Nursing lecturers and professors provide important medical education to nurses around the country.

Nursing Lecturers and Professors Median Salary: $62,400

Fundamental members of growing economies nationwide, nursing lecturers and professors earned a median yearly pay of $62,400 in 2010. Place can play a big role in how much you take home, but it's nothing compared to how much incomes vary because of education and experience, which means proper training is absolutely vital.

A projected 54,050 persons worked as nursing lecturers and professors in 2010, as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor. A successful nursing lecturer or professor will generally be described as social, investigative, and artistic. Even if you've got all of the right attributes, solid training is fundamental if you want to move forward in this field.

Nursing lecturers and professors are frequently skilled in: Oral Comprehension Written Expression Deductive Reasoning Selective Attention Originality

Nursing lecturers and professors regularly have attributes in common, including: Achievement/Effort Cooperation Initiative

Important subjects for nursing lecturers and professors include: Biology Sociology and Anthropology Therapy and Counseling Law and Government Clerical

A nursing lecturer or professor might employ organizing, planning, and prioritizing work, guiding, directing, and motivating subordinates, or estimating the quantifiable characteristics of products, events, or information on a typical day at work, which makes solid training definitely vital for success. Keep reading for more information on nursing lecturers and professors, including incomes and job density for metropolitan areas all over the U.S.

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Alabama

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Birmingham	280	$66,800	NA	$84,900	NA	36.7%
Huntsville	90	$53,700	NA	$59,800	NA	-1.2%
Mobile	180	$60,600	NA	$77,600	NA	151.3%
Montgomery	40	$62,600	NA	$72,300	NA	-45.6%

Arizona

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	40	$75,400	NA	$86,300	NA	91.1%
Phoenix	330	$66,300	NA	$85,100	NA	-53.4%
Tucson	150	NA	NA	NA	NA	-0.9%

Arkansas

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	40	NA	NA	NA	NA	-51.1%
Little Rock	180	$57,500	NA	$68,800	NA	28.7%

California

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fresno	70	$84,400	NA	$92,000	NA	-46.6%
Los Angeles (Area)	1,430	$81,400	NA	$106,400	NA	-35.3%
Napa	40	$57,200	NA	$92,300	NA	47.5%
Oakland	260	$80,600	NA	$95,500	NA	-34.8%
Riverside	270	$102,400	NA	$129,100	NA	-43.3%
Sacramento	280	$62,600	NA	$79,600	NA	-18.4%
Salinas	30	NA	NA	NA	NA	-46.8%
San Diego	340	$83,700	NA	$102,400	NA	-35.8%
San Francisco (Area)	580	$78,800	NA	$93,600	NA	-28%
San Francisco (City)	320	$77,400	NA	$92,100	NA	-20.9%
San Jose	80	$75,800	NA	$90,000	NA	-76.7%
Stockton	NA	$85,400	NA	$95,100	NA	NA
Vallejo	50	$69,600	NA	$76,200	NA	-4.5%

Colorado

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Colorado Springs	90	$63,300	NA	$72,200	NA	-10.1%
Denver	660	$64,900	NA	$80,200	NA	31.3%

Connecticut

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	50	$82,300	NA	$100,400	NA	-73.2%
Hartford	320	$74,000	NA	$85,000	NA	39.3%
New Haven	290	$72,500	NA	$85,800	NA	100.2%

District of Columbia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	950	$59,700	NA	$76,800	NA	-21.4%

Florida

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Deltona	70	$55,900	NA	$66,600	NA	7.3%
Jacksonville	210	$71,300	NA	$88,000	NA	-14.6%
Miami (Area)	680	$78,300	NA	$91,000	NA	-25.6%
Orlando	290	$66,700	NA	$79,600	NA	-29.2%
Palm Bay	130	$62,900	NA	$75,000	NA	60.2%
Tampa	360	$72,800	NA	$93,300	NA	-22.8%

Georgia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlanta	650	$62,000	NA	$73,300	NA	-30.8%
Columbus	120	$53,900	NA	$63,800	NA	147.1%

Hawaii

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	90	$74,500	NA	$85,100	NA	-47.3%

Illinois

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	70	$58,800	NA	$76,900	NA	91.1%
Chicago (Area)	1,430	$57,700	NA	$70,700	NA	-19.5%

Indiana

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fort Wayne	130	$57,200	NA	$65,400	NA	61.9%
Indianapolis	290	$68,900	NA	$84,300	NA	-18.8%
South Bend	150	$51,000	NA	$67,000	NA	184.5%

Iowa

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cedar Rapids	90	NA	NA	NA	NA	57.9%
Des Moines	150	$49,700	NA	$58,900	NA	12.2%
Sioux City	30	$46,200	NA	$50,200	NA	11.8%

Kansas

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Wichita	110	$48,000	NA	$56,800	NA	-6.6%

Kentucky

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lexington	200	$66,800	NA	$124,000	NA	99.8%
Louisville	390	$51,600	NA	$59,300	NA	58.8%

Louisiana

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baton Rouge	120	$56,700	NA	$67,100	NA	-17.4%
New Orleans	140	$57,500	NA	$68,900	NA	-33.6%
Shreveport	40	$52,600	NA	$59,200	NA	-50.1%

Maine

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Portland	100	NA	NA	NA	NA	28.5%

Maryland

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	230	$63,800	NA	$83,600	NA	-55.8%

Massachusetts

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boston (Area)	800	$60,700	NA	$84,100	NA	-22.1%
Springfield	100	$64,500	NA	$84,500	NA	-20.7%
Worcester	110	$70,000	NA	$94,500	NA	9.4%

Michigan

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	180	$56,600	NA	$79,900	NA	121.2%
Detroit (Area)	480	$71,100	NA	$88,600	NA	-32.5%
Grand Rapids	60	NA	NA	NA	NA	-58.8%
Kalamazoo	90	$67,600	NA	$83,400	NA	68.9%

Minnesota

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	NA	$55,700	NA	$68,300	NA	NA
Minneapolis	770	$66,400	NA	$78,700	NA	7.8%
St. Cloud	80	$71,600	NA	$87,200	NA	94.8%

Mississippi

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Hattiesburg	70	$61,300	NA	$69,200	NA	217.6%
Jackson	290	$44,900	NA	$57,200	NA	181.9%

Missouri

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Kansas City	330	$61,900	NA	$73,100	NA	-18.8%
Springfield	40	$63,100	NA	$71,900	NA	-42.1%
St. Louis	460	$63,500	NA	$73,900	NA	-13.9%

Nebraska

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	100	$58,200	NA	$71,900	NA	52.7%
Omaha	340	$55,000	NA	$66,500	NA	79.8%

New Hampshire

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	40	$70,500	NA	$85,700	NA	5.9%

New Jersey

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Trenton	140	$76,600	NA	$90,900	NA	56.2%

New York

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	150	$67,000	NA	$85,500	NA	-16.2%
Binghamton	30	$59,000	NA	$111,800	NA	-26.4%
Buffalo	140	$62,600	NA	$74,500	NA	-37.4%
New York (Area)	2,800	$82,300	NA	$103,400	NA	-18.8%
Poughkeepsie	NA	$54,400	NA	$63,800	NA	NA
Rochester	250	$82,400	NA	$107,700	NA	21.6%
Syracuse	NA	$73,700	NA	$100,600	NA	NA
Utica	80	$65,800	NA	$72,800	NA	55.1%

North Carolina

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	110	$58,500	NA	$67,200	NA	58.4%
Charlotte	300	$57,200	NA	$68,800	NA	-12.2%
Durham	210	$69,600	NA	$88,300	NA	84.2%
Greensboro	190	$62,400	NA	$70,900	NA	30.8%
Hickory	100	$57,600	NA	$64,600	NA	68.2%
Raleigh	140	$62,900	NA	$73,700	NA	-34.6%
Wilmington	80	$65,500	NA	$79,700	NA	39.8%

North Dakota

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	40	$51,500	NA	$57,600	NA	54.8%

Ohio

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	230	$62,600	NA	$76,800	NA	79.1%
Canton	140	$63,700	NA	$75,700	NA	112.2%
Cincinnati	600	$69,400	NA	$86,000	NA	47.5%
Cleveland	440	$54,400	NA	$70,200	NA	6.1%
Columbus	370	$65,900	NA	$80,200	NA	-1.9%
Dayton	300	$59,200	NA	$70,800	NA	96.2%
Springfield	30	$76,800	NA	$88,800	NA	63.5%
Toledo	380	$66,200	NA	$74,800	NA	218.6%

Oklahoma

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Tulsa	110	$49,600	NA	$59,700	NA	-39.3%

Oregon

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Portland	390	$67,800	NA	$83,600	NA	-3.8%

Pennsylvania

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	NA	$66,400	NA	$86,600	NA	NA
Erie	160	$63,800	NA	$80,600	NA	211.1%
Harrisburg	230	$77,200	NA	$87,700	NA	73.6%
Lancaster	NA	$66,200	NA	$75,100	NA	NA
Philadelphia (Area)	NA	$66,500	NA	$86,000	NA	NA
Pittsburgh	790	$64,200	NA	$73,700	NA	69.4%
Reading	170	$73,300	NA	$83,600	NA	144.2%
Scranton	130	$56,600	NA	$71,400	NA	28%

Rhode Island

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	NA	$67,400	NA	$81,900	NA	NA

South Carolina

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Greenville	120	$69,500	NA	$74,300	NA	-2.1%

Tennessee

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	70	$36,800	NA	$49,300	NA	-28.9%
Jackson	80	$51,600	NA	$68,200	NA	226.8%
Memphis	220	$68,200	NA	$79,800	NA	-13.4%
Nashville	210	$46,900	NA	$53,100	NA	-29.4%

Texas

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Corpus Christi	210	$62,600	NA	$81,300	NA	182.4%
Dallas (Area)	1,100	$55,600	NA	$66,800	NA	-8.7%
El Paso	200	$62,900	NA	$74,300	NA	72.2%
Houston	560	$74,200	NA	$90,600	NA	-47.8%
Killeen	NA	$61,100	NA	$73,000	NA	NA
McAllen	NA	$61,600	NA	$73,900	NA	NA
San Antonio	380	$58,800	NA	$72,600	NA	8.2%

Utah

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Provo	120	$70,800	NA	$79,700	NA	67.5%
Salt Lake City	220	$56,700	NA	$80,000	NA	-10.8%

Virginia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Richmond	230	$62,400	NA	$75,900	NA	-6.6%
Virginia Beach	420	$59,300	NA	$69,000	NA	37.9%

Washington

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Seattle (Area)	640	$62,800	NA	$84,400	NA	-5.2%

West Virginia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Wheeling	90	$45,300	NA	$50,200	NA	233.9%

Wisconsin

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Madison	250	$60,600	NA	$75,100	NA	78.6%
Milwaukee	440	$68,500	NA	$83,500	NA	31.1%

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