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Raleigh-Cary, NC · NC

$86,422.77

Price-adjusted median annual wage · 2025

Geography identifier: 39580

2025 median annual wage: $84,830
Wage in national-price dollars (2024 prices): $86,422.77
2025 median hourly wage: $40.78 / hour
Estimated employment: 12,780
2024 all-items price index: 98

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Albany, GA · GA

$91,697.18

Price-adjusted median annual wage · 2025

Geography identifier: 10500

2025 median annual wage: $80,390
Wage in national-price dollars (2024 prices): $91,697.18
2025 median hourly wage: $38.65 / hour
Estimated employment: Unavailable
2024 all-items price index: 88

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Raleigh-Cary, NC · NC$86,422.77

Albany, GA · GA$91,697.18

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Price-adjusted median annual wage · 2025 · 382 source places

`10180`	TX	$88,796.42
`10420`	OH	$86,505.3
`10580`	NY	$100,405.76
`10500`	GA	$91,697.18
`10540`	OR	$109,618.02
`10740`	NM	$100,517.03
`10780`	LA	$95,324.79
`10900`	PA	$101,472.47
`11020`	PA	$92,071.01
`11100`	TX	$94,587.24
`11180`	IA	$86,862.55
`11200`	MA	$101,024.51
`11260`	AK	$109,362.55
`11460`	MI	$102,547.58
`11500`	AL	$84,619.95
`11540`	WI	$93,790.24
`11700`	NC	$84,543.97
`12020`	GA	$88,062.31
`12060`	GA	$100,431.75
`12100`	NJ	$100,468.35
`12220`	AL	$88,749.39
`12260`	GA	$95,491.99
`12420`	TX	$99,820.53
`12540`	CA	$127,678.77
`12580`	MD	$95,275.01
`12620`	ME	$97,339.08
`12700`	MA	$105,113.32
`12940`	LA	$89,369.91
`12980`	MI	$107,708.11
`13020`	MI	Unavailable
`13140`	TX	$90,153.92
`13220`	WV	$89,035.75
`13380`	WA	Unavailable
`13460`	OR	$130,309.73
`13740`	MT	$87,996.92
`13780`	NY	$109,537.71
`13820`	AL	$85,853.96
`13900`	ND	$89,119.35
`13980`	VA	$87,617.3
`14010`	IL	$85,495.58
`14020`	IN	$84,525.26
`14260`	ID	$99,480.64
`14460`	MA	$98,073.26
`14500`	CO	$98,182.54
`14540`	KY	$87,736.61
`14580`	MT	$96,878.35
`14740`	WA	$101,527.36
`14860`	CT	$98,873.33
`15180`	TX	$94,318.12
`15260`	GA	$94,210.33
`15380`	NY	$103,355.45
`15540`	VT	$97,405.62
`15500`	NC	$90,325.77
`15940`	OH	$89,043.24
`15980`	FL	$80,958.29
`16020`	MO	$96,005.95
`16180`	NV	$103,301.74
`16220`	WY	$89,268.78
`16300`	IA	$88,092.8
`16540`	PA	$90,097.42
`16580`	IL	$97,331.29
`16700`	SC	$91,915.77
`16620`	WV	$90,433.63
`16740`	NC	$93,088.71
`16820`	VA	$100,175.5
`16860`	TN	$87,214.64
`16940`	WY	$97,978.05
`16980`	IL	$97,002.75
`17020`	CA	$125,853.53
`17140`	OH	$87,711.02
`17300`	TN	$87,358.57
`17410`	OH	$89,371.08
`17420`	TN	$82,652.13
`17660`	ID	$100,627.72
`17780`	TX	$91,356.88
`17820`	CO	$95,465.06
`17860`	MO	$94,288.78
`17900`	SC	$87,463.43
`17980`	GA	$92,389.36
`18020`	IN	$82,825.29
`18140`	OH	$87,881.93
`18580`	TX	$89,229.64
`18700`	OR	Unavailable
`18880`	FL	$83,746.43
`19100`	TX	$98,380.06
`19140`	GA	$92,705.13
`19300`	AL	$83,905.38
`19340`	IA	$86,608.52
`19430`	OH	$89,013.31
`19460`	AL	$78,337.84
`19500`	IL	$98,584.06
`19660`	FL	$84,716.25
`19740`	CO	$95,602.28
`19780`	IA	$85,746.07
`19820`	MI	$96,990.97
`20020`	AL	$80,433.72
`20100`	DE	$93,962.48
`20220`	IA	$87,932.85
`20260`	MN	$109,206.02
`20580`	TX	$87,894.52
`20740`	WI	$100,661.67
`20940`	CA	$108,695.65
`21340`	TX	$95,760.3
`21060`	KY	$86,042.04
`21140`	IN	$97,536.67
`21300`	NY	$87,734.91
`21420`	OK	$92,631.93
`21500`	PA	$87,960.42
`21660`	OR	$111,964.4
`21780`	IN	$91,578.53
`22020`	ND	$90,369.86
`22140`	NM	$94,713.08
`22220`	AR	$85,284.56
`22180`	NC	$90,304.2
`22380`	AZ	$100,453.53
`22420`	MI	$105,101.36
`22520`	AL	$78,239.03
`22500`	SC	$93,541.84
`22540`	WI	$102,451.91
`22660`	CO	$96,511.35
`22900`	AR	$92,993.2
`23060`	IN	$86,019.53
`23420`	CA	$122,770.61
`23460`	AL	$90,843.29
`23540`	FL	$84,635.03
`23900`	PA	$92,536.09
`24020`	NY	$109,628.32
`24140`	NC	$93,531.69
`24220`	ND	$91,238.48
`24260`	NE	$95,306.78
`24300`	CO	$100,538.36
`24340`	MI	$87,832.04
`24420`	OR	$109,155.07
`24500`	MT	$80,840.52
`24540`	CO	$96,130.81
`24580`	WI	$90,991.13
`24660`	NC	$89,226.3
`24860`	SC	$87,282.87
`24780`	NC	$92,384.79
`25060`	MS	$87,727.48
`25180`	MD	$98,512.28
`25220`	LA	$90,220.22
`25260`	CA	$126,126.84
`25420`	PA	$98,094.27
`25500`	VA	Unavailable
`25540`	CT	$98,758.1
`25620`	MS	$87,033.42
`25740`	MT	$103,151.29
`25860`	NC	$90,477.59
`25940`	SC	$83,046.82
`25980`	GA	$87,817.91
`26140`	FL	$83,537.51
`26300`	AR	$91,671.53
`26380`	LA	$88,998.04
`26420`	TX	$101,217.69
`26580`	WV	$91,617.47
`26620`	AL	$82,828.35
`26820`	ID	$89,088.25
`26900`	IN	$88,018.31
`26980`	IA	$93,914.26
`27060`	NY	$97,099.22
`27140`	MS	$92,792.65
`27180`	TN	$88,410
`27260`	FL	$83,953.2
`27340`	NC	$92,034.53
`27500`	WI	$99,281.77
`27620`	MO	$96,629.72
`27740`	TN	$88,322.26
`27780`	PA	$98,208.99
`27860`	AR	$91,923.24
`27900`	MO	$87,414.55
`27980`	HI	$131,955.43
`28020`	MI	$92,998.73
`28100`	IL	$89,445.4
`28140`	MO	$89,731.26
`28420`	WA	$106,326
`28450`	WI	$82,191.1
`28660`	TX	$102,532.59
`28700`	TN	$88,759.59
`28740`	NY	$100,318.74
`28880`	NY	$94,030.45
`28940`	TN	$83,440.46
`29020`	IN	$92,997.06
`29100`	WI	$107,193.06
`29200`	IN	$86,471.15
`29180`	LA	$93,981.13
`29340`	LA	$105,635.28
`29420`	AZ	$99,885.23
`29460`	FL	$86,503.12
`29540`	PA	$91,209.79
`29620`	MI	$88,766.3
`29700`	TX	$88,608.03
`29740`	NM	$92,349.13
`29820`	NV	$103,717.01
`29940`	KS	$86,455.46
`30020`	OK	$93,750.36
`30140`	PA	$103,278.48
`30340`	ME	$90,641.36
`30300`	ID	$96,149.63
`30500`	MD	$94,065.11
`30460`	KY	$85,090.81
`30620`	OH	$90,822.92
`30700`	NE	$95,576.59
`30780`	AR	$90,718.86
`30860`	UT	$89,776.6
`31020`	WA	Unavailable
`30980`	TX	$89,769.24
`31080`	CA	$119,366.71
`31140`	KY	$91,164.02
`31180`	TX	$89,227.64
`31340`	VA	$90,026.07
`31420`	GA	$96,093.89
`31540`	WI	$104,011.84
`31700`	NH	$93,320.84
`31740`	KS	$87,575.7
`31860`	MN	$113,682.59
`31900`	OH	$91,479.88
`32580`	TX	$93,765.64
`32780`	OR	$125,235.38
`32820`	TN	$88,414.93
`32900`	CA	$133,930.3
`33100`	FL	$80,049.06
`33140`	IN	$89,766.8
`33220`	MI	$93,950.24
`33260`	TX	$85,735.46
`33340`	WI	$100,436.37
`33460`	MN	$98,299.98
`33500`	ND	$92,487.48
`33540`	MT	$85,188.45
`33660`	AL	$90,229.06
`33700`	CA	$127,358.13
`33740`	LA	$93,627.76
`33780`	MI	$87,889.87
`33860`	AL	$88,724.6
`34060`	WV	$85,863.08
`34100`	TN	$87,629.1
`34580`	WA	$104,184.77
`34620`	IN	$90,189.23
`34820`	SC	$86,115.2
`34900`	CA	Unavailable
`34940`	FL	$90,436.05
`34980`	TN	$87,234.53
`35300`	CT	$99,934.01
`35380`	LA	$88,393.79
`35620`	NY	$106,358.22
`35660`	MI	Unavailable
`35840`	FL	$84,097.37
`35980`	CT	$100,881.08
`36100`	FL	$83,195.08
`36220`	TX	$86,659.71
`36260`	UT	$81,555.37
`36420`	OK	$91,717.55
`36500`	WA	$120,594.19
`36540`	NE	$92,045.57
`36740`	FL	$82,381.83
`36780`	WI	$93,985.73
`36980`	KY	Unavailable
`37100`	CA	$118,660.32
`37140`	KY	$92,839.55
`37340`	FL	$80,895.96
`37460`	FL	$77,402.98
`37620`	WV	$90,735.76
`37860`	FL	$79,709.77
`37900`	IL	$88,796.57
`37980`	PA	$98,660.22
`38060`	AZ	$97,593.79
`38240`	NC	$92,284.01
`38300`	PA	$87,006.58
`38340`	MA	$110,350.56
`38540`	ID	$88,610.44
`38940`	FL	$81,903.26
`38860`	ME	$86,856.21
`38900`	OR	$123,609.15
`39150`	AZ	$106,844.44
`39300`	RI	$98,139.98
`39340`	UT	$83,251.89
`39380`	CO	$104,313.33
`39460`	FL	$79,990.05
`39540`	WI	$92,839.8
`39580`	NC	$86,422.77
`39660`	SD	$89,030.96
`39740`	PA	$101,452.71
`39820`	CA	$133,437.29
`39900`	NV	$106,440.69
`40060`	VA	$95,628.36
`40140`	CA	$125,833.79
`40220`	VA	$85,549.79
`40340`	MN	$111,934.46
`40380`	NY	$89,215.23
`40420`	IL	$87,820.39
`40580`	NC	$93,509.98
`40660`	GA	$93,033.57
`40900`	CA	$160,738.73
`40980`	MI	$104,696.83
`41420`	OR	$127,111.69
`41500`	CA	$123,722.97
`41540`	MD	$99,229.22
`41620`	UT	$85,150.89
`41660`	TX	$86,616.98
`41700`	TX	$99,634.7
`41740`	CA	$124,697.24
`41860`	CA	$161,409.18
`41940`	CA	$196,281.57
`42020`	CA	$127,831.6
`41780`	OH	$91,072.01
`42100`	CA	$155,565.26
`42140`	NM	$102,048.25
`42200`	CA	$126,252.32
`42220`	CA	$161,944.26
`42340`	GA	$91,128.71
`42540`	PA	$88,342.81
`42660`	WA	$115,411.26
`42680`	FL	$82,699.27
`42700`	FL	$92,667.89
`43100`	WI	$89,603.68
`43300`	TX	$89,260.01
`43340`	LA	$94,471.84
`43420`	AZ	$95,671.37
`43580`	IA	$87,722.95
`43620`	SD	$83,139.32
`43640`	LA	$87,526.69
`43780`	IN	$100,734.45
`43900`	SC	$90,454.8
`44060`	WA	$111,364.68
`44100`	IL	$90,808.13
`44140`	MA	$102,445.32
`44180`	MO	$89,597.56
`44220`	OH	$88,481.69
`41060`	MN	$120,150.17
`41100`	UT	$88,757.82
`41140`	MO	$89,416.78
`41180`	MO	$87,476.86
`44300`	PA	$84,206.61
`44420`	VA	$101,384.87
`44700`	CA	$128,062.88
`44940`	SC	$98,000.45
`45060`	NY	$90,827.43
`45220`	FL	$84,572.88
`45300`	FL	$84,716.03
`45460`	IN	$92,884.72
`45500`	TX	$95,950.58
`45780`	OH	$88,622.82
`45820`	KS	$92,118.89
`45900`	MI	$89,630.72
`45940`	NJ	$96,908.32
`46060`	AZ	$97,124.75
`46140`	OK	$95,041.14
`46220`	AL	$85,782.36
`46300`	ID	$89,764.19
`46340`	TX	$87,178.26
`46520`	HI	$125,503.56
`46540`	NY	$101,750.15
`46660`	GA	$84,240.58
`46700`	CA	$187,400.33
`47020`	TX	$93,144.4
`47220`	NJ	$107,723.41
`47260`	VA	$91,330.49
`47300`	CA	$125,399.45
`47380`	TX	$100,367.37
`47460`	WA	$118,728.37
`47580`	GA	$84,210.3
`47900`	DC	$94,329.75
`47930`	CT	$101,916.25
`47940`	IA	$88,355.9
`48060`	NY	$109,556.39
`48140`	WI	$96,264.48
`48260`	WV	$86,942.85
`48300`	WA	$108,112.27
`48540`	WV	$88,629.24
`48660`	TX	$93,036.77
`48620`	KS	$86,052.21
`48680`	FL	$90,267.37
`48700`	PA	$102,111.53
`48900`	NC	$83,974.61
`49020`	VA	$99,170.55
`49180`	NC	$93,564.96
`49340`	MA	$97,773.18
`49420`	WA	$107,750.27
`49620`	PA	$100,218.75
`49660`	OH	$90,029.06
`49700`	CA	$143,255.97
`49740`	AZ	$101,740.99

How to read this comparison

Price-adjusted median wage = published BLS registered-nurse annual median ÷ BEA all-items RPP × 100. The result is in national-price purchasing-power dollars, before tax, using each source's stated period.

BLS OEWS estimates employer wages for SOC 29-1141. They exclude self-employed workers and are not travel-nurse contract offers. Suppressed pay stays unavailable. Metro joins must match five-digit identifiers; coverage and missing matches remain visible.

Sources and reproducibility

Retrieved 2026-10-01. Original-download and archived-extract SHA-256 checksums and selection rules are preserved in the source manifest. Published missing or suppressed observations remain unavailable.

bea-metro-rpp-2024.csv — MARPP, all MSA areas, All items, Levels, 2024; unchanged browser CSV including table headers and OMB 23-01 footnote
cbsa-gazetteer-2024.txt — Unchanged national 2024 CBSA Gazetteer; coordinates joined only by five-digit CBSA ID
nurses-2025.csv — Unchanged May 2025 MSA_M2025_dl worksheet fields for registered nurses SOC 29-1141; suppression flags retained

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