Today's income tax rates are strikingly low relative to the rates of the past century, especially for rich people. For most of the century, including some boom times, top-bracket income tax rates were much higher than they are today.
The survey found that nurses with an associate's degree averaged $65,698 per year, while those with a bachelor's degree reported an average of $63,580 per year.Ns working in specialty hospitals also reported higher than average earnings, about $74,310 per year. Those employed at physician's offices and outpatient clinics averaged between $72,000 and $73,000 per year, while general hospitals -- the largest employer of registered nurses -- paid an average of $69,810 a year.
Higher salaries can be commanded of RNs who go on to earn a masterâs degree in nursing and advance to the level of advanced practice registered nurse (APRN). In 2006, the average annual salary of an APRN with a masters in nursing degree was $69,200.