Registered Nurses · SOC 29-1141
Registered Nurse Salary in the Indiana
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Indiana
Figures describe the state of Indiana as a whole.
Registered Nurses in the Indiana earned a median of $83,500 per year ($40.14 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $66,750 at the 10th percentile to $105,750 at the 90th. BLS estimates 68,980 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Registered Nurses in the Indiana earn more than $83,500 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $78,750 and $100,410.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $66,750 | $78,750 | $83,500 | $100,410 | $105,750 |
| Hourly | $32.09 | $37.86 | $40.14 | $48.28 | $50.84 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Indiana$83,500 median for Indiana; middle half earns $78,750 to $100,410
- United Statesnational$97,550 median for United States; middle half earns $80,330 to $112,350
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Indiana
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for registered nurses, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Indianathis page$83,500 median for Indiana; middle half earns $78,750 to $100,410
- $93,540 median for South Bend metro area; middle half earns $80,700 to $116,340
- $88,100 median for Elkhart metro area; middle half earns $79,050 to $116,280
- $84,230 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $79,080 to $101,970
- $83,820 median for Evansville metro area; middle half earns $80,130 to $101,670
- $83,370 median for Kokomo metro area; middle half earns $79,000 to $96,660
- $82,300 median for Michigan City metro area; middle half earns $79,840 to $100,690
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for registered nurses · Highest-paying occupations in Indiana
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.