Registered Nurses: Jobs, Careers, and Schools

Metro Area Employment Data for Registered Nursing

Employment info for Registered Nursing, by major US metro area. The Popularity Index shows how common jobs for Registered Nursing are in the area. An Index of 1.0 means the area has an average number of people in the job compared to its population. A higher index indicates proportionally more jobs.

StateMetro AreaJobsMean SalaryPopularity Index
AlabamaAnniston970$60,3201.2
AlabamaBirmingham13,140$55,7401.35
AlabamaDecatur990$51,2501.12
AlabamaDothan4,380$52,8103.95
AlabamaFlorence1,110$51,7101.3
AlabamaGadsden880$49,5301.71
AlabamaHuntsville4,010$55,4201.11
AlabamaMobile4,560$54,9301.41
AlabamaMontgomery2,650$57,0100.87
AlabamaTuscaloosa2,080$55,3301.49
AlaskaAnchorage3,320$70,7201.16
ArizonaFlagstaff1,110$68,3701.26
ArizonaPhoenix22,800$60,7000.63
ArizonaPrescott1,170$62,1901.09
ArizonaTucson6,070$59,9400.86
ArizonaYuma880$59,7100.86
ArkansasFayetteville2,470$51,1100.69
ArkansasFort Smith2,300$51,1201.12
ArkansasHot Springs1,130$48,2101.95
ArkansasJonesboro900$48,6301.14
ArkansasLittle Rock8,930$57,5501.44
ArkansasPine Bluff640$53,4701.16
CaliforniaBakersfield2,680$71,7100.56
CaliforniaChico1,630$73,6201.32
CaliforniaEl Centro560$63,5200.68
CaliforniaFresno5,610$73,3600.92
CaliforniaLos Angeles62,510$76,2700.79
CaliforniaMadera1,220$71,6502.16
CaliforniaModesto3,050$83,0201.03
CaliforniaNapa1,790$76,5401.69
CaliforniaOakland17,110$91,2600.88
CaliforniaOxnard5,970$70,4501.05
CaliforniaRedding780$71,6200.68
CaliforniaRiverside20,750$71,2000.83
CaliforniaSacramento13,130$81,1200.77
CaliforniaSalinas2,320$91,6100.85
CaliforniaSan Diego22,400$74,4100.89
CaliforniaSan Francisco15,590$90,1800.84
CaliforniaSan Jose14,700$95,5800.85
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo1,870$67,5201.03
CaliforniaSanta Ana17,960$73,8900.61
CaliforniaSanta Barbara1,680$71,8400.56
CaliforniaSanta Cruz810$73,7400.54
CaliforniaSanta Rosa3,190$79,1500.91
CaliforniaStockton3,500$74,8900.91
CaliforniaVallejo2,970$75,6501.36
CaliforniaVisalia2,180$67,5600.89
CaliforniaYuba City830$71,6501.25
ColoradoBoulder2,590$65,2000.91
ColoradoColorado Springs4,140$57,5000.88
ColoradoDenver19,800$64,2100.84
ColoradoFort Collins2,410$59,1501.1
ColoradoGrand Junction1,230$60,5901.27
ColoradoGreeley1,100$63,0700.85
ColoradoPueblo1,710$57,9801.97
ConnecticutBridgeport7,870$65,8300.96
ConnecticutDanbury1,470$62,2301.23
ConnecticutHartford12,150$68,1501.13
ConnecticutNew Haven7,170$69,0601.4
ConnecticutNorwich2,330$63,6001.07
ConnecticutWaterbury1,830$67,8501.53
DelawareDover410$56,7100.43
DelawareWilmington7,430$66,2401.22
District of ColumbiaWashington26,080$69,9900.59
FloridaCape Coral5,200$62,9801.32
FloridaDeltona3,490$56,6401.21
FloridaFort Lauderdale12,960$62,0800.91
FloridaFort Walton Beach1,050$58,0900.76
FloridaGainesville4,810$59,3702.45
FloridaJacksonville11,540$56,0601
FloridaLakeland3,950$54,7301.08
FloridaMiami19,880$65,3101.05
FloridaNaples1,920$64,0100.83
FloridaOcala1,970$56,6701.17
FloridaOrlando15,300$56,7600.76
FloridaPalm Bay3,770$57,6801.04
FloridaPanama City1,390$53,8301.17
FloridaPensacola3,920$52,6101.39
FloridaPort St Lucie2,240$57,2800.95
FloridaPunta Gorda1,270$52,7501.94
FloridaSarasota5,480$56,5901.05
FloridaSebastian1,190$55,9601.51
FloridaTallahassee2,810$56,0600.95
FloridaTampa22,030$59,1800.92
FloridaWest Palm Beach12,790$63,8701.2
GeorgiaAlbany1,500$49,0301.5
GeorgiaAthens1,700$54,3801.33
GeorgiaAtlanta31,530$58,9100.69
GeorgiaAugusta5,050$60,1101.36
GeorgiaBrunswick750$51,2201.16
GeorgiaColumbus2,110$56,5001.08
GeorgiaDalton670$50,3700.5
GeorgiaHinesville190 1.14
GeorgiaMacon3,150$57,7301.81
GeorgiaRome1,260$55,7602.13
GeorgiaSavannah3,380$61,6901.23
GeorgiaValdosta1,050$52,3101.29
HawaiiHonolulu7,450$75,6500.94
IdahoBoise4,760$54,5700.96
IdahoCoeur Dalene1,030$56,3101.24
IdahoIdaho Falls570$50,2600.73
IdahoLewiston640$51,5401.93
IdahoPocatello530$57,9001.08
IllinoisBloomington710$48,7100.64
IllinoisChampaign1,510$58,0801
IllinoisChicago66,670$65,0100.91
IllinoisDanville370$59,3200.96
IllinoisDecatur1,500$49,9901.98
IllinoisPeoria5,420$50,2501.82
IllinoisRockford2,640$56,8500.98
IllinoisSpringfield2,530$57,2401.41
IndianaAnderson840$54,0401.37
IndianaBloomington1,190$51,6301.01
IndianaColumbus740$53,8501.11
IndianaElkhart1,960$49,5000.85
IndianaEvansville3,760$50,5401.19
IndianaFort Wayne4,370$51,4401.11
IndianaGary6,200$58,4601.2
IndianaIndianapolis18,530$59,4301.11
IndianaKokomo800$51,4801.1
IndianaLafayette1,280$52,2701
IndianaMichigan City790$56,1601.13
IndianaMuncie1,410$51,7701.79
IndianaSouth Bend2,550$53,5101.03
IndianaTerre Haute1,300$53,5201.13
IowaAmes700$54,2601.14
IowaCedar Rapids2,520$48,9801.05
IowaDavenport3,690$45,4001.13
IowaDes Moines6,160$51,2901.03
IowaDubuque1,250$52,6601.42
IowaSioux City1,400$47,1201.17
IowaWaterloo1,970$47,7301.4
KansasLawrence520$51,2300.74
KansasTopeka2,570$53,7501.36
KansasWichita5,640$50,3501.01
KentuckyBowling Green1,050$55,6601.14
KentuckyElizabethtown960$54,7101.36
KentuckyLexington6,710$63,7101.5
KentuckyLouisville13,640$56,6901.19
KentuckyOwensboro1,320$50,9701.68
LouisianaAlexandria2,240$50,1602.3
LouisianaBaton Rouge7,150$54,0401.07
LouisianaHouma1,350$55,2000.83
LouisianaLafayette3,290$55,0301.35
LouisianaLake Charles1,740$55,7101.15
LouisianaMonroe2,430$54,7001.85
LouisianaNew Orleans10,320$61,8301.1
LouisianaShreveport4,560$53,3701.5
MaineBangor1,900$62,2101.76
MaineLewiston1,220$53,8701.52
MainePortland4,200$62,2601.17
MarylandBaltimore28,950$71,1401.18
MarylandBethesda9,020$76,7600.85
MarylandCumberland1,390$53,4702.47
MarylandHagerstown1,880$57,2101.07
MarylandSalisbury1,470$62,7401.72
MassachusettsBarnstable Town2,510$69,6601.44
MassachusettsBoston44,310$80,0301.37
MassachusettsBrockton2,010$71,5901.33
MassachusettsFramingham2,770$73,1100.97
MassachusettsHaverhill1,440$59,0701.08
MassachusettsLawrence1,450$66,4701.47
MassachusettsLeominster920$61,6701.11
MassachusettsLowell1,970$67,1700.94
MassachusettsLynn2,760$70,6201.58
MassachusettsNew Bedford1,330$63,3001.27
MassachusettsPittsfield950$60,8001.66
MassachusettsSpringfield6,300$63,9701.13
MassachusettsTaunton730$69,7200.95
MassachusettsWorcester6,830$72,0901.48
MichiganAnn Arbor7,180$64,5002.32
MichiganBattle Creek1,240$58,1301.5
MichiganBay City700$61,7201.31
MichiganDetroit17,580$64,4701.25
MichiganFlint3,880$60,0801.51
MichiganGrand Rapids6,840$55,6000.96
MichiganHolland1,060$54,4100.57
MichiganKalamazoo3,380$62,1301.34
MichiganLansing4,530$60,0601.24
MichiganMonroe460$55,8300.72
MichiganMuskegon1,580$53,1101.52
MichiganNiles1,310$51,0201.28
MichiganSaginaw2,460$60,8401.75
MichiganWarren19,140$64,8600.86
MinnesotaDuluth3,410$61,4001.51
MinnesotaMinneapolis31,990$70,0700.93
MinnesotaSt Cloud1,810$67,4101.05
MississippiGulfport2,450$53,9701.34
MississippiHattiesburg1,900$56,8401.96
MississippiJackson6,150$55,1101.33
MississippiPascagoula1,350$52,3901.92
MissouriColumbia2,700$54,6101.93
MissouriJefferson City1,180$51,7701
MissouriJoplin1,700$49,7901.27
MissouriKansas City18,500$58,2000.96
MissouriSpringfield4,520$51,2201.29
MissouriSt Joseph1,140$55,8101.44
MissouriSt Louis27,800$55,3501.08
MontanaBillings1,690$57,3001.22
MontanaGreat Falls800$54,3701.47
MontanaMissoula1,170$54,9601.32
NebraskaLincoln3,200$50,4601.13
NebraskaOmaha9,780$55,0201.14
NevadaCarson City510 1.12
NevadaLas Vegas10,460$67,7400.59
NevadaReno2,900$68,2600.73
New HampshireManchester2,170$62,7301.25
New HampshireNashua2,230$60,0200.91
New HampshirePortsmouth920$60,6500.95
New HampshireRochester1,080$54,2801.19
New JerseyAtlantic City2,510$65,9001.01
New JerseyCamden10,990$65,1701.09
New JerseyEdison20,350$70,2701.05
New JerseyNewark20,430$74,1201.07
New JerseyOcean City560$61,8000.85
New JerseyTrenton4,380$66,4901.1
New JerseyVineland1,230$63,0701.27
New MexicoAlbuquerque5,740$61,4900.8
New MexicoFarmington860$58,7201.01
New MexicoLas Cruces1,010$59,0201.02
New MexicoSanta Fe780$57,5100.87
New YorkAlbany8,920$56,0401.1
New YorkBinghamton2,190$52,3501.14
New YorkBuffalo11,770$56,1801.18
New YorkElmira920$48,1401.53
New YorkGlens Falls910$54,4101.09
New YorkIthaca670$52,0201.05
New YorkKingston1,060$55,2801.06
New YorkNassau24,730$73,4401.05
New YorkNew York96,560$78,9201.01
New YorkPoughkeepsie4,680$65,8101.06
New YorkRochester10,470$54,8601.11
New YorkSyracuse6,160$52,7701.1
New YorkUtica3,210$52,2901.43
North CarolinaAsheville4,740$56,2101.48
North CarolinaBurlington970$52,8701
North CarolinaCharlotte15,510$57,8400.94
North CarolinaDurham9,740$57,8702
North CarolinaFayetteville2,720$53,8901.29
North CarolinaGoldsboro950$54,7901.47
North CarolinaGreensboro5,720$55,8400.82
North CarolinaGreenville2,450$54,1202.07
North CarolinaHickory3,180$54,6801.05
North CarolinaJacksonville600$58,0400.95
North CarolinaRaleigh7,900$57,3400.84
North CarolinaRocky Mount1,220$56,6601.22
North CarolinaWilmington2,690$54,6501.05
North CarolinaWinston Salem6,120$56,2201.55
North DakotaBismarck1,600$49,1501.74
North DakotaFargo2,370$54,4701.17
North DakotaGrand Forks1,070$64,1701.31
OhioAkron7,250$56,6301.16
OhioCanton3,870$57,7301.25
OhioCincinnati20,350$59,2901.04
OhioCleveland25,070$60,6701.24
OhioColumbus17,440$56,6301
OhioDayton10,090$57,0201.37
OhioLima1,990$53,4102.22
OhioMansfield1,110$53,5701.29
OhioSandusky690$53,2801.23
OhioSpringfield1,030$50,6301.29
OhioToledo9,320$54,9601.55
OhioYoungstown4,960$57,7901.13
OklahomaLawton640$54,9101.11
OklahomaOklahoma City10,830$51,4801.02
OklahomaTulsa6,420$50,9800.81
OregonBend1,160$69,3500.99
OregonEugene2,840$65,5801.06
OregonMedford1,620$64,7901.12
OregonPortland18,100$69,6300.92
OregonSalem2,330$66,0800.88
PennsylvaniaAllentown7,700$61,2901.24
PennsylvaniaAltoona1,320$49,2201.29
PennsylvaniaErie2,980$51,9701.29
PennsylvaniaJohnstown1,710$47,5201.77
PennsylvaniaLancaster3,620$61,0300.85
PennsylvaniaLebanon1,090$58,8401.49
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia42,420$66,6601.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh30,380$56,2001.4
PennsylvaniaReading2,590$58,2400.88
PennsylvaniaScranton5,680$55,1301.19
PennsylvaniaState College890$47,0700.89
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport1,100$52,5001.33
PennsylvaniaYork3,440$57,8901.06
Rhode IslandProvidence12,830$64,8901.17
South CarolinaCharleston7,700$55,8901.44
South CarolinaColumbia7,150$55,4301.11
South CarolinaFlorence2,380$55,2201.58
South CarolinaGreenville5,210$58,1000.92
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach1,530$49,1300.73
South CarolinaSpartanburg2,190$53,2301
South CarolinaSumter600$56,4601.1
South DakotaRapid City1,650$55,7001.61
South DakotaSioux Falls4,090$52,6801.7
TennesseeChattanooga4,250$51,2701.04
TennesseeClarksville1,420$52,8601.08
TennesseeCleveland570$54,7000.94
TennesseeJackson1,720$52,5801.92
TennesseeJohnson City2,280$55,1001.75
TennesseeKingsport2,390$48,7701.2
TennesseeKnoxville6,930$53,6401.13
TennesseeMemphis13,040$59,4501.1
TennesseeMorristown660$48,9500.86
TennesseeNashville16,300$58,1101.13
TexasAbilene1,210$54,6801.2
TexasAmarillo1,980$54,7501.14
TexasAustin8,330$60,0800.59
TexasBeaumont2,690$55,1200.96
TexasBrownsville1,980$68,4500.92
TexasCollege Station1,630$52,5101.21
TexasCorpus Christi2,830$53,5800.91
TexasDallas29,320$63,1600.75
TexasEl Paso4,410$53,3100.93
TexasFort Worth12,650$58,8900.81
TexasHouston40,770$63,7800.85
TexasKilleen2,780$59,7101.38
TexasLaredo1,010$53,6200.74
TexasLongview1,350$54,7900.85
TexasLubbock3,570$52,3401.76
TexasMcallen3,620$61,1000.95
TexasMidland1,000$87,2600.97
TexasOdessa1,000$56,2001.12
TexasSan Angelo770$50,9501.24
TexasSan Antonio13,300$57,0100.86
TexasSherman1,290$50,9702.01
TexasTexarkana1,290$56,8201.58
TexasTyler2,920$54,3901.86
TexasVictoria1,050$50,7701.37
TexasWaco1,890$53,1401.12
TexasWichita Falls950$52,2801.03
UtahLogan580$52,6400.85
UtahOgden2,480$53,6400.72
UtahProvo2,760$54,8500.91
UtahSalt Lake City8,730$58,3700.76
UtahSt George1,010$54,6901.26
VermontBurlington1,930$64,8601
VirginiaBlacksburg900$50,3000.97
VirginiaCharlottesville3,640$59,1302.22
VirginiaDanville800$51,1801.41
VirginiaHarrisonburg920$55,2901.02
VirginiaLynchburg2,580$49,9101.45
VirginiaRichmond11,010$59,4400.96
VirginiaRoanoke3,650$53,5201.28
VirginiaVirginia Beach12,490$56,3800.87
VirginiaWinchester1,220$54,5101.4
WashingtonBellingham1,080$53,4000.8
WashingtonKennewick1,650$61,3701.1
WashingtonLongview910$67,4901.7
WashingtonMount Vernon930$65,2701.33
WashingtonOlympia1,570$68,1900.96
WashingtonSeattle22,010$72,3700.81
WashingtonSpokane4,730$57,2801.24
WashingtonTacoma6,310$69,7301.27
WashingtonWenatchee910$63,2701.39
WashingtonYakima1,740$61,0801.26
West VirginiaCharleston3,490$53,9101.34
West VirginiaHuntington3,790$56,6101.89
West VirginiaParkersburg1,760$47,0101.51
West VirginiaWeirton1,200$53,6301.81
West VirginiaWheeling1,690$45,6901.54
WisconsinAppleton1,480$58,2600.73
WisconsinEau Claire1,760$59,7701.37
WisconsinFond620$57,6100.91
WisconsinGreen Bay2,870$59,7600.96
WisconsinJanesville1,180$60,1401.05
WisconsinLa Crosse2,530$60,8202.1
WisconsinMadison7,020$62,9301.16
WisconsinMilwaukee16,440$60,8901.01
WisconsinOshkosh1,540$59,6101.08
WisconsinRacine1,450$58,6601.1
WisconsinSheboygan760$55,4200.8
WisconsinWausau1,190$58,3501.03
WyomingCasper840$53,7401.44
WyomingCheyenne870$57,5901.37