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Nursing Mastery

Pay & salary

Nurse pay is local, stated, and comparable. Posted numbers beat averages: what employers in your state are offering right now, on the postings themselves. That is what the pay pages and the rail below run on.24,461 pay-stated nursing roles are open on the board right now.

Nurse Pay Index

Advice is one thing. Here is what the postings say.

The median nursing job posted right now pays $95,680 a year, read live from 23,369 postings that state pay. See your state, your specialty, and where your own number lands.

$95,680
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Maimonides Health workplace

RN - Pediatric Resource Team

$57/hr

Maimonides Health logoMaimonides Health

Brooklyn, NY · Seen active today

  • RN
  • 12-hour nights
  • ADN accepted
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University of Iowa Healthcare workplace

Staff Nurse - Nursing Float Pool - Adult Critical Care Tier 3 Night Shifts

$30/hr

University of Iowa Healthcare

Iowa City, IA · Seen active today

  • Sign-on bonus
  • RN
  • Night shift
  • +$15/hr differential
  • Union represented
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Registered Nurse

$50/hr

BHI Senior Living logoBHI Senior Living

Grand Rapids, MI · Posted 2 weeks ago

  • RN
  • 12-hour days
  • Tuition reimbursement
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  • New grads welcomed
  • RN
  • Weekends, Holidays, Flexible, On Call
  • CMS 3-star hospital
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RN MedSurg/Tele ICU - Full Time Nights

$52/hr

Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital

Los Angeles, CA · Seen active today

  • RN
  • 12-hour nights
  • CMS 4-star hospital
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Nurse/LPN/RN/EMT or Paramedic with IV and Blood Draw Expertise

$30/hr

Interventional Orthopedics of Washington

Bellevue, WA · Seen active today

  • RN/LPN/LVN
  • Day shift
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Questions nurses ask

Why do nurse salary numbers vary so much between sites?
Most sites average old survey data across whole states. Posted pay on live listings moves faster and tells you what an employer will put in writing, which is why we lead with it.
Do all nursing jobs list pay?
No, and the gap matters. Some states require a posted range and others don't. The rail on this page shows only roles that state a number, so a listing without one never pads the picture.
How do I compare an offer against the market?
Put the offer's base, differentials, and schedule next to posted pay for the same role and state. The offer tools walk that comparison line by line.