Exactly 58,650 of the 105,280 nursing professionals employed in Maryland, work in Baltimore. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of nursing professionals in Baltimore has grown by 12%. Overall employment in Baltimore has also increased.

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Salaries for nursing professionals in Baltimore have increased. Baltimore nursing professionals made $66,418 per year, on average, in 2010. Nursing professionals in Baltimore made a yearly average salary of $59,710, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of nursing professionals in Baltimore is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Nursing professionals in Baltimore make a median yearly salary of $63,118. The difference in pay between the nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 142%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $40,376 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $97,748 per year.

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

Many of Baltimore's nursing professionals are graduates of one of the 8 accredited nursing schools in the city.

Baltimore's nursing schools offer 19 nursing degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 1,533 students graduated from nursing courses.