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How much do registered nurses make in Burlington-South Burlington, VT?
- Median
- $98,330/year
- Mean
- $99,840/year
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What registered nurses in Burlington-South Burlington, VT earn, from low to high.
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Registered Nurses in Burlington-South Burlington, VT: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source pay figures, job scale, price level, and survey limits as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 29-1141 and BLS area 15540.
What the Registered Nurses median says in Burlington-South Burlington, VT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Registered Nurses median in Burlington-South Burlington, VT at $98,330 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 29-1141 and BLS area 15540.
BLS lists 3,150 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $99,840 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Burlington-South Burlington, VT's Registered Nurses median is 0.8% above the U.S. Registered Nurses median of $97,550 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.
Read source key 29-1141 with area 15540
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 29-1141 and area 15540. SOC 29-1141 names Registered Nurses. Area 15540 names Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 29-1141/15540 row has 3,150 wage and salary jobs. There are 26.25 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.21. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.
For 29-1141/15540, the annual median is $98,330 per year, while the matching mean is $99,840 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
- 29-1141/15540 10th percentile: $80,200 per year.
- 29-1141/15540 25th percentile: $83,540 per year.
- 29-1141/15540 median: $98,330 per year.
- 29-1141/15540 75th percentile: $113,060 per year.
- 29-1141/15540 90th percentile: $126,100 per year.
- 29-1141/15540 employment RSE: 2.3%. Mean-wage RSE: 0.5%.
- 29-1141/15540 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.
BLS area 15540 facts behind this Registered Nurses page
Area 15540 reports 120,150 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $74,360. Its annual median is $60,020. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 29-1141 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Burlington-South Burlington, VT runs from $36,820 at the 10th percentile to $126,100 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $45,640. The median is $60,020. The 75th percentile is $84,160. This is a place check, not a pay range for Registered Nurses.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 15540. They do not show related skills or a path into Registered Nurses.
- 1. Retail Salespersons. Area: 15540. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 3,550. Yearly median: $37,330. Jobs per 1,000: 29.56. Location quotient: 1.18.
- 2. General and Operations Managers. Area: 15540. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 2,930. Yearly median: $98,430. Jobs per 1,000: 24.35. Location quotient: 1.08.
- 3. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 15540. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 2,770. Yearly median: $37,190. Jobs per 1,000: 23.07. Location quotient: 0.93.
- 4. Cashiers. Area: 15540. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 2,590. Yearly median: $36,880. Jobs per 1,000: 21.56. Location quotient: 1.09.
- 5. Stockers and Order Fillers. Area: 15540. SOC: 53-7065. Jobs: 2,230. Yearly median: $37,780. Jobs per 1,000: 18.58. Location quotient: 1.02.
- 6. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners. Area: 15540. SOC: 37-2011. Jobs: 2,190. Yearly median: $41,130. Jobs per 1,000: 18.23. Location quotient: 1.28.
Read the Burlington-South Burlington, VT wage ladder for Registered Nurses
The 10th percentile is $80,200 per year. The 25th percentile is $83,540 per year. The median is $98,330 per year. The 75th percentile is $113,060 per year. The 90th percentile is $126,100 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $83,540 per year to $113,060 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $45,900. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Compare Burlington-South Burlington, VT with its state and the U.S.
Burlington-South Burlington, VT has a annual median of $98,330 per year. Vermont has $97,460 per year. The U.S. row has $97,550 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
Burlington-South Burlington, VT is 0.9% above Vermont on the same published median. Burlington-South Burlington, VT is 0.8% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Where Burlington-South Burlington, VT sits for Registered Nurses
Burlington-South Burlington, VT ranks 97 of 380 among metro areas with a published annual median for Registered Nurses. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 97 of 380 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
- 94. Reading, PA. The Registered Nurses median is $98,470 per year. BLS estimates 3,430 jobs. The location quotient is 0.9.
- 95. Springfield, MA. The Registered Nurses median is $98,410 per year. BLS estimates 5,830 jobs. The location quotient is 1.33.
- 96. La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN. The Registered Nurses median is $98,370 per year. BLS estimates 2,920 jobs. The location quotient is 1.59.
- 98. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. The Registered Nurses median is $97,890 per year. BLS estimates 18,920 jobs. The location quotient is 0.67.
- 99. Boise City, ID. The Registered Nurses median is $97,880 per year. BLS estimates 8,550 jobs. The location quotient is 1.
- 100. Flint, MI. The Registered Nurses median is $97,780 per year. BLS estimates 3,910 jobs. The location quotient is 1.33.
Where Registered Nurses medians lead among metro areas
The rows below use the same SOC 29-1141, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published median in this set, at $216,740 per year. Burlington-South Burlington, VT sits at $98,330 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Registered Nurses is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
- 1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $216,740 per year, or $118,410 above Burlington-South Burlington, VT. BLS lists 22,930 jobs there, compared with 3,150 in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. The location quotient is 0.93.
- 2. Vallejo, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $203,290 per year, or $104,960 above Burlington-South Burlington, VT. BLS lists 4,120 jobs there, compared with 3,150 in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. The location quotient is 1.32.
- 3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $186,610 per year, or $88,280 above Burlington-South Burlington, VT. BLS lists 41,750 jobs there, compared with 3,150 in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. The location quotient is 0.81.
- 4. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $174,550 per year, or $76,220 above Burlington-South Burlington, VT. BLS lists 3,720 jobs there, compared with 3,150 in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. The location quotient is 0.83.
- 5. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $171,460 per year, or $73,130 above Burlington-South Burlington, VT. BLS lists 23,590 jobs there, compared with 3,150 in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. The location quotient is 1.
- 6. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $170,960 per year, or $72,630 above Burlington-South Burlington, VT. BLS lists 1,750 jobs there, compared with 3,150 in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. The location quotient is 0.82.
- 7. Yuba City, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $149,320 per year, or $50,990 above Burlington-South Burlington, VT. BLS lists 1,080 jobs there, compared with 3,150 in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. The location quotient is 0.97.
- 8. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has a Registered Nurses median of $144,350 per year, or $46,020 above Burlington-South Burlington, VT. BLS lists 1,270 jobs there, compared with 3,150 in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. The location quotient is 0.79.
Where BLS counts the most Registered Nurses jobs
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Registered Nurses in this same-source set, at 197,740 jobs. Burlington-South Burlington, VT has 3,150. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
- 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 197,740 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 194,590 jobs from Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Its median is $119,720 per year, or $21,390 above Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Its location quotient is 0.96.
- 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 109,360 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 106,210 jobs from Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Its median is $135,560 per year, or $37,230 above Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Its location quotient is 0.8.
- 3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 100,240 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 97,090 jobs from Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Its median is $100,490 per year, or $2,160 above Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Its location quotient is 1.02.
- 4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 76,680 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 73,530 jobs from Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Its median is $101,420 per year, or $3,090 above Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Its location quotient is 0.87.
- 5. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has 73,790 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 70,640 jobs from Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Its median is $101,180 per year, or $2,850 above Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Its location quotient is 1.17.
- 6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 65,910 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 62,760 jobs from Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Its median is $99,830 per year, or $1,500 above Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Its location quotient is 0.92.
- 7. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH has 64,240 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 61,090 jobs from Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Its median is $106,180 per year, or $7,850 above Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Its location quotient is 1.09.
- 8. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 61,670 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 58,520 jobs from Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Its median is $91,380 per year, or $6,950 below Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Its location quotient is 1.01.
How common Registered Nurses is in Burlington-South Burlington, VT
BLS lists 3,150 Registered Nurses jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. It also lists 26.25 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 1.21. A value of 1 means Registered Nurses has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Registered Nurses beside other roles in Burlington-South Burlington, VT
The all-occupations median in Burlington-South Burlington, VT is $60,020 per year. The Registered Nurses median is $98,330 per year. Registered Nurses is 63.8% above the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Burlington-South Burlington, VT. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Registered Nurses. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
- 1. General and Operations Managers, SOC 11-1021, has a Burlington-South Burlington, VT median of $98,430 per year. BLS lists 2,930 jobs and a location quotient of 1.08.
- 2. Compliance Officers, SOC 13-1041, has a Burlington-South Burlington, VT median of $93,430 per year. BLS lists 1,440 jobs and a location quotient of 4.48.
- 3. Accountants and Auditors, SOC 13-2011, has a Burlington-South Burlington, VT median of $82,510 per year. BLS lists 1,040 jobs and a location quotient of 0.93.
- 4. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, SOC 25-2021, has a Burlington-South Burlington, VT median of $77,030 per year. BLS lists 1,140 jobs and a location quotient of 1.06.
- 5. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, SOC 41-4012, has a Burlington-South Burlington, VT median of $75,400 per year. BLS lists 810 jobs and a location quotient of 0.84.
- 6. Computer Occupations, All Other, SOC 15-1299, has a Burlington-South Burlington, VT median of $121,850 per year. BLS lists 840 jobs and a location quotient of 2.51.
- 7. Business Operations Specialists, All Other, SOC 13-1199, has a Burlington-South Burlington, VT median of $71,710 per year. BLS lists 1,200 jobs and a location quotient of 1.43.
- 8. Computer User Support Specialists, SOC 15-1232, has a Burlington-South Burlington, VT median of $65,070 per year. BLS lists 950 jobs and a location quotient of 1.71.
The largest detailed roles in Burlington-South Burlington, VT
Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Burlington-South Burlington, VT table, at 3,550 jobs. Registered Nurses has 3,150 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 120,150. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Registered Nurses's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
- 1. Retail Salespersons has 3,550 jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, a gap of 400 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $37,330 per year, or $61,000 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.18.
- 2. General and Operations Managers has 2,930 jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, a gap of 220 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $98,430 per year, or $100 above Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.08.
- 3. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 2,770 jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, a gap of 380 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $37,190 per year, or $61,140 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 0.93.
- 4. Cashiers has 2,590 jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, a gap of 560 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $36,880 per year, or $61,450 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.09.
- 5. Stockers and Order Fillers has 2,230 jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, a gap of 920 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $37,780 per year, or $60,550 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.02.
- 6. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has 2,190 jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, a gap of 960 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $41,130 per year, or $57,200 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.28.
- 7. Office Clerks, General has 1,720 jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, a gap of 1,430 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $49,520 per year, or $48,810 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 0.9.
- 8. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has 1,520 jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, a gap of 1,630 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $44,730 per year, or $53,600 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.38.
Published role medians around Burlington-South Burlington, VT
Computer Occupations, All Other has the highest published median in the bounded Burlington-South Burlington, VT role table, at $121,850 per year. Registered Nurses has $98,330 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $60,020 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
- 1. Computer Occupations, All Other has a median of $121,850 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, or $23,520 above Registered Nurses. BLS lists 840 jobs, compared with 3,150 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 2.51.
- 2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $98,430 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, or $100 above Registered Nurses. BLS lists 2,930 jobs, compared with 3,150 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.08.
- 3. Compliance Officers has a median of $93,430 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, or $4,900 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 1,440 jobs, compared with 3,150 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 4.48.
- 4. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $82,510 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, or $15,820 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 1,040 jobs, compared with 3,150 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 0.93.
- 5. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $77,030 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, or $21,300 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 1,140 jobs, compared with 3,150 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.06.
- 6. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $75,400 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, or $22,930 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 810 jobs, compared with 3,150 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 0.84.
- 7. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $71,710 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, or $26,620 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 1,200 jobs, compared with 3,150 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.43.
- 8. Computer User Support Specialists has a median of $65,070 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, or $33,260 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 950 jobs, compared with 3,150 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.71.
What $98,330 may mean after the Burlington-South Burlington, VT price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Burlington-South Burlington, VT is 100.9. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 0.9% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $98,330 Registered Nurses median by 100.9 divided by 100. The result is $97,406 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 103.8. Goods are 97.3. Utilities are 125.5. Other services are 101.6. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
How much care to use with the Burlington-South Burlington, VT row
The employment RSE for this Registered Nurses row is 2.3%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 3,150 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $99,840 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
Use Burlington-South Burlington, VT wage data before you tailor
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Registered Nurses. It uses a Burlington-South Burlington, VT place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $98,330 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Registered Nurses row for Burlington-South Burlington, VT does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 3,150 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.21 is not a growth score. Rank 97 of 380 is not a place score. The 100.9 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 29-1141 in BLS area 15540. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.