College Nursing Educators

Median Salary: $61,400

Many college nursing educators across the United States share a few key professional characteristics. For example, achievement/effort, analytical thinking, and self control can be essential for success in the industry, especially when coupled with career training. Around 49,140 folks were employed as college nursing educators nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's critical to build on these attributes and receive proper training, particularly if you're looking to advance in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for college nursing educators in the U.S. was $61,400 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $29.50. Of course, income can vary with training and by location. Below, you'll find more data about college nursing educators, including wages and job density for metropolitan areas all over the United States.

College nursing educators should be skilled in:

Speech Clarity
Near Vision
Speech Recognition
Category Flexibility
Fluency of Ideas

Different folks go into different careers; college nursing educators are typically:

Social
Investigative
Artistic

Working as a college nursing educator requires knowledge in subjects like:

Sociology and Anthropology
Administration and Management
Law and Government
Clerical
Chemistry

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of folks employed as college nursing educators). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of college nursing educators in each city as compared to the national average.

Alabama
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Birmingham	170	$70,800	$34.10	$84,900	$40.80	-11.2%
Montgomery	40	$56,800	$27.30	$65,900	$31.70	-35.1%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Phoenix	70	$50,100	$24.10	$65,800	$31.60	-88.8%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Little Rock	200	$54,800	$26.40	$65,100	$31.30	62.5%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Los Angeles (Area)	1,420	$86,700	$41.70	$108,000	$51.90	-30.3%
Oakland	350	$81,600	$39.30	$97,000	$46.60	-5.9%
Riverside	270	$95,500	$45.90	$122,900	$59.10	-40.2%
Sacramento	300	$63,200	$30.40	$82,100	$39.50	-5.6%
Salinas	50	$106,600	$51.30	$128,100	$61.60	-18.1%
San Diego	380	$77,100	$37.10	$97,000	$46.70	-21.8%
San Francisco (Area)	NA	$81,900	$39.40	$98,100	$47.20	NA
San Francisco (City)	NA	$82,100	$39.50	$99,300	$47.70	NA
San Jose	70	NA	NA	NA	NA	-79.3%
Stockton	120	$93,600	$45.00	$104,900	$50.40	52.7%
Vallejo	50	$95,500	$45.90	$103,000	$49.50	12%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Colorado Springs	70	$58,500	$28.10	$72,500	$34.80	-20.2%
Denver	NA	$66,600	$32.00	$80,800	$38.90	NA
Pueblo	70	$48,600	$23.40	$60,000	$28.80	248.7%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	50	$83,100	$39.90	$99,500	$47.90	-69.9%
Hartford	250	$72,700	$34.90	$86,900	$41.80	20.2%
New Haven	230	$67,900	$32.60	$82,600	$39.70	120.2%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	NA	$68,000	$32.70	$80,100	$38.50	NA

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cape Coral	60	$67,500	$32.40	$85,500	$41.10	-27.1%
Deltona	NA	$42,200	$20.30	$52,700	$25.40	NA
Jacksonville	130	$66,800	$32.10	$86,900	$41.80	-40.2%
Lakeland	NA	$60,000	$28.90	$76,500	$36.80	NA
Miami (Area)	530	$78,400	$37.70	$90,100	$43.30	-39.4%
Orlando	90	$60,000	$28.80	$72,700	$35.00	-75.3%
Port St. Lucie	40	$60,800	$29.20	$76,100	$36.60	-22.1%
Tampa	340	$73,700	$35.40	$94,100	$45.30	-19.4%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlanta	470	$62,500	$30.10	$76,600	$36.80	-45.2%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	60	$56,000	$26.90	$65,900	$31.70	98.4%
Chicago (Area)	1,190	$57,100	$27.40	$70,000	$33.60	-31.4%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Evansville	110	$60,700	$29.20	$76,100	$36.60	76.6%
Fort Wayne	150	$55,700	$26.80	$64,600	$31.10	94.1%
Indianapolis	300	$69,100	$33.20	$83,900	$40.30	-8.8%
South Bend	170	$51,200	$24.60	$62,300	$29.90	241.2%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cedar Rapids	80	NA	NA	NA	NA	61.2%
Des Moines	60	$48,400	$23.30	$59,800	$28.70	-46.8%
Sioux City	30	$45,400	$21.80	$48,900	$23.50	16.2%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Wichita	110	$43,800	$21.00	$54,400	$26.20	-1.3%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Louisville	250	$50,200	$24.10	$62,700	$30.20	10.6%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baton Rouge	80	$58,800	$28.30	$68,000	$32.70	-42.8%
New Orleans	210	$59,600	$28.70	$71,700	$34.50	8.8%
Shreveport	220	$52,400	$25.20	$62,300	$29.90	241.5%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Portland	110	$61,800	$29.70	$86,200	$41.40	44.4%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	240	$65,300	$31.40	$90,000	$43.30	-48.7%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boston (Area)	770	$62,400	$30.00	$81,000	$38.90	-2.4%
Springfield	80	$60,600	$29.10	$80,000	$38.40	-23.7%
Worcester	150	$87,800	$42.20	$102,900	$49.50	70.7%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	170	$56,300	$27.10	$79,400	$38.20	132.7%
Detroit (Area)	400	$72,900	$35.10	$90,000	$43.30	-32.2%
Grand Rapids	30	NA	NA	NA	NA	-76.3%
Kalamazoo	90	$66,600	$32.00	$82,200	$39.50	77.7%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	80	$58,000	$27.90	$69,000	$33.20	64.1%
Minneapolis	900	$66,100	$31.80	$78,300	$37.70	39.1%
Rochester	NA	$90,400	$43.50	$101,400	$48.70	NA
St. Cloud	50	$75,300	$36.20	$91,100	$43.80	48.7%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Hattiesburg	80	$57,500	$27.60	$65,400	$31.40	258.8%
Jackson	NA	$60,800	$29.20	$70,300	$33.80	NA

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	100	$59,700	$28.70	$74,100	$35.60	205.3%
Kansas City	420	$57,000	$27.40	$70,300	$33.80	13%
Springfield	40	NA	NA	NA	NA	-45.2%
St. Louis	500	$55,400	$26.70	$70,300	$33.80	1.3%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	110	$53,900	$25.90	$66,500	$32.00	77.9%
Omaha	310	$57,300	$27.60	$72,000	$34.60	81.6%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	60	$62,500	$30.10	$73,300	$35.30	65.4%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Trenton	NA	$74,500	$35.80	$88,400	$42.50	NA

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	300	$56,900	$27.30	$70,800	$34.10	108%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	140	$63,800	$30.70	$76,400	$36.70	-14.1%
Buffalo	140	$58,700	$28.20	$71,600	$34.40	-29.3%
New York (Area)	2,290	$77,300	$37.20	$97,400	$46.80	-11.7%
Poughkeepsie	NA	$56,200	$27.00	$66,000	$31.70	NA
Rochester	200	$74,400	$35.80	$99,300	$47.70	6.6%
Syracuse	NA	$77,700	$37.40	$103,300	$49.60	NA
Utica	70	$68,200	$32.80	$77,900	$37.40	55.6%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	70	$57,000	$27.40	$63,600	$30.60	6.4%
Charlotte	220	$54,000	$26.00	$64,200	$30.90	-30.6%
Durham	40	$57,000	$27.40	$70,500	$33.90	-56.6%
Greensboro	190	$63,100	$30.30	$74,900	$36.00	41%
Hickory	70	$60,600	$29.20	$66,000	$31.70	28.7%
Raleigh	140	$63,100	$30.40	$74,200	$35.70	-24.2%
Wilmington	80	$63,900	$30.70	$77,800	$37.40	59.3%
Winston-Salem	90	$63,500	$30.50	$77,100	$37.10	20.5%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	50	$48,900	$23.50	$55,200	$26.50	105.3%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	240	$62,400	$30.00	$74,100	$35.60	97.6%
Canton	60	$62,400	$30.00	$74,300	$35.70	-7.7%
Cincinnati	560	$61,500	$29.60	$79,000	$38.00	49.5%
Cleveland	510	$59,000	$28.40	$79,500	$38.20	35.4%
Columbus	350	$70,300	$33.80	$92,000	$44.20	1.6%
Dayton	230	$60,000	$28.90	$70,300	$33.80	61.4%
Springfield	NA	$63,900	$30.70	$79,700	$38.30	NA
Toledo	370	$64,000	$30.80	$74,500	$35.80	234.6%
Youngstown	70	$60,800	$29.20	$68,000	$32.70	-13.3%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Tulsa	120	$43,500	$20.90	$55,700	$26.80	-22.6%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Portland	400	$68,700	$33.00	$84,000	$40.40	8.2%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	220	$65,500	$31.50	$86,200	$41.40	73.1%
Erie	130	$62,500	$30.00	$86,000	$41.30	171%
Harrisburg	200	$51,800	$24.90	$66,400	$31.90	69.7%
Johnstown	NA	$66,100	$31.80	$79,700	$38.30	NA
Philadelphia (Area)	1,360	$67,400	$32.40	$86,100	$41.40	34.3%
Pittsburgh	760	$61,400	$29.50	$71,900	$34.60	82.2%
Reading	160	$71,100	$34.20	$82,200	$39.50	166.8%
Scranton	110	$54,500	$26.20	$72,000	$34.60	18.9%
York	30	$56,900	$27.30	$65,000	$31.30	-51.6%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	NA	$69,300	$33.30	$85,200	$40.90	NA

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Jackson	70	$51,700	$24.80	$71,900	$34.60	240.2%
Memphis	280	$68,200	$32.80	$81,200	$39.00	21%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Dallas (Area)	850	$55,800	$26.80	$66,000	$31.70	10.9%
El Paso	160	$57,700	$27.70	$70,400	$33.90	58%
Houston	570	$81,900	$39.40	$103,800	$49.90	-41%
Killeen	NA	$59,200	$28.40	$70,300	$33.80	NA
Laredo	50	$76,300	$36.70	$87,800	$42.20	47.9%
McAllen	170	$60,900	$29.30	$72,600	$34.90	109%
San Antonio	180	$54,600	$26.30	$64,900	$31.20	-41.2%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Provo	110	$69,500	$33.40	$78,500	$37.80	73.9%
Salt Lake City	320	$59,800	$28.80	$80,400	$38.70	39.4%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Richmond	270	$60,000	$28.90	$72,300	$34.70	21.5%
Virginia Beach	320	$59,000	$28.40	$70,500	$33.90	16.5%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Seattle (Area)	590	$59,000	$28.40	$76,700	$36.90	-3.7%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Huntington	60	$54,500	$26.20	$64,900	$31.20	50.3%
Wheeling	110	$46,400	$22.30	$52,000	$25.00	335.4%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Green Bay	30	$64,000	$30.80	$75,500	$36.30	-43.9%
Madison	160	$65,000	$31.30	$81,000	$38.90	30.3%
Milwaukee	470	$70,200	$33.70	$84,200	$40.50	52.9%
Oshkosh	70	$48,700	$23.40	$59,900	$28.80	104.5%