Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing: earnings by state

What Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing graduates typically earn 4 years out, in each state.

Graduates with a bachelor's in Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing typically earn most 4 years out in California ($125,756) and least in Arkansas ($80,823). Pay usually follows local wages and living costs, so a high figure isn't a reason on its own to study there.

Median of school medians, earnings 4 years after graduating, today's dollars. Blank: fewer than 3 schools report. Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars.
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Median of school medians, earnings 4 years after graduating, today's dollars. Blank: fewer than 3 schools report. Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars.
StateMedian earnings
Alabama$84k
Alaska—
Arizona$95k
Arkansas$81k
California$126k
Colorado$91k
Connecticut$102k
Delaware$103k
District of Columbia$104k
Florida$96k
Georgia$91k
Hawaii$120k
Idaho$85k
Illinois$90k
Indiana$88k
Iowa$81k
Kansas$84k
Kentucky$88k
Louisiana$93k
Maine$89k
Maryland$100k
Massachusetts$100k
Michigan$88k
Minnesota$92k
Mississippi$87k
Missouri$85k
Montana$87k
Nebraska$83k
Nevada$103k
New Hampshire$98k
New Jersey$109k
New Mexico$95k
New York$116k
North Carolina$87k
North Dakota$86k
Ohio$85k
Oklahoma$90k
Oregon$112k
Pennsylvania$98k
Rhode Island$95k
South Carolina$81k
South Dakota$84k
Tennessee$83k
Texas$96k
Utah$88k
Vermont$89k
Virginia$97k
Washington$100k
West Virginia$90k
Wisconsin$88k
Wyoming—

Every state, highest first

StateMedian, 4 years outSchools
California$125,75642
Hawaii$120,2974
New York$116,02055
Oregon$112,3445
New Jersey$108,83923
District of Columbia$104,1355
Delaware$103,2414
Nevada$103,1428
Connecticut$101,55016
Washington$100,30016
Massachusetts$100,19120
Maryland$99,71312
Pennsylvania$97,77958
New Hampshire$97,5139
Virginia$96,99228
Florida$96,32257
Texas$95,70150
Arizona$95,48113
New Mexico$95,4726
Rhode Island$94,5434
Louisiana$93,15116
Minnesota$91,85223
Georgia$91,33335
Colorado$91,24713
Illinois$90,08333
Oklahoma$90,03918
West Virginia$89,95813
Maine$88,8057
Vermont$88,6913
Kentucky$88,27516
Indiana$87,73429
Utah$87,71713
Wisconsin$87,69924
Michigan$87,59824
Montana$87,2094
North Carolina$87,05128
Mississippi$86,5988
North Dakota$86,0148
Missouri$85,40029
Idaho$85,3777
Ohio$84,56756
Kansas$84,42717
Alabama$84,02213
South Dakota$83,6147
Nebraska$82,9999
Tennessee$82,83431
Iowa$81,45317
South Carolina$81,42114
Arkansas$80,82312

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