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10 best, worst
states for
nurses
By Ayla Ellison
O
regon is the best state for nurses
and New York is the worst, accord-
ing to an analysis by WalletHub, a
personal finance website.
To identify the best and worst states for
nurses, WalletHub analysts used 22 relevant
metrics to compare the 50 U.S. states across
two dimensions: opportunity and competi-
tion, and work environment. e metrics
ranged from average annual salary for
nurses to ratio of nurses to hospital beds.
Here are the 10 best states for nurses based
on the analysis:
1. Oregon
2. Washington
3. New Mexico
4. Minnesota
5. Nevada
6. Wyoming
7. Montana
8. Maine
9. Arizona
10. Texas
Here are the 10 worst states for nurses
based on the analysis:
1. New York
2. Louisiana
3. Hawaii
4. Alabama
5. Oklahoma
6. Vermont
7. Ohio
8. New Jersey
9. Tennessee
10. Mississippi n
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