1. Registered nurses earned a mean annual wage of $66,530 in 2009.
2. Registered nurses earned a mean hourly wage of $31.99 in 2009.
3. Registered nurses working in general medical and surgical hospitals earned a mean annual wage of $67,740.
4. Registered nurses working in physician offices earned a mean annual wage of $67,290.
5. Registered nurses working in home health care services earned a mean annual wage of $63,300.
6. Registered nurses working in nursing care facilities earned a mean annual wage of $59,320.
7. Registered nurses working in outpatient care centers earned a mean annual wage of $65,690.
8. The highest paying state for registered nurses was California, where the mean annual wage was $85,080 in 2009. California was followed by Massachusetts ($81,780), Hawaii ($80,020), Maryland ($76,330) and New Jersey ($74,990).
9. The highest paying metropolitan area for registered nurses was Visalia-Porterville, Calif., where nurses the mean annual wage was $111,030.
10. In South Dakota, the state with the highest concentration of registered nurses, the mean annual wage for RNs was $53,520.
Read the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2009.
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