Salary for a Registered Nurse in Washington - WA

By an allied health world contributing writer
Published: February, 19 2010

Washington Registered Nurses Salaries

The average Washington RN salary is over $60,000 per year. The following list shows the Washington RN salary for the most populous cities in the state.

Seattle: $58,000
Spokane: $61,000
Tacoma: $55,000
Vancouver: $59,000
Bellevue: $58,000
Everett: $59,000
Spokane Valley: $59,000
Federal Way: $58,000
Kent: $58,000
Yakima: $62,000

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Washington State Nurses Association

The Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA) has represented registered nurses across the state of Washington for over a century, and declares itself the voice of over 75,000 licensed registered nurses. This includes nurse educations, nurse practitioners, school nurses, staff nurses, public health nurses, long-term care nurses, and nurse managers.

Among the goals of the WSNA are to support and promote health care for patients, promote the general and economic well-being of nurses within their practice areas, grant opportunities for ongoing learning, promote high standards for the practice of nursing, and lobby the state legislature and other governments on important health care issues that affect the general public and the nurses of the state of Washington.

Washington State Nurses Association
575 Andover Park West, Suite 101
Seattle, WA 98188
(206) 575-7979 – Phone
(206) 575-1908 – Fax
http://www.wsna.org

Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission

The Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission (WSNCQAC) is the official license body for registered nurses in the state of Washington.

Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission
310 Israel Rd SE
Tumwater, WA 98501
(360) 236-4700 – Phone
(360) 236-4818 – Fax
http://www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/Professions/Nursing/default.htm