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National Average. As of May 2012, the average hourly rate for a registered nurse was $32.66, according to the BLS. The top 10 percent earned at least $45.54 per hour, while the lowest-paid 10 percent earned no more than $21.65.
Here are the average nursing wages: Nursing assistants earned $12.89 per hour, whereas LPNs earned an average of $21.17 per hour. Registered nurses earned $34.14, while midwives earned $45.01. Nurse practitioners pulled in $48.68 on average, but the top earner was again nurse anesthetists at $77.04 per hour.