11 Highest Paying States for Nurses

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1. California

Average Annual Salary: $101,260

Average Hourly Salary: $48.68

Number 1 on our list of the 11 highest paying states for nurses is the Golden State and the most populous in the United States, California. Not only does it provide jobs to 255,010 registered nurses, far more than any other state, it also pays them exceptionally well, over $100,000 annually on average. Nurses in California are well-distributed, and earn well almost all over the state, but a large fraction is found working in Los Angeles, Glendale, Santa Ana and Long Beach. Nursing is thus the biggest profession in California. Furthermore, the American Nurses Association California represents nurses here.

Highest Paying States for Nurses

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