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Registered Nurses Salary in Arizona

The median annual wage for registered nurses in Arizona is $99,500 ($47.84 per hour) +2.0% vs. the national median of $97,550. Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.

Median annual wage
$99,500
Mean annual wage
$99,730
Median hourly wage
$47.84
Employment in AZ
73,150

73,150 employed · 22.6 per 1,000 jobs

Wage percentiles in Arizona

Wage distribution for registered nurses in Arizona (OEWS May 2025).
PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$70,540$33.91
25th percentile$81,810$39.33
Median (50th)$99,500$47.84
75th percentile$108,580$52.20
90th percentile$130,930$62.95

What this salary is worth in Arizona

Cost-of-living adjusted salary
$98,831

Arizona prices are 100.7 vs. U.S. average = 100 (BEA RPP, 2024)

Median rent burden
18.6%

Median gross rent in Arizona: $1,543/mo (ACS 2020-2024). 30% of income = $2,488/mo

Est. affordable home price
$362,969

At 6.67% 30-yr rate (FRED, 2026-08), 20% down, 28% front-end DTI, 1.5%/yr taxes+insurance

For context, the median home value in Arizona is $394,500 (ACS 2020-2024).

Estimates from documented formulas — see methodology. Not financial advice.

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About this data

  • Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Regional Price Parities — data period 2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates — data period 2020-2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Federal Reserve Economic Data — data period 2026-08, retrieved August 13, 2026.

Figures are shown exactly as published by the source or derived by the documented formulas on our methodology page. Where a source suppresses an estimate, we show “—” rather than a substitute value.