Long-term care nurse pay in Pennsylvania
$78,000median posted offer#13 of 15 states for Long-term care
Long-term care nurses in Pennsylvania are being offered a median $78,000 a year across 5 live postings that state pay — 13% below the national Long-term care median of $90,142. Updated September 10, 2026.
Where does your pay sit in Long-term care in Pennsylvania?
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Other specialties in Pennsylvania
- Nursing Management/Admin 7 postings$117k
- Infectious Disease 5 postings$117k
- Nurse Practitioner 9 postings$117k
- Executive Nurses & Nurse Administrators 5 postings$113k
- Healthcare Management Occupations 5 postings$113k
- Travel 12 postings$112k
- Education/Staff Development 6 postings$112k
- Home Health 20 postings$112k
Or see all nurse pay in Pennsylvania (643 postings), or Long-term care pay across every state.
What to do with this
- See the rolesSee open nursing roles in PennsylvaniaEvery posting behind these numbers is a live job you can open and apply to.
- Offer in hand?Run it through the offer reality calculatorTurn it into a full-year number, see what it's worth where you'd live, and compare offers side by side.
- 3-minute PULSEFind the work that brings out your bestPay is one axis. Your pace, decision style, connection, scope, and energy rhythm shape the rest.
- CommunityAsk nurses what they really take homeDifferentials, ratios, and the offer nobody posts. Bring your number and compare notes.
Want the craft behind the numbers — differentials, negotiating, travel packages? Read the pay & salary guides.
Questions nurses ask
- How much do Long-term care nurses make in Pennsylvania?
- Across 5 live Long-term care postings in Pennsylvania that state pay, the median offer is $78,000 a year. The middle half runs $72,800–$89,000, and the top 10% start at $101,600.
- Is Pennsylvania a good state for Long-term care nurses?
- On posted pay, Pennsylvania ranks #13 of 15 states for Long-term care. The median there is 13% below the national Long-term care median of $90,142. Pay is one axis — shift, ratios, and cost of living decide whether the job is worth it.
- Where do these numbers come from?
- Midpoint of stated salary ranges on live nursing job postings; values outside $20,000–$800,000/yr treated as parse artifacts and excluded; groups under 5 postings suppressed. Headline figures blend every employment type; `employmentTypes` splits the same postings into staff, travel, PRN and agency bands, each annualized on the posting's own stated terms (weekly travel rates at 52 weeks), so a rate is only ever ranked against its own band. Community-reported figures are anonymous, unverified, and reported separately.