Compare Nursing Salary and Employment

Compare Nursing Salary and Employment

Use these sortable lists to Compare Nursing Salary and Employment for nurses in Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) careers as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2025.

Organizing this information into sortable lists enables you to determine Salary and Employment information by State and Metropolitan Statistical Area. The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics and State Workforce Agencies collaborated to develop this information for all fifty states.

Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)

At the state level, average salaries for a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) range from $66,830 in Idaho to $179,630 in California.

Metropolitan and Rural Area average salaries range from $63,230 in the Lakeland-Winter Haven area of Florida to $190,340 in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area of California.

Use the Metro Sortable List or Color Map to explore Salaries in 42 Metropolitan and Rural Areas. Compare state-level Salaries using the State Sortable List or Percentile Chart.

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Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

At the state level, average salaries for a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) range from $138,740 in Arkansas to $292,390 in Massachusetts.

Metropolitan and Rural Area average salaries range from $109,940 in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers area of Arkansas and Missouri to more than $320,630 in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area of New York.

Use the Metro Sortable List or Color Map to explore Salaries in 166 Metropolitan and Rural Areas. Compare state-level Salaries using the State Sortable List or Percentile Chart.

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Nurse Practitioner (NP)

At the state level, average Nurse Practitioner (NP) salaries range from $108,180 in Tennessee to $173,190 in California.

Metropolitan and Rural Area average salaries range from $90,850 in the Johnson City area of Tennessee to $223,530 in California’s San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metropolitan area.

Use the Metro Sortable List or Color Map to explore Salaries in 513 Metropolitan and Rural Areas. Compare state-level Salaries using the State Sortable List or Percentile Chart.

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