In 20 years from now we'll look back and say, 'Well, nothing really happened in the last 20 years.'.The Edge Kevin Kelly. The world is hitting its stride in technological advances, and futurists have been making wild-sounding bets on what we'll accomplish in the not-so-distant future.n 20 years from now we'll look back and say, 'Well, nothing really happened in the last 20 years.'.
Average Nursing Pay in the United States. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, registered nurses earned an average of $33.23 per hour across all specialties as of May 2011, and a mean annual income of about $69,110. However, the practice area of a nurse can have a large impact on expected salary. A salary survey conducted by RN Magazine in April 2009 found that pediatric nurses earned an average of $31 per hour, similar to the average hourly pay earned by RNs specializing in oncology and ambulatory surgery.
Registered Nurse Salary. How much does a registered nurse make? Registered nurses earned a mean average wage around $72,180 or about $34.70 per hour in 2016 per bls.gov. The lowest paid 10% of employed RNs made less than $47,120 ($22.65 per hour), and the upper 10% percent made more than $102,990 ($49.52 per hour).