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Underpaid detector

Am I Underpaid as a Registered Nurse?

Compare your salary against the live Registered Nurse market and quantify annual, five-year, and lifetime gaps.

Underpaid by

19%

Underpaid

Annual gap

$17,425

Current $73,100

5-year gap

$102,808

If unaddressed

Lifetime gap

$678,701

25-year, 3.5% compounded

SalaryScope Underpaid Score

31

Severity: Underpaid. Market midpoint for Registered Nurse: $90,525.

Recommended next steps

  1. Open the Registered Nurse negotiation playbook and run the market-anchored ask.
  2. If your gap exceeds 12%, benchmark 2–3 outside offers within 6 months — that's the single fastest fix.
  3. Review the certification ROI list to unlock a compounding uplift.
  4. If a promotion is plausible, model it with the promotion guide.

How we calculate market value

Your local market value blends the Registered Nurse national distribution (p10–p90) with your experience curve. The underpaid percentage is the share of market value you're currently missing; the lifetime gap compounds that delta over 25 years at 3.5%.