The highest average hourly wage for both registered nurses and nurse practitioners is in California, while the highest for PAs is in Alaska. RNs and NPs in South Dakota and Tennessee made the lowest hourly rates, respectively, and Kentucky holds the lowest average pay for PAs.
Here is the average hourly wage for PAs, RNs and NPs by state, in descending order of their grouped average:
|
Rank |
State |
PA hourly mean wage |
RN hourly mean wage |
NP hourly mean wage |
Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
California |
$64.99 |
$59.62 |
$72.99 |
$65.87 |
|
2 |
Alaska |
$72.32 |
$46.74 |
$54.72 |
$57.93 |
|
3 |
New Jersey |
$63.08 |
$43.12 |
$65.87 |
$57.36 |
|
4 |
Washington |
$62.46 |
$45.84 |
$62.90 |
$57.07 |
|
5 |
Connecticut |
$70.24 |
$42.56 |
$57.91 |
$56.90 |
|
6 |
New York |
$60.76 |
$44.86 |
$64.39 |
$56.67 |
|
7 |
Hawaii |
$55.63 |
$51.22 |
$61.29 |
$56.05 |
|
8 |
Rhode Island |
$65.29 |
$40.99 |
$60.94 |
$55.74 |
|
9 |
Nevada |
$64.77 |
$42.69 |
$59.46 |
$55.64 |
|
10 |
Oregon |
$57.24 |
$47.42 |
$61.63 |
$55.43 |
|
11 |
Massachusetts |
$56.65 |
$46.46 |
$62.28 |
$55.13 |
|
12 |
Minnesota |
$58.79 |
$40.40 |
$61.06 |
$53.42 |
|
13 |
New Hampshire |
$59.65 |
$37.63 |
$58.05 |
$51.78 |
|
14 |
New Mexico |
$59.43 |
$37.31 |
$56.96 |
$51.23 |
|
15 |
Vermont |
$61.56 |
$36.13 |
$54.11 |
$50.60 |
|
16 |
Arizona |
$54.74 |
$39.23 |
$57.65 |
$50.54 |
|
17 |
Maryland |
$55.27 |
$39.74 |
$55.63 |
$50.21 |
|
18 |
Texas |
$53.94 |
$38.04 |
$56.68 |
$49.55 |
|
19 |
Illinois |
$52.97 |
$37.63 |
$57.92 |
$49.51 |
|
20 |
Wisconsin |
$54.73 |
$36.95 |
$56.24 |
$49.31 |
|
21 |
Maine |
$56.34 |
$35.40 |
$55.95 |
$49.23 |
|
22 |
Montana |
$56.30 |
$35.39 |
$55.63 |
$49.11 |
|
23 |
Delaware |
$53.86 |
$37.39 |
$55.88 |
$49.04 |
|
24 |
Wyoming |
$56.57 |
$35.16 |
$55.06 |
$48.93 |
|
25 |
Iowa |
$56.62 |
$31.25 |
$58.35 |
$48.74 |
|
26 |
Colorado |
$53.06 |
$38.78 |
$54.13 |
$48.66 |
|
27 |
North Dakota |
$57.34 |
$34.23 |
$54.19 |
$48.59 |
|
28 |
Oklahoma |
$56.79 |
$32.78 |
$56.08 |
$48.55 |
|
29 |
Pennsylvania |
$51.69 |
$36.54 |
$56.38 |
$48.20 |
|
30 |
Virginia |
$51.94 |
$36.87 |
$54.00 |
$47.60 |
|
31 |
Idaho |
$56.71 |
$35.41 |
$50.62 |
$47.58 |
|
32 |
North Carolina |
$54.09 |
$34.23 |
$54.20 |
$47.51 |
|
33 |
Michigan |
$53.39 |
$36.51 |
$52.30 |
$47.40 |
|
34 |
Nebraska |
$54.44 |
$33.58 |
$54.17 |
$47.40 |
|
35 |
Utah |
$52.22 |
$34.99 |
$54.29 |
$47.17 |
|
36 |
Ohio |
$51.73 |
$34.44 |
$54.08 |
$46.75 |
|
37 |
Georgia |
$50.11 |
$36.24 |
$52.67 |
$46.34 |
|
38 |
West Virginia |
$54.70 |
$32.52 |
$50.36 |
$45.86 |
|
39 |
Florida |
$52.32 |
$34.62 |
$50.40 |
$45.78 |
|
40 |
Kansas |
$52.71 |
$32.00 |
$52.27 |
$45.66 |
|
41 |
Indiana |
$49.05 |
$33.12 |
$54.56 |
$45.58 |
|
42 |
South Dakota |
$52.54 |
$29.11 |
$54.00 |
$45.22 |
|
43 |
Louisiana |
$45.08 |
$33.84 |
$54.16 |
$44.36 |
|
44 |
South Carolina |
$49.59 |
$33.45 |
$49.45 |
$44.16 |
|
45 |
Arkansas |
$48.91 |
$31.64 |
$51.48 |
$44.01 |
|
46 |
Missouri |
$45.20 |
$32.59 |
$49.76 |
$42.52 |
|
47 |
Tennessee |
$48.86 |
$32.06 |
$45.73 |
$42.22 |
|
48 |
Mississippi |
$41.05 |
$30.35 |
$53.73 |
$41.71 |
|
49 |
Alabama |
$42.55 |
$29.77 |
$49.24 |
$40.52 |
|
50 |
Kentucky |
$38.17 |
$32.34 |
$51.00 |
$40.50 |
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