The paint manufacturing industry produces a wide variety of products for coating a number of different surfaces. There are base paints, colored paints, top coat paints, lacquers, stains, spray paints, and sealers. All of these products use large quantities of benzene in the production of the products.
Nurses starting salaries are much higher than in other industries due to the current shortage of qualified staff, particularly registered nurses (RNs). The national median nurse starting salary is projected at $66,640 during 2016-2017, with overall employment in the field expected to rise 16% within the next decade. Nurse Practitioners have the highest of all employees in the field ($95,350-95,820). The current RN starting salary is $15,000 more than that of an LPN.
Starting salaries at hospitals could range from $47,060 to $55,200 a year. The second-largest number of RNs worked in doctors' offices, where 235,710 averaged $72,890 a year in pay, slightly higher than at hospitals. Starting salaries might fall in a lower range of between $40,760 and $50,820 a year. Other Care Facilities. Three other common employers of registered nurses offered very different types of care. The third-largest employer was home health care, where 156,730 RNs averaged $65,120 a year. Starting salaries might fall between $42,880 and $51,480 a year. The fourth-largest employer was nursing care facilities, where 138,080 nurses averaged $60,830 a year-- the lowest figure in the top five industries. The starting salary range was likely to be $43,000 to $50,430 a year.