Registered Nurses salary in Erie, PA

Median pay for registered nurses in Erie, PA: $78,740/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $60,600 – $98,760 · about 2,780 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($80,810) by −$2,070 (-3%).

What it's really worth in Erie

With Erie's cost of living at 92 (US=100), that $78,740 has the buying power of about $85,642 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $59,396 · median home $224,109 · median rent $1,138/mo.

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How Erie ranks for this job

On raw pay, Erie, PA is 130th of the 187 metros we hold registered nurses wages for. Once Erie's cost of living is applied, it ranks 105th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Erie is one of the places where registered nurses gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Erie

A median home in Erie, PA costs $224,109 — about 2.8× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,138/mo works out at 17% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where registered nurses earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Erie.

Metro	Median pay	vs Erie	Rent vs Erie
Vallejo, CA	$187,080	+138%	2.1×
San Francisco, CA	$181,240	+130%	2.9×
San Jose, CA	$179,210	+128%	3.2×
Sacramento, CA	$157,810	+100%	2×

Same job elsewhere in PA

Metro	Median pay	vs Erie	Rent vs Erie
Philadelphia, PA	$96,710	+23%	1.7×
Reading, PA	$91,410	+16%	1.3×
Harrisburg, PA	$82,190	+4%	1.3×
Allentown, PA	$82,160	+4%	1.6×

Staying in PA keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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