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Academic Departments I Nursing I Career
Opportunities I Salary Statistics
Salary
Statistics
Nationally,
the median annual earnings of registered nurses was $48,090 in 2002.
The middle 50 percent earned between $40,140 and $57,490. The lowest
10 percent earned less than $33,970, and the highest 10 percent
earned more than $69,670. Median annual earnings in the industries
employing the largest numbers of registered nurses in 2002 were
as follows:
Employment
services |
$55,980
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General
medical and surgical hospitals |
49,190
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Home
health care services |
45,890
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Offices
of physicians |
44,870
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Nursing
care facilities |
43,850
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Resource: Bureau of Labor
Statistics
According to preliminary
findings of the 2004 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses,
the actual average annual earnings of RNs employed full-time in
2004 were $57,784 which appears to be an increase from average earnings
in 2000 ($46,782).
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