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Registered Nurses Salary in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

The annual salary statistics of registered nurses in Nassau-Suffolk, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of registered nurses in Nassau-Suffolk is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Registered Nurses in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$56,420
25th Percentile Wage
$73,030
50th Percentile Wage
$90,060
75th Percentile Wage
$102,220
90th Percentile Wage
$119,660

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for registered nurses in Nassau-Suffolk, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $119,660. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $90,060. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $56,420.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of registered nurses from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$90,060
2.07% 11.55%
2016
$88,200
2.83% -
2015
$85,700
3.44% -
2014
$82,750
0.59% -
2013
$82,260
3.16% -
2012
$79,660
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Table 2. Compare Registered Nurses Salary in Nassau-Suffolk with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $90,060, Nassau-Suffolk is the second highest paying city for registered nurses in state of New York, following the highest paying city New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (median annual salary of $103,540). Compared with New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, the median annual salary of registered nurses in Nassau-Suffolk is 13.0 percent (13.0%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$103,540
Nassau-Suffolk
$90,060
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$85,790
Ithaca
$83,190
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$82,220
Rochester
$82,150
Kingston
$81,880
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$80,320
Elmira
$79,900
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$79,550
Utica-Rome
$79,100
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$78,840
Watertown-Fort Drum
$78,090
Glens Falls
$78,050
Binghamton
$78,030
Syracuse
$77,390
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$76,120
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$70,210
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$65,090
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$64,360