The discrepancy comes down to how Sharp calculates average pay, and what nurses said they earn based on base wages.

In Georgia, nurses made an average of $90,000 last year. That comes out to around $43.27 an hour, based on a 40 hour work week, or 146% of the Peach State’s average wage of $29.45, according to data ...

Here are 10 statistics about compensation of registered nurses, based on May 2009 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment and Wages. 1. Registered nurses earned a mean annual ...