The 10 Best Cities for Registered Nurses

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The 10 Best Cities for Registered Nurses based on job availability, salary, and cost of living:

https://www.sparefoot.com/self-storage/blog/13302-the-10-best-cities-for-registered-nurses/

Seems accurate but I'm from Houston and, well, you know.

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Houston; bleh. I think these lists are fairly short-sighted as they are dealing only with tangeable financial benefits. With an awesome profession that (often) allows us to have 4 days off a week, proximity to recreation is important to me. I just left Charleston, SC and while the pay isn't great relative to cost of living (downtown) I was always torn between several options of fun outtings. Basically, there's a reason that hospitals in the cities on this list have to pay their employees more to retain them.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

I'd disagree with some of the listed cities, especially San Diego and Los Angeles. Nursing jobs are hard to find in these two cities if one is a new grad or simply has the wrong mix of experience.

In addition, the job markets in Austin and Dallas are becoming increasingly glutted by nurses who relocate to Texas from other states/countries.

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Specializes in Emergency, Trauma, Critical Care.

This list is lame. Neither San Diego or LA are affordable on a nursing salary and they greatly underestimate cost of living. Sacramento should be on the list. Average RN salary is likely close to 100k, and rent is more affordable.

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Specializes in ICU, Postpartum, Onc, PACU.

I'm so confused by this list. Every nurse I've ever spoken with (and I'm a traveler so I get more opportunity than most, I think) who is actually from Texas has said it's the meanest state (in relation to nurses, ratios, workload, etc) they've ever been in. That's from other travelers and some have been doing it for over 25 years so they've seen a LOT!

It doesn't matter how high the salary is or how the housing market is if no one wants to work there. Does anyone else have a different or better experience with Texas?

I've always wanted to go to Boston too, but don't know much about that area and it's not on the list haha

xo

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Specializes in ICU, Postpartum, Onc, PACU.
This list is lame. Neither San Diego or LA are affordable on a nursing salary and they greatly underestimate cost of living. Sacramento should be on the list. Average RN salary is likely close to 100k, and rent is more affordable.

I worked there (Sac area) for 6 years right out of school and when I left I was making between 75-85K a year depending on how much OT I did (which wasn't a lot towards the end haha).

xo

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
It doesn't matter how high the salary is or how the housing market is if no one wants to work there. Does anyone else have a different or better experience with Texas?
I lived in CA all my life until relocating to Texas in late 2005. I've never practiced nursing anywhere other than Texas, so unfortunately I have no other places to compare it to with regards to the workload.
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