Average Staff Nurse Salary in 2011 Hits Nearly $68k

The average salary of staff nurses in 2011 was $67,800, up $1,400 from 2010, according to the annual salary survey from the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.

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AORN’s salary survey included more than 2,600 full-time staff nurses, nurse managers, vice presidents of nursing, directors of nursing and clinical nurse specialists, among others. Other results from the survey include the following:

•    The average vice president/director/assistant director of nursing makes $107,600, roughly $4,700 more than in 2010.
•    Salaries of nurses in university or academic ambulatory surgery centers were the highest of any facility group, although there was a small sample size.
•    Nurses generally receive higher compensation in larger facilities and hospitals.

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