Nursing Salary Surveys

            

Our services will continue to add to the most recent investigations into nurse salary surveys and demographic studies world wide.  You may click here to jump to RN Salaries, or here for Nurse Practitioner Salaries.

 

Salaries are most dependent on the location and type of employment, and the training, expertise, experience and competency of each nurse.  Studies report the need for Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners will continue to raise for a minimum of five years.

 

Studies indicate that hospital employment growth will occur slowly, with the most notable growth within the hospital structure to hospitals' outpatient facilities, such as same-day surgery, rehabilitation, and chemotherapy. A large number of new nurses are being employed in home health, long-term, and ambulatory care.  We believe this trend towards home care is expected to continue growing most quickly of the healthcare sectors.  Employment in nursing homes is also beginning to grow much faster than the average. 

   

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Nurse Salaries

      

                 

Employment Statistics

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

	Setting	Income
	National Average	$45,000
	Acute Care	$47,000
	Ambulatory Care Center/HMO	$47,000
	Community/ Home Health	$44,600
	Health Insurance Co/School	$43,000
	Extended Care/ Psych	$38,500
	Physician's Office	$36,500

       

     

   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	$19.35
	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 Salaries Surveys    

	Average Salary       3+ Years	$64,000
	Starting	$56,000
	By Setting
	Home health agency	$74,800
	Emergency department	$68,500
	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
	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

               

     Sources: Allied Health Services, Advance for Nurse Practitioners

  

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