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Nurses' Salaries - Best and Worst in US
Challenges, Data Visualization, Tableau, Project Health Viz Yvonne Beirne FitzGerald Challenges, Data Visualization, Tableau, Project Health Viz Yvonne Beirne FitzGerald

Nurses' Salaries - Best and Worst in US

Like the cost of living, nursing median salaries are different in different states. The national median salary average is $74,313, according to the Registered Nursing Labor Stats (1998-2020). Eleven states have a higher than average nursing salary, while thirteen states below the average wage for Nurses. Twenty-six state the salaries are within +/- 10 % of the national average.

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CEO-to-Worker Compensation Ratio Rising
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CEO-to-Worker Compensation Ratio Rising

Evaluating Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of 350 of the largest US firms shows that CEO compensation has grown exponentially. In contrast, the average workers' earnings have not increased at the same rate. The report from the Economic Policy Institute indicates that the rate of increase is not due to increased skill but the CEO's ability to set their pay rates.

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