Registered Nurses salary in College Station, TX

Median pay for registered nurses in College Station, TX: $80,300/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $63,290 – $94,640 · about 4,050 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($80,810) by −$510 (-1%).

What it's really worth in College Station

With College Station's cost of living at 91 (US=100), that $80,300 has the buying power of about $87,990 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $58,659 · median home $310,961 · median rent $1,472/mo.

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How College Station ranks for this job

On raw pay, College Station, TX is 103rd of the 187 metros we hold registered nurses wages for. Once College Station's cost of living is applied, it ranks 74th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — College Station 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 College Station

A median home in College Station, TX costs $310,961 — about 3.9× 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 $1,472/mo works out at 22% 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 College Station.

Metro	Median pay	vs College Station	Rent vs College Station
Vallejo, CA	$187,080	+133%	1.6×
San Francisco, CA	$181,240	+126%	2.2×
San Jose, CA	$179,210	+123%	2.5×
Sacramento, CA	$157,810	+97%	1.6×

Same job elsewhere in TX

Metro	Median pay	vs College Station	Rent vs College Station
Austin, TX	$93,470	+16%	1.1×
Houston, TX	$93,330	+16%	1.1×
Dallas, TX	$93,300	+16%	1.1×
Killeen, TX	$85,380	+6%	0.9×

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

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