Median Salary and Best-Paying Cities
The median salary for nurse practitioners is $121,610, with the best-paying cities including San Jose and San Francisco. According to Vivian Health, the highest-paying metro area for registered nurses is Santa Cruz, California, with a median annual wage of $175,350.
Highest-Paying Cities for Nurses in Every State
A Vivian Health ranking found that nurses earn some of the highest wages relative to other occupations in the area. The top metro area in every state with the median annual wage for nurses is as follows:
- Alabama — Daphne: $64,700
- Alaska — Fairbanks: $107,880
- Arizona — Yuma: $82,290
- Arkansas — Little Rock: $71,460
- California — Santa Cruz: $175,350
- Colorado — Pueblo: $82,780
- Connecticut — Danbury: $105,370
- Delaware — Dover: $78,320
- Florida — Sebastian: $79,190
- Georgia — Rome: $81,320
- Hawaii — Urban Honolulu: $127,020
- Idaho — Coeur d’Alene: $83,730
- Illinois — Kankakee: $80,470
- Indiana — Michigan City: $72,720
- Iowa — Sioux City: $62,860
- Kansas — Lawrence: $67,150
- Kentucky — Owensboro: $78,040
- Louisiana — Shreveport: $77,790
- Maine — Bangor: $83,750
- Maryland — Salisbury: $79,210
- Massachusetts — Leominster: $96,410
- Michigan — Flint: $86,210
- Minnesota — St. Cloud: $85,730
- Mississippi — Hattiesburg: $59,910
- Missouri — St. Louis: $77,390
- Montana — Missoula: $76,550
- Nebraska — Grand Island: $74,290
- Nevada — Las Vegas: $95,770
- New Hampshire — Manchester: $80,560
- New Jersey — Ocean City: $85,490
- New Mexico — Las Cruces: $78,270
- New York — New York City: $103,540
- North Carolina — Fayetteville: $82,390
- North Dakota — Fargo: $75,710
- Ohio — Canton: $74,950
- Oklahoma — Lawton: $77,070
- Oregon — Bend: $108,310
- Pennsylvania — Chambersburg: $84,090
- Rhode Island — Providence: $84,770
- South Carolina — Spartanburg: $81,520
- South Dakota — Rapid City: $62,920
- Tennessee — Cleveland: $76,620
- Texas — Wichita Falls: $79,800
- Utah — Provo: $75,090
- Vermont — Burlington: $77,230
- Virginia — Winchester: $81,940
- Washington — Spokane: $100,280
- West Virginia — Huntington: $77,240
- Wisconsin — Racine: $77,960
- Wyoming — Cheyenne: $81,680