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MoneyGeek recently released a new analysis examining the highest and lowest nurse salaries in 109 metro areas across the United States, with Winston-Salem, North Carolina having the highest take-home pay.
Methodology
MoneyGeek analyzed nurse salaries in 109 U.S. metro areas using Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
For its rankings, the company looked at a broad range of nurse specialties, including RNs, licensed practical nurses (LPNs), licensed vocational nurses (LVNs), nurse practitioners (NPs), nurse anesthetists, and nurse midwives. However, the best metro areas rankings only included RNs, LPNs, LVNs, and NPs.
To calculate net salaries, MoneyGeek used SmartAsset’s paycheck calculator to apply federal, state, and local taxes before using data from the...
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