Advisory Board May 16, 2022
The median salary for nurses across all licensures was higher in 2021 than it was in 2020, according to the 2022 Nurse Salary Research Report from nurse.com.
Nurse salaries were up in 2021
For the report, nurse.com’s parent company, Relias, along with Brandware, surveyed 2,516 nursing professionals between Nov. 12 and Dec. 12, 2021.
The report found that the median RN salary was $78,000 in 2021, up from $73,000 in 2020. Meanwhile, the median salary for APRNs was $120,000, up from $107,000 in 2020, and the median salary for LPN/LVNs was $48,000 in 2021, up from $45,000 in 2020.
The report also found a notable gender gap in salary among RNs, with male RNs getting paid $14,000 more than female...