2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Registered Nurses

Flagstaff, AZ metropolitan area. Estimated employment 1,570.

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

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$100,780 · 50th
$77,95010th
$77,95025th
$100,78050th
$120,06075th
$120,06090th

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

Table 1 — Adjusted

$100,780 in Flagstaff buys what $100,500 buys across the country as a whole.

Flagstaff's regional price parity is 100.3 — almost exactly the national average — the nominal figure is close to the real one here, which is not true of most large metros. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Arizona

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

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Flagstaff
Prescott Valley$104,980$106,80098.3+6.4%
Phoenix$100,830$97,600103.3−2.8%
Flagstaff This page$100,780$100,500100.3
Yuma$94,320$101,70092.7+1.3%
Tucson$94,110$97,10096.9−3.3%
Lake Havasu City$93,990$99,90094.1−0.6%
Sierra Vista$85,380$95,70089.2−4.8%

Price parity and difference against Flagstaff 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
1,570 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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