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Registered Nurses

The BLS publishes one set of pay and employment figures for “Registered Nurses”. These occupations all show that same figure, so it describes the group as a whole, not each job alone.

ACAcute Care NursesGrowingConsiderable preparation needed · 3,379,720 employed$97,550median / yrAPAdvanced Practice Psychiatric NursesGrowingExtensive preparation needed · 3,379,720 employed$97,550median / yrCNClinical Nurse SpecialistsGrowingExtensive preparation needed · 3,379,720 employed$97,550median / yrCCCritical Care NursesGrowingConsiderable preparation needed · 3,379,720 employed$97,550median / yrRNRegistered NursesGrowingConsiderable preparation needed · 3,379,720 employed$97,550median / yr

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Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and job zones come from O*NET Database version 31.0 by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. ericacve.org has modified this data for presentation. Wage figures are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey (May 2025), a public domain U.S. government work.

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