In 2023, most nurses in the United States who are eligible for retirement planned to do so in the upcoming four or more years. According to this 2023 survey, 43 percent of nurses qualified for retirement planned to retire in four or more years, while only 13 percent of eligible nurses planned to retire within the year.
Distribution of registered nurses eligible to retire who plan to retire in the upcoming years in the United States in 2023, by expected date
The question was framed as "How soon do you plan on retiring?"
The survey polled more than 800,000 Registered Nurses in the United States from Jan. 5 to Jan. 18, 2023, and received 18,226 completed questionnaires used in this report, of which 11,918 were from staff nurses with the remainder being travel nurses, per diem and other. The margin of error is 1% at a 99% confidence level, and the response rate is 2.5%.
Percentages in the report may not total 100% due to
rounding or to comparisons of independent samples.
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Merritt Hawkins. (May 1, 2023). Distribution of registered nurses eligible to retire who plan to retire in the upcoming years in the United States in 2023, by expected date [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1389448/nurses-retirement-plan-coming-years-united-states/
Merritt Hawkins. "Distribution of registered nurses eligible to retire who plan to retire in the upcoming years in the United States in 2023, by expected date." Chart. May 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1389448/nurses-retirement-plan-coming-years-united-states/
Merritt Hawkins. (2023). Distribution of registered nurses eligible to retire who plan to retire in the upcoming years in the United States in 2023, by expected date. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1389448/nurses-retirement-plan-coming-years-united-states/
Merritt Hawkins. "Distribution of Registered Nurses Eligible to Retire Who Plan to Retire in The Upcoming Years in The United States in 2023, by Expected Date." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1389448/nurses-retirement-plan-coming-years-united-states/
Merritt Hawkins, Distribution of registered nurses eligible to retire who plan to retire in the upcoming years in the United States in 2023, by expected date Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1389448/nurses-retirement-plan-coming-years-united-states/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Distribution of registered nurses eligible to retire who plan to retire in the upcoming years in the United States in 2023, by expected date [Graph], Merritt Hawkins, May 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1389448/nurses-retirement-plan-coming-years-united-states/
