The average hourly pay for nurses in the U.S. is $42.80 for registered nurses and $59.94 for nurse practitioners, according to the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.
The highest average hourly wage for both registered nurses and nurse practitioners is in California. RNs and NPs in South Dakota and Tennessee made the lowest hourly rates, respectively.
Here is the average hourly wage for nurses by state in descending order, with ties denoted by asterisks:
|
State |
RN hourly mean wage |
Rank |
State |
NP hourly mean wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
California |
$64.10 |
1 |
California |
$76.02 |
|
Hawaii |
$54.43 |
2 |
New Jersey |
$68.87 |
|
Oregon |
$51.26 |
3 |
Massachusetts |
$66.68 |
|
Massachusetts |
$50.07 |
4 |
Oregon |
$65.51 |
|
Alaska |
$49.67 |
5 |
Nevada |
$65.49 |
|
Washington |
$48.88 |
6 |
Washington |
$65.19 |
|
New York |
$48.14 |
7 |
Connecticut |
$63.22 |
|
District of Columbia |
$47.23 |
8 |
District of Columbia |
$63.11 |
|
New Jersey |
$46.48 |
9 |
New Mexico |
$62.29 |
|
Nevada |
$46.30 |
10 |
Hawaii |
$61.69 |
|
Connecticut |
$45.32 |
11 |
Iowa* |
$61.62 |
|
Minnesota |
$42.72 |
12 |
Minnesota* |
$61.62 |
|
Rhode Island |
$42.43 |
13 |
New Hampshire |
$60.47 |
|
Maryland |
$42.30 |
14 |
Rhode Island |
$60.21 |
|
Arizona |
$41.70 |
15 |
Texas |
$59.93 |
|
Colorado |
$41.63 |
16 |
Illinois |
$58.81 |
|
New Mexico |
$41.15 |
17 |
Indiana* |
$58.53 |
|
Georgia |
$40.95 |
18 |
Oklahoma* |
$58.53 |
|
Delaware |
$40.88 |
19 |
Arizona |
$58.37 |
|
Texas |
$40.54 |
20 |
Wisconsin |
$58.27 |
|
New Hampshire |
$40.11 |
21 |
Delaware |
$57.97 |
|
Illinois |
$39.53 |
22 |
Pennsylvania |
$57.96 |
|
Virginia |
$39.36 |
23 |
Montana |
$57.67 |
|
Wyoming |
$38.95 |
24 |
Maryland |
$57.53 |
|
Wisconsin |
$38.94 |
25 |
Nebraska |
$57.20 |
|
Michigan |
$38.78 |
26 |
Maine |
$56.88 |
|
Pennsylvania |
$38.76 |
27 |
Louisiana |
$56.83 |
|
Vermont |
$38.46 |
28 |
Idaho |
$56.60 |
|
Florida |
$38.42 |
29 |
Ohio |
$56.46 |
|
Idaho |
$37.79 |
30 |
Mississippi |
$56.38 |
|
Ohio |
$37.72 |
31 |
Virginia |
$56.24 |
|
Montana |
$37.67 |
32 |
Vermont |
$56.06 |
|
Kentucky |
$37.32 |
33 |
Colorado |
$55.98 |
|
Maine* |
$37.22 |
34 |
Alaska |
$55.96 |
|
North Carolina* |
$37.22 |
35 |
South Dakota* |
$55.58 |
|
Oklahoma |
$36.98 |
36 |
Utah* |
$55.58 |
|
Utah |
$36.73 |
37 |
Georgia* |
$55.50 |
|
Louisiana |
$36.50 |
38 |
Wyoming* |
$55.40 |
|
Indiana |
$36.34 |
39 |
North Carolina |
$55.03 |
|
North Dakota |
$36.06 |
40 |
North Dakota |
$54.78 |
|
South Carolina |
$35.74 |
41 |
Michigan |
$54.70 |
|
Nebraska |
$35.34 |
42 |
Missouri |
$54.41 |
|
Tennessee |
$34.85 |
43 |
Kansas |
$53.69 |
|
West Virginia |
$34.73 |
44 |
Florida |
$53.04 |
|
Kansas |
$34.61 |
45 |
Kentucky |
$52.54 |
|
Missouri |
$34.55 |
46 |
South Carolina |
$52.47 |
|
Iowa |
$33.35 |
47 |
Arkansas |
$51.50 |
|
Mississippi |
$32.66 |
48 |
West Virginia |
$51.34 |
|
Alabama |
$32.17 |
49 |
Alabama |
$51.26 |
|
Arkansas |
$31.98 |
50 |
Tennessee |
$47.75 |
|
South Dakota |
$31.01 |
51 |
New York |
Data unavailable |