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RNs

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Job Numbers and Growth

Across the US there are 2,505,000 RNs. This occupation has an unemployment level that is very low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Employees may end up working less than full time; 22% of those in the career did so in 2008. 1% of the time RNs are self employed.

Training and Education

Finding jobs is easier for workers with an associate degree. Recent government surveys (2008) show that 56% of employees have received at least a 4 year degree. RNs who attended college, but do not have a degree make up 43% of the total. A high school diploma was all the education obtained by 1% of workers. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

The fewest jobs (per capita) are found in Austin (Texas), Midland (Texas), and Dalton (Georgia), and the most jobs are found in Rochester (Minnesota), Cumberland (Maryland), and Gainesville (Florida).

The earnings potential (not adjusted for cost of living) is highest in San Jose (California), San Francisco (California), and Oakland (California). However, the potential is lowest in Johnstown (Pennsylvania), Davenport (Iowa), and Punta Gorda (Florida).

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RNs: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for RNs, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for RNs are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for RNs are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston1,030$61,5901.3
AlabamaAuburn680$52,9400.9
AlabamaBirmingham13,810$58,3301.4
AlabamaDecatur1,010$52,6101.1
AlabamaDothan1,540$52,2401.5
AlabamaFlorence1,330$51,3101.5
AlabamaGadsden980$55,6301.8
AlabamaHuntsville3,990$58,0301
AlabamaMobile4,690$55,2401.4
AlabamaMontgomery3,010$58,9600.9
AlabamaTuscaloosa2,130$57,2401.3
AlaskaAnchorage3,460$73,7401.1
ArizonaFlagstaff1,080 1.1
ArizonaKingman1,020$59,7701.2
ArizonaPhoenix24,130$65,6600.7
ArizonaPrescott1,310$62,7701.2
ArizonaTucson7,690$63,7101.1
ArizonaYuma930$62,1100.9
ArkansasFayetteville2,550$52,1400.7
ArkansasFort Smith2,470$51,9001.1
ArkansasHot Springs1,160$53,1101.9
ArkansasJonesboro890$50,1701.1
ArkansasLittle Rock9,300$62,1001.4
CaliforniaBakersfield2,990$74,7900.6
CaliforniaChico1,640$80,2901.3
CaliforniaEl Centro660$69,4000.8
CaliforniaFresno5,190$77,6300.8
CaliforniaHanford800$81,7001.7
CaliforniaMadera1,310$73,160 2.2
CaliforniaModesto3,040$86,6901
CaliforniaNapa1,430$88,9701.3
CaliforniaOakland17,410$96,1500.9
CaliforniaOxnard4,560$73,3700.8
CaliforniaRedding760$76,0200.6
CaliforniaRiverside20,790$75,0200.8
CaliforniaSacramento13,920$84,6300.8
CaliforniaSalinas2,300$87,7900.8
CaliforniaSan Diego24,380$78,8800.9
CaliforniaSan Francisco15,370$96,7000.8
CaliforniaSan Jose14,590$104,4000.8
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo1,660$77,4100.9
CaliforniaSanta Ana22,670$76,0400.7
CaliforniaSanta Barbara2,250$81,3000.7
CaliforniaSanta Cruz1,300$88,0100.8
CaliforniaSanta Rosa3,200$83,8600.9
CaliforniaStockton3,590$75,2900.9
CaliforniaVallejo3,010$85,0401.3
CaliforniaVisalia2,310$103,6600.9
CaliforniaYuba City790$64,3901.2
ColoradoBoulder2,610$68,1200.9
ColoradoColorado Springs4,630$58,9701
ColoradoDenver21,500$66,8800.9
ColoradoFort Collins2,750$62,3201.2
ColoradoGrand Junction820$61,3800.8
ColoradoGreeley1,070$64,6600.8
ColoradoPueblo1,840$59,9702
ConnecticutBridgeport7,830$69,6300.9
ConnecticutDanbury1,230$70,4001
ConnecticutHartford12,850$71,9701.1
ConnecticutNew Haven7,200$71,8001.3
ConnecticutNorwich2,400$65,7001
ConnecticutWaterbury1,930$70,2401.6
DelawareWilmington7,530$69,1501.2
District of ColumbiaWashington28,600$72,5500.6
FloridaCape Coral5,140$65,1001.3
FloridaDeltona3,120$60,3701.1
FloridaFort Lauderdale13,430$64,2400.9
FloridaFort Walton Beach1,100$54,4500.8
FloridaGainesville4,880$61,080 2.3
FloridaJacksonville11,560$59,5601
FloridaLakeland3,680$57,2601
FloridaMiami20,130$69,2501
FloridaNaples2,210$65,0101
FloridaOcala1,950$59,5201.1
FloridaOrlando15,470$58,0400.7
FloridaPalm Bay4,260$59,3101.1
FloridaPanama City1,400$51,3401.1
FloridaPensacola3,680$56,6101.3
FloridaPort St Lucie2,240$60,1601
FloridaPunta Gorda1,430$45,330 2.2
FloridaSarasota5,230$57,3401
FloridaSebastian1,220$55,8101.5
FloridaTallahassee2,980$54,6001
FloridaTampa22,540$61,3700.9
FloridaWest Palm Beach10,310$63,4301
GeorgiaAlbany1,440$49,9401.4
GeorgiaAthens1,800$56,0001.3
GeorgiaAtlanta33,050$61,7700.7
GeorgiaAugusta5,500$61,2401.4
GeorgiaBrunswick850$54,3601.2
GeorgiaColumbus2,100$58,6901
GeorgiaDalton670$52,0500.5
GeorgiaGainesville1,500$59,3501.2
GeorgiaHinesville190 1
GeorgiaMacon3,350$59,6401.8
GeorgiaRome1,220$57,490 2
GeorgiaSavannah3,630$68,7901.3
GeorgiaValdosta1,070$52,4801.1
HawaiiHonolulu6,490$79,9200.8
IdahoBoise5,890$58,5601.1
IdahoCoeur Dalene820 0.9
IdahoIdaho Falls760$53,1700.9
IdahoLewiston670$54,6501.9
IdahoPocatello550$59,7601.1
IllinoisBloomington800$53,2600.6
IllinoisChampaign1,740$62,7601
IllinoisChicago71,170$67,7400.9
IllinoisDanville480$61,6601.2
IllinoisPeoria5,260$54,1901.6
IllinoisRockford3,210$57,7101.1
IllinoisSpringfield2,600$60,2101.4
IndianaAnderson870$55,8801.3
IndianaBloomington1,220$53,2601
IndianaColumbus650$58,2400.9
IndianaElkhart2,020$64,1200.8
IndianaEvansville3,810$52,4701.2
IndianaFort Wayne4,800$51,7701.2
IndianaGary6,130$60,5701.1
IndianaIndianapolis19,600$61,5301.1
IndianaKokomo840$51,9301.4
IndianaLafayette1,270$53,5400.9
IndianaMichigan City810$58,1901.1
IndianaMuncie1,230$54,0301.6
IndianaSouth Bend2,500$53,6501
IndianaTerre Haute1,330$54,7301.1
IowaAmes710$56,2101.1
IowaCedar Rapids2,600$50,0001
IowaDavenport3,540$46,3701
IowaDes Moines6,170$52,9801
IowaDubuque1,150$49,5001.3
IowaSioux City1,460$47,8701.2
IowaWaterloo1,890$49,3001.2
KansasLawrence580$53,6000.8
KansasTopeka2,530$55,3901.2
KansasWichita5,510$53,3900.9
KentuckyBowling Green1,100$57,2101.1
KentuckyElizabethtown990$57,0301.3
KentuckyLexington6,590$63,8001.4
KentuckyLouisville14,590$57,6001.2
KentuckyOwensboro1,520$50,3201.8
LouisianaAlexandria2,280$53,300 2.2
LouisianaBaton Rouge7,040$56,7101
LouisianaHouma1,310$57,4300.8
LouisianaLafayette2,850$63,5801.1
LouisianaLake Charles1,820$56,7501.2
LouisianaMonroe2,220$60,3901.6
LouisianaNew Orleans11,260$64,5401.1
LouisianaShreveport4,500$57,4501.4
MaineBangor1,490$58,2101.3
MaineLewiston1,370$58,7201.6
MainePortland4,510$63,9701.2
MarylandBaltimore30,810$75,2301.2
MarylandBethesda9,460$79,9100.8
MarylandCumberland1,400$54,850 2.4
MarylandHagerstown1,990$60,1801.1
MarylandSalisbury1,330$66,5401.5
MassachusettsBarnstable Town2,330$71,7901.3
MassachusettsBoston45,540$85,1401.3
MassachusettsBrockton2,190$72,2201.4
MassachusettsFramingham2,660$76,3600.9
MassachusettsHaverhill1,510$59,9701.1
MassachusettsLawrence1,850$76,0401.9
MassachusettsLeominster1,060$66,9801.2
MassachusettsLowell1,910$71,0600.9
MassachusettsNew Bedford1,560$65,0301.4
MassachusettsSpringfield6,600$66,6301.1
MassachusettsTaunton720$75,3700.9
MassachusettsWorcester6,960$76,1201.5
MichiganAnn Arbor6,080$67,1101.9
MichiganBattle Creek1,230$61,5601.5
MichiganBay City720$63,6601.3
MichiganDetroit18,280$67,0001.3
MichiganFlint3,930$62,0701.5
MichiganGrand Rapids7,380$58,8501
MichiganHolland1,090$56,4200.6
MichiganKalamazoo3,280$63,5901.3
MichiganLansing4,690$62,4001.3
MichiganMonroe500$57,2000.8
MichiganMuskegon1,700$55,3401.6
MichiganNiles1,310$58,2301.2
MichiganWarren19,440$66,7700.9
MinnesotaDuluth3,610$71,9701.5
MinnesotaMinneapolis34,700$72,3701
MinnesotaRochester6,450  3.8
MinnesotaSt Cloud2,080$72,2701.1
MississippiGulfport2,600$56,5601.3
MississippiHattiesburg2,030$53,680 2.1
MississippiJackson7,270$58,5601.5
MississippiPascagoula1,420$54,8001.8
MissouriColumbia2,900$57,1202
MissouriJefferson City1,260$53,4101
MissouriJoplin1,760$50,9001.2
MissouriKansas City19,900$59,6801
MissouriSpringfield4,730$53,2001.3
MissouriSt Joseph1,160 1.4
MissouriSt Louis29,950$57,9401.1
MontanaBillings1,750$58,9401.2
MontanaGreat Falls850$56,3801.5
MontanaMissoula1,180$56,6001.3
NebraskaLincoln3,390 1.1
NebraskaOmaha10,200$56,5801.1
NevadaCarson City580$65,9901.3
NevadaLas Vegas11,570$71,2700.6
NevadaReno3,010$71,1500.8
New HampshireManchester2,210$64,5901.2
New HampshireNashua2,290$60,5400.9
New HampshirePortsmouth630$61,6800.6
New HampshireRochester1,020$54,9401
New JerseyAtlantic City2,760$67,9701
New JerseyCamden10,910$69,5201
New JerseyEdison19,410$72,1401
New JerseyNewark19,540$75,8901
New JerseyOcean City610$62,8900.9
New JerseyTrenton4,390$65,5001.1
New JerseyVineland1,270$65,7501.3
New MexicoAlbuquerque5,970$64,6000.8
New MexicoFarmington850$60,9700.9
New MexicoLas Cruces1,100$60,2701
New MexicoSanta Fe940$59,2100.8
New YorkAlbany8,810$59,4501
New YorkBinghamton2,360$55,2801.2
New YorkBuffalo11,470$58,5701.1
New YorkElmira700$53,4701.2
New YorkGlens Falls1,060$55,7201.2
New YorkIthaca680$54,5401
New YorkKingston1,090$59,4801.1
New YorkNassau25,630$76,4001
New YorkNew York97,790$82,2901
New YorkPoughkeepsie4,790$69,1601
New YorkRochester10,300$58,6301.1
New YorkSyracuse5,730$56,1101
New YorkUtica3,250$54,4701.4
North CarolinaAsheville4,870$58,5601.4
North CarolinaBurlington1,070$54,2001
North CarolinaCharlotte16,400$57,6700.9
North CarolinaDurham10,500$59,6002
North CarolinaFayetteville2,640$59,3601.2
North CarolinaGoldsboro1,110$58,4901.8
North CarolinaGreensboro6,210$57,9100.9
North CarolinaGreenville2,370$56,4701.9
North CarolinaHickory3,330$54,6201.1
North CarolinaJacksonville680$61,2701
North CarolinaRaleigh8,230$61,6500.8
North CarolinaRocky Mount1,140$56,7001.1
North CarolinaWilmington2,920$56,4801.1
North CarolinaWinston Salem6,570$58,1401.6
North DakotaBismarck1,730$50,2501.8
North DakotaFargo1,580$58,8000.7
North DakotaGrand Forks950$64,8601.2
OhioAkron7,450$58,9201.1
OhioCanton3,760$58,4701.1
OhioCincinnati21,230$60,7401
OhioCleveland25,030$62,3701.2
OhioColumbus16,750$59,9500.9
OhioDayton10,440$57,9101.4
OhioLima2,010$55,430 2.2
OhioMansfield1,120$60,7101.3
OhioSandusky640$55,3901.1
OhioSpringfield990$51,3301.2
OhioToledo8,550$55,5401.4
OhioYoungstown4,870$51,5101.1
OklahomaLawton700$56,6301.1
OklahomaOklahoma City10,980$53,2001
OklahomaTulsa7,060$50,9400.8
OregonBend1,260$71,7801
OregonCorvallis710$73,4101.4
OregonEugene2,700$70,7301
OregonMedford1,750$68,7901.2
OregonPortland18,430$73,8700.9
OregonSalem2,240$68,8400.8
PennsylvaniaAllentown7,530$61,8001.1
PennsylvaniaAltoona1,350$51,8201.3
PennsylvaniaErie3,140$54,5501.4
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg6,460$60,2901.1
PennsylvaniaJohnstown2,220$42,440 2.3
PennsylvaniaLancaster3,950$62,5600.9
PennsylvaniaLebanon970$61,8001.2
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia42,740$68,2801.1
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh30,790$59,4201.4
PennsylvaniaReading2,610$60,9900.8
PennsylvaniaScranton5,840$58,0501.2
PennsylvaniaState College1,180$50,6301.2
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport1,020$55,2001.2
PennsylvaniaYork3,470$60,6101
Rhode IslandProvidence13,600$67,5501.2
South CarolinaCharleston8,490$60,4201.5
South CarolinaColumbia7,400$57,9301.1
South CarolinaFlorence2,480$57,7201.6
South CarolinaGreenville5,430$58,3700.9
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach1,560$49,6100.7
South CarolinaSpartanburg2,440$56,4201.1
South CarolinaSumter590$58,4701
South DakotaRapid City1,640$57,8401.5
South DakotaSioux Falls4,320$54,5501.7
TennesseeChattanooga5,680$58,9001.3
TennesseeClarksville800$54,0100.6
TennesseeCleveland600$56,1801
TennesseeJackson1,900$52,0201.9
TennesseeJohnson City2,330$56,7801.8
TennesseeKingsport2,730$52,1001.3
TennesseeKnoxville7,730$54,8801.2
TennesseeMemphis13,520$61,1001.1
TennesseeMorristown600$53,8100.8
TennesseeNashville19,510$61,8801.3
TexasAbilene1,380$55,9201.3
TexasAmarillo2,310$57,4901.3
TexasAustin8,700$60,2800.6
TexasBeaumont2,570$58,2600.9
TexasBrownsville2,280$63,3401
TexasCollege Station1,670$61,1201.2
TexasCorpus Christi3,060$55,1800.9
TexasDallas31,530$65,3900.8
TexasEl Paso4,190$57,0800.8
TexasFort Worth13,140$60,2100.8
TexasHouston41,340$65,8100.8
TexasKilleen3,280$60,7801.5
TexasLaredo970$59,7300.7
TexasLongview1,260$58,7200.7
TexasLubbock3,140$54,4501.4
TexasMcallen3,730$63,4200.9
TexasMidland590 0.5
TexasOdessa1,050$58,0601.1
TexasSan Angelo1,020$55,8201.5
TexasSan Antonio14,160$60,4200.9
TexasSherman1,390$54,090 2.1
TexasTexarkana1,280$57,7701.4
TexasTyler3,080$55,2801.9
TexasVictoria1,220$48,9201.5
TexasWaco1,950$63,3201.1
TexasWichita Falls1,160$53,5501.2
UtahLogan520$55,3400.7
UtahOgden2,690$55,1600.7
UtahProvo2,880$57,6600.9
UtahSalt Lake City9,000$59,9200.7
VermontBurlington2,080$66,2401
VirginiaBlacksburg930$51,6400.9
VirginiaCharlottesville3,450$63,090 2
VirginiaDanville440$65,3100.8
VirginiaHarrisonburg790$56,3200.8
VirginiaLynchburg2,630$59,1901.4
VirginiaRichmond12,380$60,7201.1
VirginiaRoanoke3,620$55,2101.2
VirginiaVirginia Beach12,280$58,8600.8
VirginiaWinchester1,320 1.5
WashingtonBremerton1,620$68,4701.1
WashingtonKennewick1,400$61,5200.9
WashingtonLongview690$69,0201.3
WashingtonMount Vernon960$68,7801.3
WashingtonOlympia1,490$71,9500.9
WashingtonSeattle23,570$75,4600.8
WashingtonSpokane5,220$68,3801.3
WashingtonTacoma6,370$72,7801.2
WashingtonWenatchee950$65,1001.4
WashingtonYakima1,720$62,8401.2
West VirginiaCharleston3,500$54,0801.3
West VirginiaHuntington3,880$57,2101.9
West VirginiaParkersburg1,700$49,6301.4
West VirginiaWeirton1,360$52,9301.9
West VirginiaWheeling1,770$46,6701.6
WisconsinAppleton1,640$59,6300.8
WisconsinEau Claire1,850$61,1901.4
WisconsinFond700$58,2800.9
WisconsinGreen Bay3,060$60,9801
WisconsinJanesville1,160$62,0301
WisconsinLa Crosse2,760$63,430 2.3
WisconsinMadison6,100$67,7800.9
WisconsinMilwaukee17,280$62,4401
WisconsinOshkosh1,630$61,0501.1
WisconsinRacine1,400$60,3101
WisconsinSheboygan830$58,2000.8
WisconsinWausau1,250$61,1201.1
WyomingCasper800$55,5101.3
WyomingCheyenne900$59,0301.2
 

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