Nursing Salaries and Nursing Job Information

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports employment among Registered Nurses (RNs) will grow faster than the average for all occupations through 2008 - and in particular that means upward pressure on RN salaries despite economic downturns. Demand for quality nurses continues to rise due to the increase in the median age of the US population. Many people in today's workforce don't realize this great opportunity.

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So what do the salaries look like? More than 25 % of 2004 respondents surveyed earn at least $64,000 per year (a 14 percent increase from 2003) and a larger percentage of women reported earning $75,000 or more in 2004 (11 percent up from 5 percent).

Just as you might think, large cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago hold the top spots for the number of nursing jobs available. The larger cities also have higher salaries and better benefits for their nurses. The tradeoff is longer hours and more stress in large city nursing jobs versus the small community jobs where hours are usually better and the number of patients to serve is lower. For current nursing job opening (or other medical jobs) please our nursing job search page to start your search.

RANK		METRO AREA	#EMPLOYED	TOTAL NURSE POPULATION
1		New York, NY	69,600 nurses	7,325,000
2		LA to Long Beach, CA	53,500 nurses	5,530,000
3		Chicago, IL	51,300 nurses	2,794,000
4		Philadelphia, PA-NJ	49,100 nurses	1,596,000
5		Boston, MA	33,000 nurses	574,000
6		Detroit, MI	33,000 nurses	1,016,000
7		Washington DC, MD-VA	32,000 nurses	610,000
8		Nassau-Suffolk, NY	25,000 nurses	1,322,000
9		Minneapolis, MN	24,000 nurses	369,000
10		Baltimore, MD	23,000 nurses	736,000
11		Pittsburgh, PA	23,000 nurses	370,000
12		Houston, TX	22,000 nurses	1,631,000
13		St. Louis, MO-KS	22,000 nurses	397,000
14		Atlanta, GA	21,000 nurses	394,000
15		Cleveland, OH	17,500 nurses	560,000
16		Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA	17,000 nurses	600,000
17		San Diego, CA	17,000 nurses	1,111,000
18		Phoenix, AZ	17,000 nurses	984,000
19		Tampa - St. Pete, FL	17,000 nurses	600,000
20		Seattle, WA	17,000 nurses	516,000

Source: Los Angeles Times, RN Magazine and Rand McNally

 

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