Exactly 32,020 of Wisconsin's 106,880 nursing professionals work in Milwaukee. There has been a 9% growth in the number of nursing professionals in Milwaukee between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for nursing professionals in Milwaukee has increased, overall employment in Milwaukee has also increased.

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As the number of nursing professionals in Milwaukee has grown, salaries for nursing professionals have also increased. In 2010 an average salary of $60,954 per year was earned by nursing professionals in Milwaukee. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for nursing professionals in Milwaukee was $54,126 per year. The growth in the salary of nursing professionals in Milwaukee is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Nursing professionals make a median salary of $57,534 per year in Milwaukee. The difference in pay between the nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 52%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $42,132 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $64,150 per year.

Milwaukee nursing professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

There are 9 accredited nursing schools in the city. Many of Milwaukee's nursing professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

There are a total of 19 degree and certificate programs in nursing offered by Milwaukee's nursing schools.

In 2010 approximately 1,243 students graduated from nursing courses.