Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania: the hospital's own report to Medicare
What Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center pays nurses per hour
Average hourly wages in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, from the hospital's report to Medicare: the 9th highest registered nurse average of 125 Pennsylvania hospitals. It is Geisinger's, hiring on this site.
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center: common questions
How much does Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center pay registered nurses per hour?
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes Barre, PA reported an average of $69.31 per registered nurse hour to Medicare's occupational mix survey (in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits): the 9th highest of 125 Pennsylvania hospitals. Pennsylvania's hospitals together averaged $53.97 an hour, all US hospitals $60.42 an hour. An average over every RN hour, staff and travel nurses together, not a starting rate.
What does Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center pay LPNs and nursing aides?
Licensed practical nurse hours averaged $30.98 an hour (Pennsylvania $31.16). Nursing aide hours averaged $22.50 an hour (Pennsylvania $22.20). Medical assistant hours averaged $18.83 an hour.
What is Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center's Medicare star rating?
4 of 5 stars in Medicare's overall rating; 77% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well, and 63% would definitely recommend it. It was not among the hospitals Medicare penalized for patient harm in fiscal year 2026. It is a non-profit hospital (every Pennsylvania hospital by rating).
Is Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center hiring nurses?
It is Geisinger's, and Geisinger's open jobs are on this site, read from its own job board. Every registered nurse job in Pennsylvania.
Sources and method
The hospital's survey wages over its paid hours for each category, its own and contract staff together, before benefits; the state's over all its hospitals' hours. Medicare number 390270. Read 10 Nov 2026.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare wage index occupational mix survey (FY 2027 April public use file)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information (Care Compare)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital (Care Compare)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). What Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center pays nurses per hour. Data as of 10 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/hospital-nurse-pay/pennsylvania/geisinger-wyoming-valley-medical-center