Here are the top 10 metropolitan areas with highest annual mean wages for registered nurses, as of May 2013, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
• San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, Calif. — $127,670
• San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. — $123,190
• Vallejo-Fairfield, Calif. — $121,670
• Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, Calif. — $121,040
• Sacramento — Arden-Arcade — Roseville, Calif. — $108,340
• Napa, Calif. — $105,360
• Modesto, Calif. — $104,910
• Santa Rosa-Petaluma, Calif. — $100,600
• Salinas, Calif. — $100,130
• Santa Cruz-Watsonville, Calif. — $98,310
More articles on practice management:
How has uncertainty of Medicare reimbursements affected medical practices?
Number of PAs by practice setting: 15 statistics
What do physicians think of their practice's financial viability in the next 3 years?