This McDonald's commercial offends me

[BlueCaliDem]

48. Your RN wife is being underpaid.

RN's actually make GOOD money, anywhere between $65k to $110k per year with a national average of $67,930 per year. I don't understand why your wife only makes $45k. She's clearly being underpaid for her profession.

For salaries for RN's nationwide, see the info at this link: http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/registered-nurse/salary

From the link:

Salary Outlook

The BLS reports the median salary for a registered nurse was $65,470 in 2012. The best-paid 10 percent of RNs made more than $94,720, while the bottom 10 percent earned less than $45,040. In 2012, the highest median salaries were earned by nurses working in government, hospitals and home health care. By location, the highest-paid positions are clustered in the metropolitan areas of northern California, including San Jose, Vallejo and Oakland.

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Average Registered Nurse Pay vs. Other Best Jobs

In 2012, registered nurses made an average salary of $67,930, which is pretty good pay compared with some of the other health care jobs on this year’s list of the Best Jobs of 2014. That’s comparable to the pay of an occupational therapist, but less than what a physical therapist makes. Nurse practictioners usually make more money – in 2012, they earned an average salary of $91,450 – while licensed practical and vocational nurses usually make less (about $42,400).

http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/registered-nurse/salary

So maybe it would be wiser not to compare what your RN wife makes with that one employer to what fast-food workers make nationwide. That would be an unfair comparison by any measure.