Nursing Jobs, Employers, Pay & Career Guide (2026)

Complete RN career guide: top hospital systems and travel agencies, care settings, specialty certifications, salary by state, and resume workflow. Sourced from BLS, NCSBN, ANCC Magnet, and CMS Hospital Compare.

$86,070
BLS 2024 median RN pay
193,100
Annual RN openings
6%
Growth 2024–2034

Last verified: 2026-04-27 · Sources: BLS OOH · CMS Hospital Compare · ANCC Magnet

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Hospital Systems and Travel Agencies

Academic Medical Centers

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cleveland Clinic Duke Health (Duke University Health System) Johns Hopkins Medicine Mass General Brigham Mayo Clinic Northwell Health NYU Langone Health Stanford Health Care UCSF Health UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)

Nonprofit Health Systems

Kaiser Permanente

Travel Nursing Agencies

AMN Healthcare Aya Healthcare Cross Country Healthcare

Staffing Firms

Krucial Staffing

Care Settings

Acute Care Nursing

Day-in-the-life, patient ratios, specialty cert fit, pay ranges, honest framing on burnout and moral distress.

ICU Nursing

Day-in-the-life, patient ratios, specialty cert fit, pay ranges, honest framing on burnout and moral distress.

ED / Emergency Nursing

Day-in-the-life, patient ratios, specialty cert fit, pay ranges, honest framing on burnout and moral distress.

OR / Perioperative Nursing

Day-in-the-life, patient ratios, specialty cert fit, pay ranges, honest framing on burnout and moral distress.

Labor & Delivery Nursing

Day-in-the-life, patient ratios, specialty cert fit, pay ranges, honest framing on burnout and moral distress.

Home Health Nursing

Day-in-the-life, patient ratios, specialty cert fit, pay ranges, honest framing on burnout and moral distress.

School Nursing

Day-in-the-life, patient ratios, specialty cert fit, pay ranges, honest framing on burnout and moral distress.

Travel Nursing

Day-in-the-life, patient ratios, specialty cert fit, pay ranges, honest framing on burnout and moral distress.

Hospice Nursing

Day-in-the-life, patient ratios, specialty cert fit, pay ranges, honest framing on burnout and moral distress.

Ambulatory Nursing

Day-in-the-life, patient ratios, specialty cert fit, pay ranges, honest framing on burnout and moral distress.

Pediatric Nursing

Day-in-the-life, patient ratios, specialty cert fit, pay ranges, honest framing on burnout and moral distress.

Resume and Application

RN Resume Guide

Credentials block, specialty cert stacking, EHR fluency, Magnet framing, NPDB honesty.

Nursing Calculators

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All Nursing Calculators

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Travel Nurse Contract Analyzer

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Sign-on Bonus Clawback Analyzer

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Agency vs Staff Pay Equivalence Calculator

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Shift Differential Premium Calculator

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BSN / MSN / DNP Career Ladder ROI Calculator

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CRNA Transition ROI Calculator

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Per-Diem Hourly Floor Calculator

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Source Policy

Hospital identity, CMS star rating, bed count, and teaching status sourced from CMS Hospital Compare. Magnet designation from ANCC Magnet program. Pay baselines from BLS OOH registered nurses (29-1141). License and disciplinary data cross-reference NCSBN Nursys + HRSA NPDB. Every data page shows a visible last verified date. Pages outside our 90-day verification window are demoted or served noindex, follow until re-verified. POLICY-01-nursing: no clinical guidance, no HIPAA-adjacent patient content, no NCLEX test content.