Exactly 17,670 of Wisconsin's 52,880 nursing professionals work in Milwaukee. The number of nursing professionals in Milwaukee has grown by 11% from 2006 to 2010. Overall employment in Milwaukee has also increased.

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In Milwaukee, salaries for nursing professionals have increased. In 2010 Milwaukee nursing professionals earned an average yearly salary of $63,990. Four years earlier in 2006, nursing professionals in Milwaukee made an average salary of $59,070 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Milwaukee.

Nursing professionals in Milwaukee make a median yearly salary of $63,480. The difference in pay between the nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 71%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $48,300 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $82,500 per year.

On average nursing professional salaries in Milwaukee are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

Many of Milwaukee's nursing professionals are graduates of one of the 8 accredited rn to bsn schools in the city.

Milwaukee's rn to bsn schools offer 12 rn to bsn degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 775 students graduated from rn to bsn courses in 2010.