Job Outlook for Registered Nurses
Registered Nurses are employed in a variety of settings and specialties. Settings include but are not limited to hospitals, schools, home health, health care education, health care administration/insurance, corrections, military and other areas. Specialties can range from labor and delivery, newborn care, pediatrics, adult health, women’s services, geriatric, mental health, and community/public health care, and more.
- Median Salary for Registered Nurses $86,070. (May, 2023)
About 194,500 openings for registered nurses are projected each year, on average, over the next ten years. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Registered Nurses, visited November 09, 2024).