Every occupation the official NCES/BLS crosswalk connects to nursing programs, with BLS pay, the education each job usually needs, what the work involves, and where to go next.
Nursing · CIP 51.38 series · 23 codes · 6 careers · Check one exact major, e.g. 51.3801 Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse, in the major to career finder
The official NCES/BLS crosswalk maps nursing programs to 6 occupations that such programs typically prepare people for, including Registered Nurse, Hospital Administrator and Nurse Practitioner. BLS median pay across them runs from $80,250 (Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary) to $236,590 (CRNA) in May 2025. The crosswalk describes preparation, not what graduates actually go on to do.
Data Program → related occupations: these are jobs nursing programs typically prepare people for (NCES/BLS crosswalk). Not a guaranteed outcome, and not a record of what graduates do.
Data Filter by the education the job usually needs or its preparation level; sort by pay or by number employed.
| Occupation | Most common education | Job Zone | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nurse | $97,550 | 3,379,720 | n/a | 4 |
| Hospital Administrator | $123,860 | 597,080 | Bachelor's Degree | 4 |
| Nurse Practitioner | $132,300 | 323,040 | Master's Degree | 5 |
| Nursing Instructors and Teachers, PostsecondaryPostsecondary teaching | $80,250 | 77,960 | Master's Degree | 5 |
| CRNA | $236,590 | 51,840 | Doctoral Degree | 5 |
| Nurse Midwife | $134,040 | 7,920 | Master's Degree | 5 |
No occupations match these filters.
Data The education column shows a typical entry level only where O*NET data supports one answer. Check the typical education for Nurse Midwife, one of the nursing jobs above.
Data BLS national median annual wage, May 2025. These are pay levels of the occupations, not earnings of graduates.
Data The largest related occupations by employment (postsecondary teaching shown in the explorer).
Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.
Social Perceptiveness · Coordination · Service Orientation
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Mapped from CIP 51.3801, 51.3802Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel.
Develop and maintain computerized record management systems to store and process data, such as personnel activities and information, and to produce reports.
Speaking · Critical Thinking · Social Perceptiveness
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Mapped from CIP 51.3802, 51.3818Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses.
Develop treatment plans, based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines.
Complex Problem Solving · Reading Comprehension · Active Listening
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Mapped from CIP 51.3802, 51.3803Manage patients' airway or pulmonary status, using techniques such as endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, respiratory therapy, and extubation.
Respond to emergency situations by providing airway management, administering emergency fluids or drugs, or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques.
Reading Comprehension · Critical Thinking · Complex Problem Solving
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Mapped from CIP 51.3804Provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, or newborn care to patients.
Monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat, taking external uterine measurements, identifying fetal position, or estimating fetal size and weight.
Social Perceptiveness · Active Listening · Speaking
Mapped from CIP 51.3807Data Related occupations grouped by government career field, with their pay range.
Data Other programs whose crosswalk occupations overlap with these.
Data A national median for federal-aid graduates of this field: a separate measure from the BLS job pay above.
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The NCES/BLS crosswalk relates instructional programs (CIP 2020) to occupations (SOC 2018) when programs in the CIP category typically prepare individuals directly for jobs in the occupation. This page uses the CIP program series below and shows every non-residual occupation mapped to them that has BLS wages and O*NET data; each occupation lists the CIP codes that map to it.
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