See the 2024 Nursing Trends and Salary Survey results from the February 2025 issue of American Nurse Journal!
Editor’s note: We collected survey responses (n=1,228) from September 23 to December 20, 2024. Respondents included subscribers to American Nurse Journal and visitors to our website. We asked all respondents to answer some questions, and we targeted nurse managers (426) or clinical nurses (802) to answer others. For the purposes of this survey, we define nurse managers as leaders, supervisors, and executives; clinical nurses include all other nurses. Because of rounding, some survey results may not add up to 100%. https://www.myamericannurse.com/2024-nursing-trends-and-salary-survey/
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Although a larger percentage of respondents to this year’s survey earned $69,000 or less (29% vs 25% in 2023), the portion of nurses earning $130,000 or above increased from 13% to 15%. Those in the middle ranges fell from 62% to 55%. Some of the growth at the top of the salary scale may be driven by a larger proportion of respondents in the current survey with more than 25 years of experience.
That higher proportion of more senior nurses also could explain the jump in respondents who said they plan to retire within the next 2 years (17% vs 10%) or 5 years (19% vs 15%). These per- centages were accompanied by a drop in those planning to work beyond the next 5 years—from 55% to 38% in the most recent survey.
