Comprehensive List of Nurse Salary Information from Various Sources

Regardless of your profession, title, employment status or job function, it is human nature to be curious as to how your salary ranks against that of your peers.

For nurses, there are a wide variety of resources and surveys to draw from in evaluating nursing salaries across the nation.  The following is a comprehensive list of resources for you to evaluate your salary as a nursing professional.

One note of caution — as you search through these resources you may find discrepancies in the results.  This is not to say that one survey is more accurate than another, it simply suggests that the data was collected or interpreted differently from source to source. Therefore, it is important to take note of how the salary information is collected and interpreted when you evaluate your nursing salary against the benchmarks.

Nursing Salary Surveys, Studies and Articles:

2010 Registered Nurse Salary Survey: Non Bedside / Non Clinical Nurses
Source: Pathway Medical

Registered Nurse Occupational Outlook 2010-11
Source: U.S. Department of Labor / Bureau of Labor Statistics

2009 CDI Salary Survey
Source: ACDIS / HCPro

2008 Salary & Trends Survey – Nurse Case Managers
Source: Dorland Health

Solving the Nursing Shortage through Higher Wages
Source: Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Top 3 Nursing Careers: Highest Paying Nursing Careers
Source: About.com

What is an RN and What Does an RN Earn
Source: About.com

2010 Projected Nursing Salaries
Source: Monster

Salary Calculators:

There are also many online salary calculators that allow you to search on registered nurse, case management and non-clinical nursing salary information for your specific region and experience.

CareerOneStop.org (US Department of Labor)

Advance for Nurses

Careerbuilder

Economic Research Institute Salary Expert

GlassDoor

PayScale

SalaryExpert.com

Salary.com

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