Figure 1. Nursing salary by position within years of experience
The first row of the table displays statistics for hospital
nurses who have five years or less of nursing experience.
The second row displays the same statistics for
office nurses with the same level of experience.
The third row is labeled Total, displaying statistics for the two previous rows
combined.
Across all rows of the table, the Mean column shows how average salary differs
by nursing position within level of experience. Although hospital
nurses earn more than office nurses across all experience levels,
the gap narrows over time.
Finally, the Std. Deviation column indicates that office nurses vary more widely around their
average salary than staff nurses.
