ASC News Top 5 best paying states for nurses Below are the top five highest paying states by annual mean salary for registered nurses in the U.S. per teach.com, which gathered the data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Advertisement Hayley DeSilva Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 Print Share Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) California: $106,950 Hawaii: $98,080 District of Columbia: $92,350 Massachusetts: $92,140 Oregon: $91,080 From Foundation to Frontier: Radiology Leaders Discuss Scaling AI in ImagingRecommended Live Webinar on Jan 29, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST