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Registered Nurses

There are more than two million registered nurses in the United States and the demand for RNs is growing rapidly as baby boom generation begins to reach retirement age. Registered nurses (RNs) form the backbone of health care in environments such as hospitals and nursing homes.

Nurses have many specialties and options that they may choose during the course of their careers. There are ambulatory care nurses, ER nurses, psychiatric nurses, nurses who work in school settings and doctor's offices, nurses who teach, nurses who work with elderly patients in nursing homes, and dozens of other nursing specialties.

There tends to be a fair amount of flexibility in work hours, depending, of course, on the particular specialty the nurse chooses. School and office nurses tend to work regular work weeks, while those employed in a hospital or nursing home environment will have options for evening, night and weekend work hours. Almost one-quarter of all nurses work part-time.

Nursing Schools and Degrees

RNs must graduate from an approved nursing school and pass a standardized examination to receive their credentials. Students pursuing a nursing career generally study for one of three educational credentials: bachelor's of science in nursing (BSN), associate's degree in nursing (ADN), or a nursing diploma. The BSN is a four-year program while the ADN usually takes about 2-3 years to obtain.

Schools for Registered Nurses are listed in the column to the left.

The Top Cities tab shows employment statistics for Registered Nurses by major US metro area.

Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2006)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Gadsden	870	$47,680	1.9
Mobile	4,390	$50,580	1.5
Birmingham	12,460	$52,420	1.4
Huntsville	3,960	$51,420	1.1
Montgomery	3,020	$53,240	1
Decatur	850	$45,000	1
ALASKA
Anchorage	3,320	$66,880	1.2
ARIZONA
Prescott	1,130	$57,620	1.1
Tucson	4,600	$57,310	0.7
Phoenix	22,530	$58,880	0.7
Flagstaff	530	$57,970	0.7
ARKANSAS
Hot Springs	1,190	$50,020	2.2
Little Rock	8,160	$57,860	1.4
Jonesboro	990	$43,010	1.3
Fort Smith	2,090	$52,180	1
Fayetteville	2,250	$48,340	0.7
CALIFORNIA
Napa	1,580	$75,920	1.5
Redding	1,360	$63,410	1.2
Vallejo	2,730	$74,590	1.2
Chico	1,420	$69,430	1.1
Modesto	3,190	$75,200	1.1
Stockton	3,760	$71,910	1
Visalia	2,190	$64,980	1
Fresno	5,570	$71,870	1
Santa Rosa	3,240	$80,790	1
Oakland	17,430	$89,820	0.9
San Jose	14,930	$92,400	0.9
San Francisco	15,430	$82,840	0.9
San Diego	20,810	$70,290	0.9
Los Angeles	64,820	$72,440	0.9
San Luis Obispo	1,490	$70,380	0.8
Riverside	19,760	$67,950	0.8
Sacramento	13,490	$78,310	0.8
Oxnard	4,330	$65,900	0.8
El Centro	600	$60,880	0.8
Salinas	2,130	$84,920	0.8
Santa Ana	19,480	$71,610	0.7
Santa Barbara	1,680	$67,030	0.6
Bakersfield	2,450	$67,060	0.5
COLORADO
Pueblo	1,520	$53,770	2
Fort Collins	2,110	$54,880	1.1
Boulder	2,530	$60,340	1
Denver	19,240	$61,270	0.9
Colorado Springs	3,500	$54,230	0.8
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	1,960	$66,770	1.7
New Haven	6,990	$66,790	1.4
Danbury	1,400	$61,010	1.3
Hartford	11,990	$64,600	1.2
Norwich	2,320	$59,130	1.1
Bridgeport	8,320	$63,030	1.1
DELAWARE
Wilmington	7,150	$62,200	1.2
Dover	550	$57,400	0.6
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	25,870	$65,080	0.6
FLORIDA
Punta Gorda	1,330	$51,990	2.1
Gainesville	3,880	$56,740	2
Sebastian	1,100	$53,690	1.5
Pensacola	3,860	$50,700	1.4
Deltona	3,920	$54,230	1.4
West Palm Beach	13,310	$61,430	1.3
Ocala	1,980	$51,690	1.3
Panama City	1,360	$52,520	1.2
Miami	21,600	$62,590	1.2
Lakeland	4,160	$53,920	1.2
Jacksonville	11,280	$53,440	1
Sarasota	5,340	$53,670	1
Port St. Lucie	2,150	$53,450	1
Tampa	23,080	$56,570	1
Palm Bay	3,490	$53,600	1
Cape Coral	3,710	$54,560	1
Tallahassee	2,560	$55,750	0.9
Fort Lauderdale	11,940	$59,320	0.9
Naples	1,820	$60,770	0.9
Fort Walton Beach	1,060	$54,600	0.8
Orlando	14,850	$53,350	0.8
GEORGIA
Rome	1,280	$53,740	2.3
Macon	2,580	$59,990	1.7
Augusta	5,010	$57,770	1.4
Columbus	2,300	$52,660	1.3
Hinesville	180	$52,790	1.3
Savannah	2,950	$52,780	1.2
Atlanta	31,310	$56,350	0.7
Dalton	680	$50,200	0.6
HAWAII
Honolulu	7,460	$69,320	1
IDAHO
Lewiston	620	$48,760	1.9
Coeur d'Alene	910	$53,410	1.2
Boise	4,620	$51,520	1.1
ILLINOIS
Decatur	1,620	$47,400	2.2
Kankakee	1,270	$56,440	2.1
Peoria	4,790	$49,580	1.6
Springfield	2,860	$52,220	1.6
Danville	500	$54,740	1.2
Rockford	3,150	$51,190	1.2
Champaign	1,520	$52,720	1.1
Chicago	66,130	$60,100	1
Waukegan	5,240	$56,450	0.8
Bloomington	720	$45,280	0.6
INDIANA
Muncie	1,140	$46,600	1.6
Kokomo	820	$49,780	1.4
Gary	6,260	$54,280	1.3
Evansville	3,590	$48,940	1.2
Fort Wayne	4,270	$49,090	1.1
Michigan City	770	$54,650	1.1
Indianapolis	17,540	$55,720	1.1
South Bend	2,510	$50,820	1.1
Lafayette	1,170	$51,040	1.1
Elkhart	2,060	$61,210	0.9
IOWA
Iowa City	3,510	$51,510	3.4
Waterloo	1,910	$45,440	1.4
Dubuque	1,150	$47,860	1.4
Sioux City	1,490	$44,520	1.3
Cedar Rapids	2,750	$45,500	1.2
Des Moines	6,010	$49,560	1.1
Davenport	2,890	$44,720	0.9
KANSAS
Topeka	2,600	$51,440	1.4
Wichita	5,520	$45,490	1.1
Lawrence	250	$42,750	0.4
KENTUCKY
Lexington	6,120	$53,530	1.5
Louisville	13,170	$55,050	1.2
LOUISIANA
Alexandria	2,320	$49,460	2.5
Monroe	2,380	$53,380	2
Shreveport	4,300	$50,090	1.6
Lafayette	2,950	$51,750	1.3
New Orleans	10,300	$58,580	1.3
Lake Charles	1,630	$50,760	1.2
Baton Rouge	7,240	$52,410	1.1
Houma	1,220	$52,640	0.9
MAINE
Lewiston	1,320	$51,270	1.8
Portland	4,120	$57,880	1.2
MARYLAND
Cumberland	1,340	$50,120	2.5
Salisbury	1,510	$58,650	1.8
Baltimore	27,600	$69,320	1.2
Hagerstown	1,820	$55,320	1.2
Bethesda	8,890	$74,660	0.9
MASSACHUSETTS
Lynn	2,540	$66,400	1.7
Worcester	6,660	$67,550	1.5
Leominster	1,180	$63,840	1.5
Barnstable	2,490	$67,540	1.5
Boston	42,700	$76,100	1.4
New Bedford	1,350	$52,460	1.3
Haverhill	1,650	$56,670	1.3
Brockton	1,900	$65,690	1.3
Framingham	2,990	$71,170	1.1
Springfield	5,910	$60,970	1.1
Lowell	2,140	$62,190	1
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor	6,740	$62,250	2.3
Battle Creek	1,430	$76,760	1.8
Saginaw	2,410	$56,060	1.8
Flint	3,870	$56,800	1.7
Kalamazoo	3,510	$58,880	1.5
Muskegon	1,350	$55,300	1.4
Detroit	17,930	$61,710	1.4
Grand Rapids	6,860	$54,960	1
Warren	19,660	$64,810	0.9
Holland	920	$54,650	0.5
MINNESOTA
Duluth	3,340	$58,150	1.5
Minneapolis	29,760	$66,140	0.9
MISSISSIPPI
Pascagoula	1,240	$45,710	1.9
Hattiesburg	1,780	$53,060	1.9
Gulfport	2,450	$51,510	1.6
Jackson	6,920	$52,310	1.5
MISSOURI
Columbia	2,580	$52,080	2.3
Jefferson City	1,240	$52,350	1.2
St. Louis	27,720	$54,030	1.2
Kansas City	17,780	$56,490	1
MONTANA
Missoula	1,220	$50,800	1.4
Billings	1,640	$54,910	1.2
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	3,190	$50,620	1.2
Omaha	8,820	$53,700	1.1
NEVADA
Carson City	560	$55,400	1.3
Reno	2,880	$65,210	0.8
Las Vegas	9,870	$63,080	0.6
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester	2,130	$57,620	1.3
Rochester	890	$55,200	1.1
Nashua	2,040	$55,770	0.9
NEW JERSEY
Newark	21,670	$70,930	1.2
Camden	11,290	$61,010	1.1
Atlantic City	2,590	$58,850	1.1
Edison	20,270	$65,280	1.1
Trenton	4,030	$62,840	1
Ocean City	590	$57,720	0.9
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces	950	$54,900	1
Albuquerque	6,160	$58,990	0.9
Santa Fe	790	$53,830	0.8
NEW YORK
Elmira	940	$46,500	1.8
Ithaca	670	$49,520	1.4
Buffalo	12,230	$53,870	1.3
Poughkeepsie	5,270	$62,750	1.3
Utica	2,600	$49,600	1.2
Binghamton	2,110	$48,070	1.2
Rochester	10,100	$52,080	1.1
Albany	8,650	$53,520	1.1
Syracuse	5,980	$50,230	1.1
New York	96,720	$74,830	1.1
Kingston	1,000	$51,960	1.1
Nassau	22,940	$70,340	1
Glens Falls	840	$52,430	1
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham	8,680	$55,390	2
Winston-Salem	5,780	$53,940	1.6
Asheville	4,510	$54,510	1.5
Rocky Mount	1,140	$54,800	1.2
Fayetteville	2,340	$51,490	1.2
Hickory	3,240	$52,810	1.1
Charlotte	14,060	$56,470	1
Raleigh	7,710	$54,880	0.9
Greensboro	4,950	$51,100	0.8
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	1,440	$47,260	1.6
OHIO
Lima	1,960	$51,940	2.3
Springfield	1,060	$52,070	1.5
Toledo	8,060	$54,650	1.4
Mansfield	1,160	$55,090	1.3
Dayton	9,660	$53,210	1.3
Youngstown	5,240	$53,710	1.3
Cleveland	24,810	$58,330	1.3
Canton	3,800	$55,580	1.2
Akron	6,550	$55,390	1.1
Cincinnati	20,340	$56,800	1.1
Columbus	16,920	$54,490	1
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	630	$50,820	1.3
Oklahoma City	10,460	$49,010	1
Tulsa	6,510	$49,720	0.9
OREGON
Medford	1,570	$60,960	1.2
Portland	16,960	$65,770	0.9
Salem	2,260	$63,220	0.9
PENNSYLVANIA
Johnstown	1,630	$46,140	1.8
Lebanon	1,010	$54,890	1.6
Altoona	1,450	$47,120	1.5
Erie	3,070	$54,180	1.4
Scranton	6,240	$52,850	1.4
Pittsburgh	27,490	$53,510	1.3
Philadelphia	44,840	$63,770	1.3
Allentown	7,430	$59,010	1.3
Harrisburg	6,330	$55,150	1.2
State College	930	$43,180	1.1
York	3,130	$54,900	1
Reading	2,510	$56,330	0.9
Lancaster	3,530	$59,500	0.9
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	12,450	$60,700	1.2
SOUTH CAROLINA
Florence	2,220	$52,200	1.6
Charleston	5,760	$52,670	1.2
Columbia	6,350	$53,800	1
Greenville	5,060	$55,390	1
Myrtle Beach	1,400	$49,940	0.7
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	3,920	$52,580	1.8
TENNESSEE
Nashville	17,000	$59,540	1.3
Kingsport	2,350	$46,570	1.2
Clarksville	1,460	$50,230	1.2
Knoxville	6,940	$49,090	1.2
Memphis	12,160	$56,510	1.1
Cleveland	590	$53,880	1.1
Morristown	630	$41,930	0.9
Chattanooga	3,210	$51,300	0.8
TEXAS
Lubbock	3,750	$50,910	2
Texarkana	1,640	$54,390	2
Tyler	2,910	$52,150	1.9
Sherman	1,130	$45,850	1.9
Victoria	1,060	$46,150	1.6
San Angelo	860	$46,070	1.5
Killeen	2,810	$57,490	1.5
College Station	1,720	$49,710	1.5
Abilene	1,350	$51,560	1.4
Midland	1,090		1.3
Amarillo	2,030	$51,710	1.3
Wichita Falls	1,160	$48,160	1.2
Waco	1,870	$51,740	1.2
Odessa	920	$54,630	1.1
Longview	1,640	$49,690	1.1
McAllen	4,060	$56,480	1.1
Beaumont	2,670	$51,600	1
Corpus Christi	2,850	$50,660	1
San Antonio	13,980	$54,500	1
El Paso	4,170	$54,170	1
Houston	40,010	$62,260	0.9
Brownsville	1,880	$63,930	0.9
Laredo	1,030	$48,110	0.9
Fort Worth	12,090	$58,280	0.8
Dallas	26,640	$59,350	0.7
Austin	8,070	$57,080	0.6
UTAH
Provo	2,910	$54,120	1.1
Salt Lake City	8,830	$56,250	0.8
Ogden	2,350	$52,180	0.8
VIRGINIA
Winchester	1,270	$57,620	1.6
Lynchburg	2,340	$48,530	1.5
Roanoke	3,400	$52,340	1.3
Richmond	10,900	$56,160	1
Blacksburg	770	$40,980	0.9
Virginia Beach	11,840	$54,020	0.9
WASHINGTON
Wenatchee	950	$59,300	1.6
Yakima	1,880	$58,340	1.4
Mount Vernon	910	$63,420	1.4
Spokane	4,860	$55,230	1.4
Tacoma	5,810	$66,400	1.3
Kennewick	1,340	$60,910	1
Olympia	1,480	$65,530	1
Seattle	21,640	$70,070	0.9
WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown	1,460	$54,290	2
Huntington	3,500	$56,340	1.8
Weirton	1,050	$45,040	1.6
Wheeling	1,590	$46,490	1.6
Parkersburg	1,660	$46,000	1.4
Charleston	3,300	$49,000	1.3
WISCONSIN
La Crosse	2,390	$53,690	2.2
Eau Claire	1,550	$55,760	1.3
Racine	1,480	$57,060	1.2
Wausau	1,250	$57,640	1.1
Madison	6,430	$60,220	1.1
Janesville	1,200	$55,190	1.1
Green Bay	3,070	$58,520	1.1
Milwaukee	15,880	$59,070	1
Oshkosh	1,240	$56,220	0.9
Sheboygan	720	$53,590	0.8
Appleton	1,320	$58,520	0.7
WYOMING
Cheyenne	860	$52,470	1.4
Casper	720	$50,450	1.4

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