Neonatal Nurses make a higher starting salary when compared to other nursing fields, and the salary generally rises with experience. A Neonatal Nurse's earnings vary depending on place of employment. The relatively high starting salary can be attributed to a nursing shortage in general and an even greater shortage of Neonatal Nurses.
The following income data comes from Payscale.com's 2009 survey:
Hospitals pay their Neonatal Nurses a median annual salary of $61,170.
Private Companies employ Neonatal Nurses who make $67,145 in median annual income.
Neonatal Nurses working for Nonprofit organizations earn a yearly salary of $70,055 at the median.
In private practices, Neonatal Nurses make $71,010 at the median.
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