TABLE 5Median Annual Salaries for Full-Time Registered Nurses, by Years of Experience and Highest Educational Preparation, November 1980

Years of ExperienceDiplomaAssociate DegreeBaccalaureateGraduate
1-2$15,322$15,741$16,568$17,367
3-516,44016,71417,17818,653
6-1016,95517,47518,21020,773
11-1517,17918,52818,89822,117
16-2017,49020,87019,56922,997
21-2517,91518,08619,96522,352
26+18,04018,39321,10023,851

SOURCE: Study analysis of data from National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, November 1980.

From: Chapter I, Nursing Services and Nursing Education: An Overview

Cover of Nursing and Nursing Education
Nursing and Nursing Education: Public Policies and Private Actions.
Institute of Medicine (US) Division of Health Care Services.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 1983.
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