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The 2012 ADVANCE for Nurses Salary Survey results provide a snapshot of pay trends for registered nurses throughout the U.S.
More than 5,700 nurses from every state in the U.S. participated in the annual survey, which was conducted online from March to July 2012.
Results presented here include national state-by-state hourly and salary comparisons, as well as regional pay rate by facility size, earnings by job title, earnings by work setting, earnings by highest degree and more.
Click on the links below for regional results.
Northeast
Mid-Atlantic & Lower Great Lakes
South
Midwest
West
Earnings by State
State |
Hourly |
Salary |
AK |
n/a |
$74,167 |
AL |
$27.18 |
$49,106 |
AR |
n/a |
$54,047 |
AZ |
$38.74 |
$63,349 |
CA |
$48.11 |
$84,297 |
CO |
$34.33 |
$84,924 |
CT |
$34.33 |
$74,694 |
DC |
$40.36 |
$82,376 |
DE |
$36.22 |
$71,170 |
FL |
$29.53 |
$60,188 |
GA |
$36.01 |
$63,453 |
HI |
$35 |
$60,200 |
IA |
$22.60 |
$52,395 |
ID |
$29.86 |
$60,841 |
IL |
$34.09 |
$63,127 |
IN |
$24.41 |
$57,523 |
KS |
$25.73 |
$54,268 |
KY |
$28.20 |
$62,154 |
LA |
$29.18 |
$67,012 |
MA |
$39.30 |
$70,962 |
MD |
$35.49 |
$69,210 |
ME |
$31.94 |
$56,328 |
MI |
$29.92 |
$57,974 |
MN |
$30.92 |
$67,899 |
MO |
$24.65 |
$55,154 |
MS |
n/a |
$61,452 |
MT |
n/a |
$55,670 |
NC |
$29.87 |
$57,539 |
ND |
n/a |
$49,637 |
NE |
n/a |
$52,102 |
NH |
$31.78 |
$57,280 |
NJ |
$35.29 |
$65,882 |
NM |
$33.50 |
$66,417 |
NV |
$39.60 |
$69,162 |
NY |
$38.55 |
$74,020 |
OH |
$29.22 |
$59,889 |
OK |
$32.37 |
$56,901 |
OR |
$37.98 |
$69,798 |
PA |
$33.50 |
$62,507 |
RI |
$38.83 |
$61,663 |
SC |
$25.69 |
$57,102 |
SD |
$29 |
$49,679 |
TN |
$26.46 |
$55,874 |
TX |
$31.05 |
$66,372 |
UT |
$27.63 |
$47,343 |
VA |
$33.86 |
$65,294 |
VT |
$25.61 |
$54,948 |
WA |
$31.71 |
$62,423 |
WI |
$36.31 |
$64,029 |
WV |
n/a |
$75,108 |
WY |
$27.88 |
$58,048 |
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