<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/blog/nurse-salary-by-state.html" dsn="news"><title>Average Nurse Salary by State in 2026: Which US States Have the Highest LPN, RN, NP, and APRN Salaries?</title><item_date>02/07/2024 04:54:07 AM</item_date><item_updated>07/13/2026 09:54:22 AM</item_updated><author/><summary/><image><img src="/_resources/images/blog/registered-nurses-salary-by-state-us-2-vlarge.jpg" alt="Average Nurse Salary by State in 2026: Which US States With the Highest LPN, RN and APRN Salaries?"/></image><image-mobile><img src="/_resources/images/blog/registered-nurses-salary-by-state-us-2-vmedlarge.jpg" alt="Average Nurse Salary by State in 2026: Which US States With the Highest LPN, RN and APRN Salaries?"/></image-mobile><thumbnail><img src="" alt=""/></thumbnail><featured/><featured-image-1><img src="" alt=""/></featured-image-1><featured-image-2><img src="" alt=""/></featured-image-2></item>