Average hourly earnings of selected full-time workers in healthcare practitioner and technical occupations, 2007


							Nonprofit     Private     State and local government

Physicians and surgeons					  $54.62      $86.63 		    $40.41 
Registered nurses					  $30.80      $30.58 		    $29.60 
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	  $18.95      $18.79 		    $16.68 
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians	  $19.87      $19.60 		    $18.85