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Registered Nurses Salary in Corpus Christi, Texas

The annual salary statistics of registered nurses in Corpus Christi, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of registered nurses in Corpus Christi 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 Corpus Christi, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$60,310
25th Percentile Wage
$62,110
50th Percentile Wage
$77,800
75th Percentile Wage
$80,300
90th Percentile Wage
$94,410

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for registered nurses in Corpus Christi, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $94,410. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $77,800. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $60,310.

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
$77,800
3.55% 21.89%
2021
$75,040
8.30% -
2020
$68,810
1.67% -
2019
$67,660
2.48% -
2018
$65,980
-12.73% -
2017
$74,380
2.81% -
2016
$72,290
1.08% -
2015
$71,510
9.65% -
2014
$64,610
0.31% -
2013
$64,410
5.65% -
2012
$60,770
- -

Table 2. Compare Registered Nurses Salary in Corpus Christi with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $77,800 in Corpus Christi is in the middle of salary range for registered nurses in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of registered nurses in Corpus Christi is 5.9 percent (5.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Midland and 13.5 percent (13.5%) 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 Corpus Christi, Texas.