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Registered Nurses

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Demographics

Registered nurses

Employed persons, 2004

Employed persons: 2,464,000	Percent of total
	Women	Men	Black	Asian	Hispanic
	92.2%	7.8%	10.1%	6.8%	4.4%

Full-time wage and salary workers, 2004
Employment Median weekly earnings
$ W/M ratio
Women
(emp.) (earn.) 1,651,000 $895 0.868
Men
(emp.) (earn.) 148,000 $1,031
All workers
(emp.) (earn.) 1,800,000 $904

source: Current Population Survey; about this section

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Area and Industry employment and wages
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