Average Primary Care Nurse Salary in Arkansas

Primary care nurses in Arkansas earn an average of $79,387 per year (or $38.17 per hour).

Nationwide
United States
$84,172
Arkansas
5% lower than the national average
$79,387
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Arkansas primary care nurses earn 5% lower than the national average salary for primary care nurses, at $84,172 (or $40.46 per hour).

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Primary care nurse salary range in Arkansas

10%
$57,311
MEDIAN
$74,224
90%
$95,829
Annual Salary Hourly Wage
90th Percentile $95,829 $46
75th Percentile $90,738 $43
Median $74,224 $35
25th Percentile $71,715 $34

80% of Arkansas primary care nurses earn between $57,311 and $95,829.

Cost-of-living adjusted primary care nurse salary in Arkansas

Cost-Of-Living Adjusted
Arkansas
$88,999
Overall Average
Arkansas
$79,387

Adjusted for cost-of-living, Arkansas primary care nurses earn about $88,999 per year. Cost-of-living in Arkansas is 10% lower than the national average, meaning they face lower prices for food, housing, and transportation compared to other states.

Highest paying cities in Arkansas for primary care nurses

Conway, AR $84,031 per year

Arkansas nursing salaries vary from region to region across the state. The area where primary care nurses are paid the highest is Conway, where the average primary care nurses salary is $84,031 and 10,400 registered nurses are currently employed.

Primary care nurses salaries in other states

California $130,735 per year
Oregon $92,939 per year
Massachusetts $98,004 per year
Washington $101,706 per year
New York $85,854 per year
Nevada $107,700 per year
New Jersey $101,920 per year
Connecticut $83,322 per year
Minnesota $71,597 per year
Maryland $86,698 per year

How much do other nurses get paid in Arkansas?

Ambulatory Nurse $85,493 per year
Nurse Educator $83,458 per year
PACU Nurse $83,458 per year
OR Nurse $81,422 per year
PCU Nurse $77,351 per year
Psychiatric Nurse $74,104 per year
ICU Nurse $73,280 per year
Telemetry Nurse $72,527 per year
NICU Nurse $71,753 per year
Dialysis Nurse $71,743 per year

At a $79,387 average annual salary, primary care nurses in Arkansas tend to earn less than ambulatory nurses ($85,493), nurse educators ($83,458), PACU nurses ($83,458), and OR nurses ($81,422). They tend to earn more than PCU nurses ($77,351), psychiatric nurses ($74,104), ICU nurses ($73,280), telemetry nurses ($72,527), NICU nurses ($71,753), and dialysis nurses ($71,743).

More about primary care nurses

A primary care nurse is a registered nurse who works in an outpatient primary care office. Primary care nurses are well versed on a variety of healthcare issues since they handle a wide array of patient issues.

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Data sources: rn salary data, cost of living data, proprietary data from Incredible Health