Below is the breakdown of the states where registered nurses make the most money and where they make the least, according to a Forbes analysis of occupational data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

The CEO of a public and nonprofit safety-net health system in Phoenix will get an $85,000 raise despite objections from two board members who questioned if the increase was excessive, according to the Arizona Republic.

Nine high-ranking employees of Chicago-based Cook County Health System were given robust pay raises above an amount set in a business rule, according to the Chicago Tribune, which cited a recent watchdog report. 

Registered nurses, on average, earn the most in the Pacific region of the U.S., according to Medscape's 2019 nurse compensation report.

Indiana University Health in Indianapolis compensated 13 board members nearly $500,000 for about six hours of work a week in 2016, according to Indiana Public Media.

Female surgeons earn 24 percent less per hour than male surgeons under a fee-for-service system in Canada, a difference that can cost women more than $50 per hour in some specialties, according to new research published by JAMA Surgery.

Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital will increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour effective Nov. 24, reports the Akron Beacon Journal.

A financially strapped Catholic hospital in New York can't pay retired workers' pensions — and due to a loophole, it may not be the only hospital that puts workers' financial futures at risk, according to NPR. 

St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare will raise minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2021, the system announced. 

Here are 10 hospitals that posted job listings offering registered nurses up to $10,000 in signing bonuses.

Labor and delivery travel nurses can earn close to $2,000 per week, making it the highest-paid travel nurse specialty, according to a report by Trusted Health, a nurse-staffing firm.

The board of Valleywise Health, a public and nonprofit safety-net health system in Phoenix, postponed discussions about increasing its CEO's pay after The Arizona Republic inquired about the hike Sept. 24.

The U.S. Department of Labor unveiled a rule on Sept. 24 that would alter earnings thresholds to make more than 1 million American workers eligible for overtime pay, effective Jan. 1, 2020.

The top four jobs on Glassdoor's annual list of the 25 highest-paying jobs in America are in healthcare. 

Labor-market conditions are paying off for workers under age 35, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The American College of Cardiology issued a policy statement calling for improved wage equality among male and female physicians in the specialty.

More than half of all nurse practitioners and physician assistants (51.2 percent and 53.7 percent, respectively) reported earning more in 2018-19 than in the prior year, according to Clinical Advisor's 2019 NP/PA Salary Survey. 

The gender wage gap exists even in female-heavy specialties like pediatrics. Female pediatricians earn at least $8,000 less than male pediatricians per year, even after accounting for a range of factors like work hours, practice ownership and labor-force, physician-specific jobs, and work-family characteristics, according to research published by Pediatrics.

Many companies in the S&P 500 are working to streamline their board compensation structure, while increasing overall pay, according to a study conducted by Mercer, a human resources consulting firm.

Careers in healthcare, technology and management ranked among the most promising choices in the next decade, according to analysis of employment data by the Wall Street Journal.