2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Registered Nurses

Cleveland, OH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 28,240.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 29-1141
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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$83,940 · 50th
$75,02010th
$81,37025th
$83,94050th
$102,50075th
$108,12090th

That is the medianhalf of registered nurses in Cleveland earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$83,940 in Cleveland buys what $89,400 buys across the country as a whole.

Cleveland's regional price parity is 93.9 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Ohio

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Cleveland
Cleveland This page$83,940$89,40093.9
Columbus$83,900$87,90095.5−1.7%
Cincinnati$83,650$87,70095.4−1.9%
Dayton$82,510$89,00092.7−0.4%
Lima$81,440$90,80089.7+1.6%
Sandusky$81,310$91,10089.3+1.9%
Mansfield$81,300$91,50088.9+2.4%
Toledo$81,050$88,60091.5−0.8%

Price parity and difference against Cleveland are in the full table on wider screens.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Price parity
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Employment
28,240 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses. Mapped to our taxonomy as registered-nurses.

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