Registered Nurses
Worcester, MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 10,070.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of registered nurses in Worcester earn more.
$100,240 in Worcester buys what $97,800 buys across the country as a whole.
Worcester's regional price parity is 102.5 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Worcester |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | $106,180 | $98,100 | 108.3 | +0.3% |
| Pittsfield | $104,950 | $110,400 | 95.1 | +12.9% |
| Barnstable Town | $103,380 | $105,100 | 98.4 | +7.5% |
| Amherst Town | $101,270 | $101,000 | 100.2 | +3.3% |
| Worcester This page | $100,240 | $97,800 | 102.5 | — |
| Springfield | $98,410 | $102,400 | 96.1 | +4.8% |
Price parity and difference against Worcester are in the full table on wider screens.
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
- 10,070 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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