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Employment Overview

How many RNs are there? About 2,505,000 in all. Workers can most likely expect a very low rate of unemployment. Note that 1% of employees were without work in 2006.

Flexibility

Self-employment is the choice of 1% of RNs. It is estimated that 22% of workers work less than full time.

Education

Expect to get an associate degree for this occupation. The share of RNs with a bachelor's degree or higher is 56%. About 43% of workers got additional education after high school, but did not have to get a college degree. There was no need to go beyond high school for 1% of employees.

Local Outlook

Dothan (Alabama), Cumberland (Maryland), and Gainesville (Florida) boast the most RNs for their size population. Santa Cruz (California), Dalton (Georgia), and Dover (Delaware) have the fewest. The highest salaries for workers are in and around San Jose (California), Salinas (California), and San Francisco (California). The lowest-paying areas are Davenport (Iowa), Wheeling (West Virginia), and Decatur (Alabama).

Detailed local employment conditions for RNs in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.


Local Jobs Info for RNs

Employment info for RNs, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

StateCity and SurroundingsMarket StrengthWorkersMedian Wage
AlabamaAnniston1.2970$60,000
AlabamaBirmingham1.3513,140$56,000
AlabamaDecatur1.12990$51,000
AlabamaDothan3.954,380$53,000
AlabamaFlorence1.31,110$52,000
AlabamaGadsden1.71880$50,000
AlabamaHuntsville1.114,010$55,000
AlabamaMobile1.414,560$55,000
AlabamaMontgomery0.872,650$57,000
AlabamaTuscaloosa1.492,080$55,000
AlaskaAnchorage1.163,320$71,000
ArizonaFlagstaff1.261,110$68,000
ArizonaPhoenix0.6322,800$61,000
ArizonaPrescott1.091,170$62,000
ArizonaTucson0.866,070$60,000
ArizonaYuma0.86880$60,000
ArkansasFayetteville0.692,470$51,000
ArkansasFort Smith1.122,300$51,000
ArkansasHot Springs1.951,130$48,000
ArkansasJonesboro1.14900$49,000
ArkansasLittle Rock1.448,930$58,000
ArkansasPine Bluff1.16640$53,000
CaliforniaBakersfield0.562,680$72,000
CaliforniaChico1.321,630$74,000
CaliforniaEl Centro0.68560$64,000
CaliforniaFresno0.925,610$73,000
CaliforniaLos Angeles0.7962,510$76,000
CaliforniaMadera2.161,220$72,000
CaliforniaModesto1.033,050$83,000
CaliforniaNapa1.691,790$77,000
CaliforniaOakland0.8817,110$91,000
CaliforniaOxnard1.055,970$70,000
CaliforniaRedding0.68780$72,000
CaliforniaRiverside0.8320,750$71,000
CaliforniaSacramento0.7713,130$81,000
CaliforniaSalinas0.852,320$92,000
CaliforniaSan Diego0.8922,400$74,000
CaliforniaSan Francisco0.8415,590$90,000
CaliforniaSan Jose0.8514,700$96,000
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo1.031,870$68,000
CaliforniaSanta Ana0.6117,960$74,000
CaliforniaSanta Barbara0.561,680$72,000
CaliforniaSanta Cruz0.54810$74,000
CaliforniaSanta Rosa0.913,190$79,000
CaliforniaStockton0.913,500$75,000
CaliforniaVallejo1.362,970$76,000
CaliforniaVisalia0.892,180$68,000
CaliforniaYuba City1.25830$72,000
ColoradoBoulder0.912,590$65,000
ColoradoColorado Springs0.884,140$58,000
ColoradoDenver0.8419,800$64,000
ColoradoFort Collins1.12,410$59,000
ColoradoGrand Junction1.271,230$61,000
ColoradoGreeley0.851,100$63,000
ColoradoPueblo1.971,710$58,000
ConnecticutBridgeport0.967,870$66,000
ConnecticutDanbury1.231,470$62,000
ConnecticutHartford1.1312,150$68,000
ConnecticutNew Haven1.47,170$69,000
ConnecticutNorwich1.072,330$64,000
ConnecticutWaterbury1.531,830$68,000
DelawareDover0.43410$57,000
DelawareWilmington1.227,430$66,000
District of ColumbiaWashington0.5926,080$70,000
FloridaCape Coral1.325,200$63,000
FloridaDeltona1.213,490$57,000
FloridaFort Lauderdale0.9112,960$62,000
FloridaFort Walton Beach0.761,050$58,000
FloridaGainesville2.454,810$59,000
FloridaJacksonville111,540$56,000
FloridaLakeland1.083,950$55,000
FloridaMiami1.0519,880$65,000
FloridaNaples0.831,920$64,000
FloridaOcala1.171,970$57,000
FloridaOrlando0.7615,300$57,000
FloridaPalm Bay1.043,770$58,000
FloridaPanama City1.171,390$54,000
FloridaPensacola1.393,920$53,000
FloridaPort St Lucie0.952,240$57,000
FloridaPunta Gorda1.941,270$53,000
FloridaSarasota1.055,480$57,000
FloridaSebastian1.511,190$56,000
FloridaTallahassee0.952,810$56,000
FloridaTampa0.9222,030$59,000
FloridaWest Palm Beach1.212,790$64,000
GeorgiaAlbany1.51,500$49,000
GeorgiaAthens1.331,700$54,000
GeorgiaAtlanta0.6931,530$59,000
GeorgiaAugusta1.365,050$60,000
GeorgiaBrunswick1.16750$51,000
GeorgiaColumbus1.082,110$57,000
GeorgiaDalton0.5670$50,000
GeorgiaHinesville1.14190
GeorgiaMacon1.813,150$58,000
GeorgiaRome2.131,260$56,000
GeorgiaSavannah1.233,380$62,000
GeorgiaValdosta1.291,050$52,000
HawaiiHonolulu0.947,450$76,000
IdahoBoise0.964,760$55,000
IdahoCoeur Dalene1.241,030$56,000
IdahoIdaho Falls0.73570$50,000
IdahoLewiston1.93640$52,000
IdahoPocatello1.08530$58,000
IllinoisBloomington0.64710$49,000
IllinoisChampaign11,510$58,000
IllinoisChicago0.9166,670$65,000
IllinoisDanville0.96370$59,000
IllinoisDecatur1.981,500$50,000
IllinoisPeoria1.825,420$50,000
IllinoisRockford0.982,640$57,000
IllinoisSpringfield1.412,530$57,000
IndianaAnderson1.37840$54,000
IndianaBloomington1.011,190$52,000
IndianaColumbus1.11740$54,000
IndianaElkhart0.851,960$50,000
IndianaEvansville1.193,760$51,000
IndianaFort Wayne1.114,370$51,000
IndianaGary1.26,200$58,000
IndianaIndianapolis1.1118,530$59,000
IndianaKokomo1.1800$51,000
IndianaLafayette11,280$52,000
IndianaMichigan City1.13790$56,000
IndianaMuncie1.791,410$52,000
IndianaSouth Bend1.032,550$54,000
IndianaTerre Haute1.131,300$54,000
IowaAmes1.14700$54,000
IowaCedar Rapids1.052,520$49,000
IowaDavenport1.133,690$45,000
IowaDes Moines1.036,160$51,000
IowaDubuque1.421,250$53,000
IowaSioux City1.171,400$47,000
IowaWaterloo1.41,970$48,000
KansasLawrence0.74520$51,000
KansasTopeka1.362,570$54,000
KansasWichita1.015,640$50,000
KentuckyBowling Green1.141,050$56,000
KentuckyElizabethtown1.36960$55,000
KentuckyLexington1.56,710$64,000
KentuckyLouisville1.1913,640$57,000
KentuckyOwensboro1.681,320$51,000
LouisianaAlexandria2.32,240$50,000
LouisianaBaton Rouge1.077,150$54,000
LouisianaHouma0.831,350$55,000
LouisianaLafayette1.353,290$55,000
LouisianaLake Charles1.151,740$56,000
LouisianaMonroe1.852,430$55,000
LouisianaNew Orleans1.110,320$62,000
LouisianaShreveport1.54,560$53,000
MaineBangor1.761,900$62,000
MaineLewiston1.521,220$54,000
MainePortland1.174,200$62,000
MarylandBaltimore1.1828,950$71,000
MarylandBethesda0.859,020$77,000
MarylandCumberland2.471,390$53,000
MarylandHagerstown1.071,880$57,000
MarylandSalisbury1.721,470$63,000
MassachusettsBarnstable Town1.442,510$70,000
MassachusettsBoston1.3744,310$80,000
MassachusettsBrockton1.332,010$72,000
MassachusettsFramingham0.972,770$73,000
MassachusettsHaverhill1.081,440$59,000
MassachusettsLawrence1.471,450$66,000
MassachusettsLeominster1.11920$62,000
MassachusettsLowell0.941,970$67,000
MassachusettsLynn1.582,760$71,000
MassachusettsNew Bedford1.271,330$63,000
MassachusettsPittsfield1.66950$61,000
MassachusettsSpringfield1.136,300$64,000
MassachusettsTaunton0.95730$70,000
MassachusettsWorcester1.486,830$72,000
MichiganAnn Arbor2.327,180$65,000
MichiganBattle Creek1.51,240$58,000
MichiganBay City1.31700$62,000
MichiganDetroit1.2517,580$64,000
MichiganFlint1.513,880$60,000
MichiganGrand Rapids0.966,840$56,000
MichiganHolland0.571,060$54,000
MichiganKalamazoo1.343,380$62,000
MichiganLansing1.244,530$60,000
MichiganMonroe0.72460$56,000
MichiganMuskegon1.521,580$53,000
MichiganNiles1.281,310$51,000
MichiganSaginaw1.752,460$61,000
MichiganWarren0.8619,140$65,000
MinnesotaDuluth1.513,410$61,000
MinnesotaMinneapolis0.9331,990$70,000
MinnesotaSt Cloud1.051,810$67,000
MississippiGulfport1.342,450$54,000
MississippiHattiesburg1.961,900$57,000
MississippiJackson1.336,150$55,000
MississippiPascagoula1.921,350$52,000
MissouriColumbia1.932,700$55,000
MissouriJefferson City11,180$52,000
MissouriJoplin1.271,700$50,000
MissouriKansas City0.9618,500$58,000
MissouriSpringfield1.294,520$51,000
MissouriSt Joseph1.441,140$56,000
MissouriSt Louis1.0827,800$55,000
MontanaBillings1.221,690$57,000
MontanaGreat Falls1.47800$54,000
MontanaMissoula1.321,170$55,000
NebraskaLincoln1.133,200$50,000
NebraskaOmaha1.149,780$55,000
NevadaCarson City1.12510
NevadaLas Vegas0.5910,460$68,000
NevadaReno0.732,900$68,000
New HampshireManchester1.252,170$63,000
New HampshireNashua0.912,230$60,000
New HampshirePortsmouth0.95920$61,000
New HampshireRochester1.191,080$54,000
New JerseyAtlantic City1.012,510$66,000
New JerseyCamden1.0910,990$65,000
New JerseyEdison1.0520,350$70,000
New JerseyNewark1.0720,430$74,000
New JerseyOcean City0.85560$62,000
New JerseyTrenton1.14,380$66,000
New JerseyVineland1.271,230$63,000
New MexicoAlbuquerque0.85,740$61,000
New MexicoFarmington1.01860$59,000
New MexicoLas Cruces1.021,010$59,000
New MexicoSanta Fe0.87780$58,000
New YorkAlbany1.18,920$56,000
New YorkBinghamton1.142,190$52,000
New YorkBuffalo1.1811,770$56,000
New YorkElmira1.53920$48,000
New YorkGlens Falls1.09910$54,000
New YorkIthaca1.05670$52,000
New YorkKingston1.061,060$55,000
New YorkNassau1.0524,730$73,000
New YorkNew York1.0196,560$79,000
New YorkPoughkeepsie1.064,680$66,000
New YorkRochester1.1110,470$55,000
New YorkSyracuse1.16,160$53,000
New YorkUtica1.433,210$52,000
North CarolinaAsheville1.484,740$56,000
North CarolinaBurlington1970$53,000
North CarolinaCharlotte0.9415,510$58,000
North CarolinaDurham29,740$58,000
North CarolinaFayetteville1.292,720$54,000
North CarolinaGoldsboro1.47950$55,000
North CarolinaGreensboro0.825,720$56,000
North CarolinaGreenville2.072,450$54,000
North CarolinaHickory1.053,180$55,000
North CarolinaJacksonville0.95600$58,000
North CarolinaRaleigh0.847,900$57,000
North CarolinaRocky Mount1.221,220$57,000
North CarolinaWilmington1.052,690$55,000
North CarolinaWinston Salem1.556,120$56,000
North DakotaBismarck1.741,600$49,000
North DakotaFargo1.172,370$54,000
North DakotaGrand Forks1.311,070$64,000
OhioAkron1.167,250$57,000
OhioCanton1.253,870$58,000
OhioCincinnati1.0420,350$59,000
OhioCleveland1.2425,070$61,000
OhioColumbus117,440$57,000
OhioDayton1.3710,090$57,000
OhioLima2.221,990$53,000
OhioMansfield1.291,110$54,000
OhioSandusky1.23690$53,000
OhioSpringfield1.291,030$51,000
OhioToledo1.559,320$55,000
OhioYoungstown1.134,960$58,000
OklahomaLawton1.11640$55,000
OklahomaOklahoma City1.0210,830$51,000
OklahomaTulsa0.816,420$51,000
OregonBend0.991,160$69,000
OregonEugene1.062,840$66,000
OregonMedford1.121,620$65,000
OregonPortland0.9218,100$70,000
OregonSalem0.882,330$66,000
PennsylvaniaAllentown1.247,700$61,000
PennsylvaniaAltoona1.291,320$49,000
PennsylvaniaErie1.292,980$52,000
PennsylvaniaJohnstown1.771,710$48,000
PennsylvaniaLancaster0.853,620$61,000
PennsylvaniaLebanon1.491,090$59,000
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia1.242,420$67,000
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1.430,380$56,000
PennsylvaniaReading0.882,590$58,000
PennsylvaniaScranton1.195,680$55,000
PennsylvaniaState College0.89890$47,000
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport1.331,100$53,000
PennsylvaniaYork1.063,440$58,000
Rhode IslandProvidence1.1712,830$65,000
South CarolinaCharleston1.447,700$56,000
South CarolinaColumbia1.117,150$55,000
South CarolinaFlorence1.582,380$55,000
South CarolinaGreenville0.925,210$58,000
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach0.731,530$49,000
South CarolinaSpartanburg12,190$53,000
South CarolinaSumter1.1600$56,000
South DakotaRapid City1.611,650$56,000
South DakotaSioux Falls1.74,090$53,000
TennesseeChattanooga1.044,250$51,000
TennesseeClarksville1.081,420$53,000
TennesseeCleveland0.94570$55,000
TennesseeJackson1.921,720$53,000
TennesseeJohnson City1.752,280$55,000
TennesseeKingsport1.22,390$49,000
TennesseeKnoxville1.136,930$54,000
TennesseeMemphis1.113,040$59,000
TennesseeMorristown0.86660$49,000
TennesseeNashville1.1316,300$58,000
TexasAbilene1.21,210$55,000
TexasAmarillo1.141,980$55,000
TexasAustin0.598,330$60,000
TexasBeaumont0.962,690$55,000
TexasBrownsville0.921,980$68,000
TexasCollege Station1.211,630$53,000
TexasCorpus Christi0.912,830$54,000
TexasDallas0.7529,320$63,000
TexasEl Paso0.934,410$53,000
TexasFort Worth0.8112,650$59,000
TexasHouston0.8540,770$64,000
TexasKilleen1.382,780$60,000
TexasLaredo0.741,010$54,000
TexasLongview0.851,350$55,000
TexasLubbock1.763,570$52,000
TexasMcallen0.953,620$61,000
TexasMidland0.971,000$87,000
TexasOdessa1.121,000$56,000
TexasSan Angelo1.24770$51,000
TexasSan Antonio0.8613,300$57,000
TexasSherman2.011,290$51,000
TexasTexarkana1.581,290$57,000
TexasTyler1.862,920$54,000
TexasVictoria1.371,050$51,000
TexasWaco1.121,890$53,000
TexasWichita Falls1.03950$52,000
UtahLogan0.85580$53,000
UtahOgden0.722,480$54,000
UtahProvo0.912,760$55,000
UtahSalt Lake City0.768,730$58,000
UtahSt George1.261,010$55,000
VermontBurlington11,930$65,000
VirginiaBlacksburg0.97900$50,000
VirginiaCharlottesville2.223,640$59,000
VirginiaDanville1.41800$51,000
VirginiaHarrisonburg1.02920$55,000
VirginiaLynchburg1.452,580$50,000
VirginiaRichmond0.9611,010$59,000
VirginiaRoanoke1.283,650$54,000
VirginiaVirginia Beach0.8712,490$56,000
VirginiaWinchester1.41,220$55,000
WashingtonBellingham0.81,080$53,000
WashingtonKennewick1.11,650$61,000
WashingtonLongview1.7910$67,000
WashingtonMount Vernon1.33930$65,000
WashingtonOlympia0.961,570$68,000
WashingtonSeattle0.8122,010$72,000
WashingtonSpokane1.244,730$57,000
WashingtonTacoma1.276,310$70,000
WashingtonWenatchee1.39910$63,000
WashingtonYakima1.261,740$61,000
West VirginiaCharleston1.343,490$54,000
West VirginiaHuntington1.893,790$57,000
West VirginiaParkersburg1.511,760$47,000
West VirginiaWeirton1.811,200$54,000
West VirginiaWheeling1.541,690$46,000
WisconsinAppleton0.731,480$58,000
WisconsinEau Claire1.371,760$60,000
WisconsinFond0.91620$58,000
WisconsinGreen Bay0.962,870$60,000
WisconsinJanesville1.051,180$60,000
WisconsinLa Crosse2.12,530$61,000
WisconsinMadison1.167,020$63,000
WisconsinMilwaukee1.0116,440$61,000
WisconsinOshkosh1.081,540$60,000
WisconsinRacine1.11,450$59,000
WisconsinSheboygan0.8760$55,000
WisconsinWausau1.031,190$58,000
WyomingCasper1.44840$54,000
WyomingCheyenne1.37870$58,000

 

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