Nursing career tools
Practical calculators for nurses comparing base pay, real metro pay, shift differentials, offers, contract packages, license portability, and certification readiness.
Salary tools
LPN / LVN salary calculator
Compare LPN or LVN base pay with May 2025 BLS percentiles, top state medians, and SNF/hospital setting pay.
SOC 29-2061 · BLS OEWS
CNA salary calculator
Compare CNA / nursing assistant base pay with May 2025 BLS percentiles, top state medians, and setting pay.
SOC 31-1131 · BLS OEWS
Nurse midwife (CNM) salary calculator
Compare CNM base pay with May 2025 BLS percentiles, top state medians, and California metros.
SOC 29-1161 · BLS OEWS
RN salary calculator
Compare registered nurse base pay with May 2025 BLS national wage percentiles.
SOC 29-1141 · BLS OEWS
NP salary calculator
Compare nurse practitioner base pay with May 2025 BLS national wage percentiles.
SOC 29-1171 · BLS OEWS
CRNA nurse salary calculator
Compare CRNA / nurse anesthetist base pay with May 2025 BLS wages and state medians.
SOC 29-1151 · BLS OEWS
Travel nurse salary comparator
Break down taxable wages, stipends, estimated taxes, and optional staff-offer comparisons.
Contract package math
Real pay comparator
Rank RN, NP, or CRNA metros after estimated state tax and cost-of-living adjustment.
Tax · COL · multi-metro
Shift differential calculator
Model annual pay from base rate plus nights, weekends, charge differentials, and overtime.
Schedule stacking
Offer evaluator
Compare a job offer with your current package, including sign-on, PTO, relocation, and ongoing pay difference.
Offer vs current role
Certification tools
View certification hubCCRN eligibility explorer
Check Adult Direct Care license and clinical-hour requirements against current AACN published criteria.
AACN · Adult Direct Care
PCCN eligibility explorer
Check progressive-care Adult Direct Care hours and facility focus against AACN published criteria.
AACN · Progressive care
FNP-C readiness explorer
Compare AANPCB education, APRN core, and 500-hour clinical requirements for Family NP certification.
AANPCB · Family NP
CNOR eligibility explorer
Check CCI perioperative pathways, including 2,400/1,200-hour floors and the eligible 18-month route.
CCI · Perioperative
CEN eligibility explorer
Separate BCEN required RN licensure from recommended ED experience, plus July 2026 exam facts.
BCEN · Emergency nursing
TNCC provider tracker
Track ENA Trauma Nursing Core Course completion for four-year provider verification. Not a board cert.
ENA · Provider course