With National Nurses Week kicking off May 6, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Best & Worst States for Nursesas well as accompanying videos.

In order to help new nursing graduates find the best markets for their profession, WalletHub compared the relative attractiveness of the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 21 key metrics. The data set ranges from monthly average starting salary for nurses to health-care facilities per capita to nursing-job openings per capita.
 
Best States for Nurses Worst States for Nurses
1Oregon 42Virginia2Minnesota 43Vermont3Washington 44Ohio4New Mexico 45Mississippi5Maine 46Alabama6Montana 47Oklahoma7Arizona 48Louisiana8Nevada 49Hawaii9New Hampshire 50New York10Iowa 51District of Columbia 

Best vs. Worst
Oregon has the highest annual mean wage for registered nurses (adjusted for cost of living), $83,867, which is about 1.4 times higher than in Vermont, the lowest at $58,810.
 
Utah has the lowest current competition (number of nurses per 1,000 residents), 8.46, which is 2.4 times lower than in the District of Columbia, the highest at 20.49.
 
Nevada has the lowest future competition (projected number of nurses per 1,000 residents by 2026), 7.47, which is 4.2 times lower than in theDistrict of Columbia, the highest at 31.49.
 
Minnesota has the highest ratio of nurses to hospital beds, 5.03, which is 2.3 times higher than in District of Columbia, the lowest at 2.22.

To view the full report and your state or the District’s rank, please visit: 
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-for-nurses/4041/