license

Registered Nurse Licence (NCLEX-RN)

NCSBN / State Boards of Nursing

$200

exam fee · checked 2026-08

300 hrs

300 hours — about 30 weeks at 10 hrs/wk

2 yr

renewal cycle — this is a recurring cost

NCSBN / State Boards of Nursing — official page →

Where it is actually asked for

Registered Nurse (national)17%34 of 200 postings
Social and Human Service Assistant (national)16%8 of 50 postings
Medical and Health Services Manager (national)8%6 of 73 postings

Where it barely came up

It appeared in these samples, but rarely. If one of these is the job you want, this credential is probably not the thing standing between you and it.

Nurse Practitioner (national)4%4 of 113 postings

These percentages describe the samples we read, listed above with their sizes and dates. They are not a statement about the whole labour market, and absence from this page means we have no evidence either way — not that the credential is worthless. How we know →