Registered Nurses salary in Duluth, MN

Median pay for registered nurses in Duluth, MN: $79,050/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $65,340 – $100,410 · about 3,800 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($80,810) by −$1,760 (-2%).

What it's really worth in Duluth

With Duluth's cost of living at 87 (US=100), that $79,050 has the buying power of about $90,673 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $67,612 · median home $264,350 · median rent $1,381/mo.

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How Duluth ranks for this job

On raw pay, Duluth, MN is 126th of the 187 metros we hold registered nurses wages for. Once Duluth's cost of living is applied, it ranks 52nd.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Duluth 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 Duluth

A median home in Duluth, MN costs $264,350 — about 3.3× 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 $1,381/mo works out at 21% 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 Duluth.

Metro	Median pay	vs Duluth	Rent vs Duluth
Vallejo, CA	$187,080	+137%	1.7×
San Francisco, CA	$181,240	+129%	2.4×
San Jose, CA	$179,210	+127%	2.6×
Sacramento, CA	$157,810	+100%	1.7×

Same job elsewhere in MN

Metro	Median pay	vs Duluth	Rent vs Duluth
Minneapolis, MN	$100,800	+28%	1.2×

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

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