# Registered nurse salary by state

Canonical citation: Wages.fyi — https://wages.fyi/salary-reports/registered-nurses-29-1141-00

Period: May 2025. Native unit: USD/year. Source occupation group: Registered Nurses.

United States median: $97,550. 51 retained state/DC markets.

These are occupational wage distributions across experience levels, not employer base salaries, individual packages or complete total compensation. Rankings exclude bounded/unavailable medians. Ties share a rank. No cost-of-living adjustment or 2026 projection.

| State / DC | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| California | $140,270 | $122,440 | $173,170 |
| Hawaii | $136,320 | $101,200 | $144,140 |
| Oregon | $129,010 | $107,220 | $134,420 |
| Washington | $124,200 | $103,100 | $134,240 |
| Alaska | $109,480 | $97,700 | $129,100 |
| New York | $109,440 | $94,840 | $129,660 |
| New Jersey | $106,500 | $99,710 | $127,730 |
| Massachusetts | $104,550 | $87,460 | $136,110 |
| Nevada | $103,670 | $86,850 | $120,270 |
| Connecticut | $102,740 | $86,120 | $121,840 |
| District of Columbia | $102,540 | $85,850 | $127,800 |
| Minnesota | $101,510 | $88,940 | $114,760 |
| Rhode Island | $100,640 | $81,840 | $107,100 |
| Colorado | $100,260 | $84,590 | $108,930 |
| Maryland | $99,790 | $83,740 | $107,340 |
| New Hampshire | $99,700 | $82,880 | $108,400 |
| Delaware | $99,520 | $85,900 | $111,720 |
| Arizona | $99,500 | $81,810 | $108,580 |
| Vermont | $97,460 | $82,210 | $105,210 |
| Pennsylvania | $96,430 | $80,610 | $104,730 |
| Illinois | $95,990 | $80,020 | $105,960 |
| Texas | $95,970 | $79,170 | $105,100 |
| Wisconsin | $95,530 | $81,920 | $102,610 |
| New Mexico | $94,340 | $80,960 | $102,750 |
| Michigan | $94,300 | $82,080 | $103,450 |
| Virginia | $93,600 | $80,090 | $103,030 |
| Georgia | $93,550 | $79,090 | $106,330 |
| Idaho | $92,460 | $80,900 | $102,320 |
| Maine | $86,990 | $79,890 | $101,460 |
| Montana | $85,280 | $80,210 | $100,800 |
| Nebraska | $84,730 | $79,240 | $99,640 |
| Utah | $84,600 | $80,050 | $105,130 |
| North Carolina | $84,350 | $78,770 | $102,040 |
| Florida | $84,190 | $78,660 | $101,180 |
| Wyoming | $83,760 | $77,890 | $101,100 |
| Indiana | $83,500 | $78,750 | $100,410 |
| Oklahoma | $82,920 | $77,350 | $98,910 |
| Ohio | $82,510 | $79,200 | $99,030 |
| South Carolina | $82,360 | $77,320 | $97,230 |
| Missouri | $81,780 | $76,050 | $98,560 |
| Tennessee | $81,500 | $75,460 | $95,250 |
| Kentucky | $81,040 | $75,670 | $97,200 |
| North Dakota | $80,730 | $69,620 | $93,080 |
| Louisiana | $80,230 | $69,040 | $93,600 |
| West Virginia | $80,130 | $68,160 | $99,770 |
| Kansas | $79,320 | $73,300 | $94,700 |
| Arkansas | $78,940 | $66,640 | $90,280 |
| Iowa | $78,630 | $68,290 | $85,940 |
| South Dakota | $78,060 | $65,070 | $84,280 |
| Mississippi | $77,090 | $64,930 | $84,500 |
| Alabama | $77,080 | $63,500 | $83,380 |

Full native-unit data with qualifiers and source URLs: https://wages.fyi/salary-reports/registered-nurses-29-1141-00/data.csv

Official reference: https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/29-1141.00. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, distributed through O*NET OnLine.