RN Workforce Insights™ BLS · JOLTS · 200K+ nurse network

The Nurse WorkforceIntelligence Center.

Authoritative workforce data for nurse recruiting — BLS salary benchmarks across all 50 states, national vacancy and turnover rates, and live hiring demand from our network. So CNOs and talent leaders decide with evidence, not guesswork.

Live data · last refreshed Jul 20, 2026
National snapshot Live · free preview
National RN median salary
$97,550
BLS 2025 p25 $80K · p75 $112K
Health-care vacancy rate
5.6%
-0.5 pts vs prior mo
Health-care turnover (quits)
1.7%
-0.2 pts vs prior mo
Nurse openings tracked
876
429 new / 30 days
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Authoritative benchmarks. Live demand.

Salary anchored on BLS. Vacancy and turnover from BLS JOLTS. Demand, geography, and competitor activity from live RN Network postings. Essentials opens the national picture; Professional and Executive unlock the deep cuts.

Salary & Compensation Index

Essentials

Authoritative BLS median wages by nurse role — Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Midwife, and CRNA — national, 2025.

Included with every plan · source: BLS OEWS

Vacancy & Turnover

Essentials

National health-care job-openings and quits rates, 12-month trend. Source: BLS JOLTS.

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Specialty Pay Premiums

Professional

Advertised median pay by specialty from live postings, benchmarked against the BLS RN base.

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Demand by Specialty

Professional

Share of open roles by specialty across the RN Network posting network, trailing 90 days.

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Hiring Velocity

Professional

New-posting volume over time — the leading signal of where hiring is accelerating.

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RN Pay by State

Executive

Authoritative BLS RN wages for all 50 states + DC, with employment base for vacancy context.

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Geographic Supply & Demand

Executive

Demand intensity by state to target sourcing and expansion.

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Competitor Hiring Activity

Executive

Which health systems in your market are posting most — updated weekly.

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Workforce Growth & Projections

Executive

Official BLS 10-year projections for the RN workforce — growth, new jobs, and the annual openings driven by growth plus replacement.

+5%projected growth
166,100new RN jobs
~189,100 / yropenings / yr
3,391,000employed
BLS Employment Projections · 2024–2034
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Licensure & Pipeline

Executive

The new-nurse pipeline from NCSBN NCLEX results — how many RNs entered the workforce and at what first-time pass rate.

170,256new RNs licensed
91.2%first-time pass
186,760tested
317,867all candidates
NCSBN NCLEX Statistics · 2024
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Sign-On Bonus Signal

Professional

How common sign-on bonuses are across live nurse postings — an early read on how hard employers are competing for talent.

6.3%advertise a sign-on bonus
55postings, trailing set
Dollar-level trackingexpands with survey data
RN Network postings · refreshed weekly
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Travel Nurse Demand

Expanding

Contract-labor demand and bill-rate direction — the leading shortage indicator.

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Membership

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Essentials
For a single facility putting real workforce data behind its hiring.
$21,000/yr
  • National + 50-state salary benchmarks (RN, NP, CRNA)
  • Workforce Intelligence Center dashboards
  • National demand & vacancy indicators
  • Monthly workforce intelligence report
  • 3 user seats
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Professional
For multi-facility & regional systems hiring across specialties.
$42,500/yr
  • Everything in Essentials, plus:
  • Specialty demand & advertised-pay premiums
  • Geographic supply & demand mapping
  • Employer & competitor hiring activity
  • Weekly briefings & “you vs. market” benchmarking
  • 10 seats · data export
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Executive
For health systems that plan workforce strategy on the numbers.
$85,000/yr
  • Everything in Professional, plus:
  • Turnover, retention & retirement projections
  • Peer-system custom benchmarking
  • AI recruiting advisor & quarterly executive briefings
  • API access · unlimited seats
  • Dedicated success partner
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Billed annually · priced ~15% below comparable healthcare-intelligence subscriptions. One prevented nurse turnover (avg. $60,090) covers Essentials for years. Full membership on the RN Workforce Insights™ overview.

Methodology & questions

Where the numbers come from.

What powers the salary benchmarks?

Wage figures come from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS program — authoritative median and percentile pay for Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, CRNAs, and Nurse Midwives, national and for all 50 states, refreshed as BLS publishes.

Where do vacancy and turnover come from?

National health-care job-openings (vacancy) and quits (turnover) rates come from BLS JOLTS, updated monthly with full trend history.

And the demand & competitor data?

Specialty demand, geographic hiring, velocity, and employer activity are computed from live RN Network job-board postings (seed/test data excluded), refreshed weekly. Advertised specialty pay is shown alongside the BLS base.

Can I benchmark my own facility?

Executive members load their reqs, time-to-fill, and offer data for a private “you vs. market” overlay, plus quarterly executive briefings. Data last refreshed Jul 20, 2026.

RN Workforce Insights™

Make your next workforce decision with evidence.

Start on Essentials for the national picture, or unlock the specialty benchmarks, heatmaps, and projections your team plans around.