Healthcare Practitioners

Registered Nurses

SOC 29-1141

Coordinate and deliver patient care, give treatment, and act as the patient's advocate.

The job

Median pay

$98k

$80k to $112k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+5.6% projected

Openings a year

181k

BLS projection

Typical education

Associate's or Bachelor's plus license

Our model

AI displacement risk

Low

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

34/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

73rd pct

More exposed than 73% of occupations · modeled estimate · 41st pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

65/100

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Key skills

Speaking
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Monitoring
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	338,940	18.6	0.9×	$140k
Texas	271,380	19.3	0.9×	$96k
Florida	229,940	23.2	1.1×	$84k
New York	205,810	21.2	1.0×	$109k
Pennsylvania	146,520	24.2	1.1×	$96k
Ohio	143,730	25.9	1.2×	$83k
Illinois	138,910	22.8	1.1×	$96k
North Carolina	111,120	22.5	1.0×	$84k
Michigan	104,950	23.8	1.1×	$94k
Georgia	100,950	20.6	0.9×	$94k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
New Jersey	92,680	21.6	1.0×	$107k
Massachusetts	88,200	24.2	1.1×	$105k
Virginia	77,490	18.9	0.9×	$94k
Missouri	76,310	26.0	1.2×	$82k
Arizona	73,150	22.6	1.0×	$100k
Tennessee	72,200	22.0	1.0×	$82k
Minnesota	70,110	23.8	1.1×	$102k
Washington	69,260	19.5	0.9×	$124k
Indiana	68,980	21.5	1.0×	$84k
Wisconsin	68,060	23.1	1.1×	$96k
Colorado	54,490	19.0	0.9×	$100k
Alabama	54,340	25.7	1.2×	$77k
Maryland	52,910	19.1	0.9×	$100k
Kentucky	50,300	25.1	1.2×	$81k
South Carolina	49,750	21.6	1.0×	$82k
Louisiana	48,970	25.3	1.2×	$80k
Connecticut	40,110	23.6	1.1×	$103k
Oregon	39,730	20.2	0.9×	$129k
Oklahoma	38,270	22.4	1.0×	$83k
Iowa	34,420	22.1	1.0×	$79k
Kansas	33,800	23.5	1.1×	$79k
Arkansas	29,400	22.6	1.0×	$79k
Mississippi	29,060	25.0	1.1×	$77k
Utah	27,420	15.8	0.7×	$85k
Nevada	27,070	17.4	0.8×	$104k
Nebraska	24,720	24.1	1.1×	$85k
West Virginia	23,430	33.4	1.5×	$80k
New Mexico	17,980	20.6	0.9×	$94k
Idaho	16,880	19.7	0.9×	$92k
Maine	16,540	25.8	1.2×	$87k
New Hampshire	15,390	22.5	1.0×	$100k
South Dakota	14,710	32.2	1.5×	$78k
Delaware	14,290	29.5	1.4×	$100k
Hawaii	12,940	20.6	0.9×	$136k
Washington DC	11,440	16.3	0.8×	$103k
North Dakota	11,340	26.4	1.2×	$81k
Montana	10,950	21.4	1.0×	$85k
Rhode Island	10,090	20.1	0.9×	$101k
Alaska	7,510	23.1	1.1×	$109k
Vermont	7,410	24.4	1.1×	$97k
Wyoming	5,330	19.0	0.9×	$84k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ197,740 jobs · $120k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA109,360 jobs · $136k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN100,240 jobs · $100k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX76,680 jobs · $101k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD73,790 jobs · $101k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX65,910 jobs · $100k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH64,240 jobs · $106k median
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL61,670 jobs · $91k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.