Hiring/District of Columbia/Registered Nurses
Registered Nurses hiring difficulty in Washington, DC
Registered Nurses in Washington, DC lands at 8.9 out of 10, in the hard band of the public market difficulty score. This occupation is a smaller share of jobs in Washington than it is nationwide. The location quotient is 0.69 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). In District of Columbia, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 4.5%, above the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 54.5 days, longer than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). The metro median is $102,710 a year, above the U.S. median of $97,550 and within 3 percent of the District of Columbia median of $102,540 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 46,830 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). No workplace count is shown for Washington. The provider-registry extract was built from Oklahoma and Texas city queries and stops at those metros. Washington is number 10 of 80 metros on this site by healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations.
Average of three ranked components, shown to one decimal. How this score is built
Key numbers
JOLTS on this page is a statewide, all-industry figure. It is the same number for every role in District of Columbia. It is a December 2025 print, matched to the U.S. total-nonfarm print for that month.
Annual pay
Metro employment 46,830 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Location quotient 0.69. Metro area: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV.
| Percentile | Metro | DC | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25th | $84,610 | $85,850 | $80,330 |
| Median | $102,710 | $102,540 | $97,550 |
| 75th | $119,620 | $127,800 | $112,350 |
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Unpublished cells stay blank here.
Score components
| Component | Input | Score | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local supply | 0.69 | 8.5 | Location quotient, BLS OEWS, May 2025. Lower quotient, higher component. Ranked among the 1,953 published pages. |
| Statewide openings rate | 4.5% | 8.3 | Total nonfarm, all industries, District of Columbia, December 2025. Higher rate, higher component. Ranked among 51 states and DC. |
| Statewide hiring pace | 54.5 days | 9.8 | Openings ÷ hires × 365.25 ÷ 12, from 34 thousand openings and 19 thousand hires. Higher days, higher component. |
Shown score 8.9 is the average, rounded half up to one decimal. Full method
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