO
|
$62,000
|
|
|
Hospital
|
$61,000
|
|
|
Gerontology
|
$60,500
|
|
|
Elementary/secondary
school
|
$60,000
|
|
|
Neonatal
|
$60,000
|
|
|
Specialty clinic
or practice
|
$59,500
|
|
|
Internal
Medicine
|
$59,500
|
|
|
Mental
health
|
$59,000
|
|
|
Surgery
|
$58,500
|
|
|
Family practice
|
$58,000
|
|
|
Others
|
$58,000
|
|
|
Academia
|
$57,500
|
|
|
OB/GYN
|
$54,000
|
|
|
Cardiothoracic
Surgery
|
$60,000
|
|
|
College Health
|
$53,000
|
|
|
Community Health
|
$52,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Locality
|
|
|
|
Urban
|
$65,000
|
|
|
Suburban
|
$64,000
|
|
|
Rural
|
$60,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Degree
Separations
|
|
|
|
PhD
|
$68,000
|
|
|
Master's
|
$64,000
|
|
|
Bachelor's
|
$45,000
|
|
|
NP Certificate
|
$60,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Experience
|
|
|
|
0-2 years
|
$56,000
|
|
|
3-5 years
|
$61,000
|
|
|
5-10 years
|
$63,000
|
|
|
10-20 years
|
$64,000
|
|
|
20-25 years
|
$68,000
|
|
|
25+ years
|
$72,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Part-time hourly
rate:
|
$30.10
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Source: Allied Physicians, Advance for
Nurse Practitioners
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