Nurse.org ranked Minnesota the No. 1 state for nurses, where registered nurses earn roughly $72,000 annually on average and a large percentage of nurses gave hospitals positive reviews, according to Nurse.org's* 2018 "Best States for Registered Nurses" report.
Nurse.org ranked each state based on quality of life, highest salaries adjusted for cost of living, nursing demand projections and average hospital ratings.
Here's how the 50 states ranked for RNs.
- Minnesota
- Wisconsin
- Oregon
- Alaska
- Colorado
- Washington
- Massachusetts
- New Mexico
- Wyoming
- Delaware
- Rhode Island
- Michigan
- New Hampshire
- Montana
- Mississippi
- Idaho
- Nevada
- California
- Missouri
- Arizona
- North Dakota
- Hawaii
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Utah
- Texas
- Nebraska
- Maine
- Georgia
- New York
- Maryland
- South Dakota
- New Jersey
- Connecticut
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Florida
- Ohio
- Virginia
- Pennsylvania
- Kentucky
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Louisiana
- Tennessee
- Vermont
- Indiana
- Alabama
- West Virginia
*Editor's note: Becker's reached out to Nurse.org for an updated URL and will relink when it becomes available.