11 Highest Paying States for Nurses

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6. Nevada

Average Annual Salary: $81,460

Average Hourly Salary: $39.16

Nevada becomes the first state on our list of 11 Highest Paying States for Nurses to surpass the $80,000 mark for its average annual salary. Nevada – which is Spanish for snow-covered – is also known as the Silver State. 19,470 nurses work here, which is much less than the previous entry on this list. Most of the state’s nurses reside in Paradise or Las Vegas, where they enjoy the highest salary in the state. The Nevada Nurse Association represents nurses in Nevada and has been doing so for the most part of the century.

Highest Paying States for Nurses

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