Whats other places can you work??

Nursing homes
Long-term care
assisted living
doctor's offices
public/community health (health department, planned parenthood, etc)
Public schools
Home health care
Insurance companies
Urgent care clinics
Cruise ships


And probably numerous others I can't think of at the moment.

The best place to work is a)the place that hires you and b)a place that you enjoy if first satisfying part a.

Case management (in the hospital but I am sure there are other ways)
Mental health facilities
Outpatient stand alone surgical centers
Dialysis centers
Prisons/jails

No, all places do NOT pay the same. Just like any other industry, the pay varies by education, experience, facility, whether or not there is a union. Same as working McDonalds vs. Wendys vs. Burger King the wages can vary by $1 or more for similar work.

Salary is generally driven by market forces. The harder a job is to fill, the more it pays. The "hard to fill" may due to a number of things but there are two factors that make the most difference:
1. Availability of qualified candidates - lots of qualified applicants = lower salary needed to attract them
2. The "unpleasantness" of the job - risky, unsatisfying work setting, poor job satisfaction of incumbents, high turnover, very physically demanding, etc.