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Healthcare pay and roles in Minnesota

Minnesota isn't part of the Nurse Licensure Compact. In its place, the Board of Nursing runs a registry that lets a nurse from four neighboring states work here without ever holding a Minnesota license.

Median Healthcare Salaryin Minnesota

10%$17.00/hr
median$27.00/hr
90%$85.00/hr

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Six conditions, and one profession left out

The Board of Nursing's fact sheet sets six conditions on the Border State Registry. A nurse needs a current license in Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Wisconsin, and has to live in that same border state. The license can't carry current or past adverse action, and the nurse can't be in an alternative or diversion program for an impairing illness, or have been refused a Minnesota license before. The last condition is about the employer: a hospital, clinic, prepaid medical plan, or other health care institution located in Minnesota. None of it reaches advanced practice. The law covers professional and practical nursing only, and an advanced practice registered nurse can't use it at all.

Healthcare jobs in Minnesota by role

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Your questions about healthcare jobs in Minnesota, answered

Is Minnesota part of the Nurse Licensure Compact?

No, and nothing is moving toward it. The compact's own map data records no pending NLC legislation in Minnesota. Its own Border State Registry is what a nurse from Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Wisconsin uses instead.

Does a multistate license work in Minnesota?

No. The Board of Nursing says so directly: other states' nursing licenses, including a license labeled "Multistate," aren't valid in Minnesota, except under identified legal circumstances. A nurse from any other state applies for a Minnesota license the ordinary way, unless the Border State Registry's own conditions happen to cover them.

Who can't use Minnesota's Border State Registry?

Anyone working for a temporary agency, or for an employer whose main purpose isn't health care, needs a Minnesota license regardless of where they live. The fact sheet gives schools, correctional facilities, and manufacturing plants as examples of the second kind. A nursing school runs into the same wall from the other side: Board rules require every RN faculty member to hold a current Minnesota RN license, whatever state they call home.