Registered Nurses Salary in New Orleans-Metairie, LA
Median annual salary
$81,850
-16% vs US median ($97,550)
Worth after local cost of living
$88,678
cost index 92.3 (relative rent (Census ACS), US metro median = 100)
Pay range in New Orleans-Metairie, LA
| 10th percentile | $65,660 |
| 25th percentile | $75,030 |
| Median (50th) | $81,850 |
| 75th percentile | $95,140 |
| 90th percentile | $103,180 |
| Mean | $86,630 |
| Employed in metro | 11,530 |
A Registered Nurses in New Orleans-Metairie, LA earns a median of $81,850 per year. That is 16% below the national median of $97,550 for this occupation. Because New Orleans-Metairie, LA has a cost index of 92.3 (below the US metro average of 100), that salary has the local purchasing power of about $88,678 in an average-cost metro.
Local context: median household income in the metro is $62,655, median gross rent $1,217/mo, and the median home value $260,200. See the full New Orleans-Metairie, LA cost-of-living profile.