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Registered Nurses Salary in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas

The annual salary statistics of registered nurses in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of registered nurses in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$62,570
25th Percentile Wage
$74,350
50th Percentile Wage
$81,400
75th Percentile Wage
$98,860
90th Percentile Wage
$103,900

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for registered nurses in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $103,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $81,400. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $62,570.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of registered nurses from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$81,400
4.29% 23.98%
2021
$77,910
6.79% -
2020
$72,620
0.76% -
2019
$72,070
2.84% -
2018
$70,020
2.87% -
2017
$68,010
2.73% -
2016
$66,150
-0.29% -
2015
$66,340
1.82% -
2014
$65,130
2.72% -
2013
$63,360
2.34% -
2012
$61,880
- -

Table 2. Compare Registered Nurses Salary in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $81,400 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for registered nurses in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of registered nurses in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is 1.5 percent (1.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Midland and 17.3 percent (17.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Longview.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Midland
$82,650
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$82,340
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$82,200
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$81,400
Odessa
$80,700
Wichita Falls
$79,800
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$79,020
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$78,630
Waco
$78,540
Sherman-Denison
$77,990
Amarillo
$77,970
Corpus Christi
$77,800
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$77,020
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$76,740
Lubbock
$76,720
College Station-Bryan
$76,570
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$76,400
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$76,320
Victoria
$76,250
San Angelo
$76,240
Laredo
$75,940
Tyler
$75,570
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$75,220
Fort Worth-Arlington
$74,680
El Paso
$74,620
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$73,470
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$73,430
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$73,120
Brownsville-Harlingen
$71,220
Texarkana-Texarkana
$70,500
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$69,820
Abilene
$68,980
Longview
$67,310

See also: Top paying jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas.