Post by buyhealthworld on Jun 3, 2020 11:46:52 GMT
In another article we discussed the highest-paying states for nurses. This time around, we once again sourced occupational and salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for registered nurses, but broke it down by metro area, which is the smallest geographical unit the BLS tracks for wages. While nurse salaries vary by state, they can vary even more on the city level.
Read on to find out where nurses can earn the most money.Places Where Nurses Earn the Most Money
Salaries tend to mirror the overall cost of living of a certain geographical area. If a city’s cost of living is notably higher than the U.S. average, then incomes tend to be higher there as well. With registered nurses’ salaries, this is especially true. Geography has a major influence over wages due to this connection with cost of living. Another major factor dependent on geography is supply — the number of nurses in the city. In many cities, a shortage of nurses is noticeable, especially in places like Alaska, and this has the effect of driving up salaries of nurses.
How Much Do Nurses Make a Year in the Top-Paying Cities
The first 14 top-paying cities for registered nurses are all in California. Here’s a list of them below with their respective average annual nurse’s salary:
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[/ul]1. Salinas: $131,710
2. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward: $128,990
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3. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara: $128,610
4. Santa Cruz-Watsonville: $127,440
5. Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade: $120,530
6. Vallejo-Fairfield: $115,900
7. Stockton-Lodi: $111,140
8. Napa: $106,060
9. Modesto: $106,040
10. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara: $104,680
11. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande: $103,880
12. Redding: $102,030
13. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario: $101,830
14. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim: $99,930
Beyond those cities, the highest-paying places for nurses still tend to lay out in the Western U.S. Naturally, cities with higher costs of living tend to have higher average wages for nurses. Here’s a list of the remaining places where nurses make the most money:
15. Honolulu, Hawaii: $99,600
16. Santa Rosa, California: $99,340
17. San Diego-Carlsbad, California: $98,440
18. Fresno, California: $96,900
19. Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Massachusetts: $95,270
20. Merced, California: $94,330
21. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Oregon-Washington: $93,570
22. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California: $92,480
23. Bakersfield, California: $92,110
24. Danbury, Connecticut: $91,680
25. New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey: $91,160
26. Eugene, Oregon: $90,850
27. Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii: $89,290
28. Visalia-Porterville, California: $89,080
29. El Centro, California: $88,670
30. Salem, Oregon: $88,460
31. Anchorage, Alaska: $88,170
32. Bend-Redmond, Oregon: $88,100
33. Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada: $87,920
34. Medford, Oregon: $87,670
35. Worcester, Massachusetts: $86,420
36. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington: $85,840
37. Grants Pass, Oregon $85,110
38. Chico, California: $84,260
39. Hanford-Corcoran, California: $83,990
40. Fairbanks, Alaska: $83,950
41. Carson City, Nevada: $83,660
42. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota: $83,520
43. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut: $83,290
44. New Haven, Connecticut: $83,250
45. Barnstable Town, Massachusetts: $83,110
46. Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington: $82,070
47. Norwich-New London-Westerly, Connecticut-Rhode Island: $81,750
48. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-Virginia-Maryland: $81,470
49. Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington: $81,070
50. Vineland-Bridgeton, New Jersey: $81,020
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