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Charge nurse salary

Open charge nurse jobs post a median of $52 an hour, with the middle half paying $44.25–$65: about $108,200 a year full time. Measured from 303 jobs at 68 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

$52
Median posted /hr
$44–$65
Middle half /hr
$108,200
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$46.90
BLS median /hr
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Charge nurse jobs · A specialty of registered nurse pay

What charge nurses are paid

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint). The middle half of employers' rates is in the darker color.

Posted hourly rates of 303 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $24.45, the highest $139.82.

Posted on open jobs

$44.25–$65/hr

Middle half of 130 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $52. 32% of the 935 open charge nurse jobs state an hourly rate. 4 more state an "up to" ceiling, a weekly travel rate, a per-visit fee, or a rate far from the rest (a differential read as pay), left out.

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Charge nurse pay by employer

What each employer posts for charge nurses, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Emory Healthcare$47.50$47.40–$49.7743
CommonSpirit Health$45.25$31.50–$90.8229
BJC HealthCare$47.25$32–$58.0128
MU Health Care$42.75$29.77–$51.0219
OSF HealthCare$45.75$34.25–$59.1314
Baptist Health South Florida$53.50$44.31–$62.4313
Kaiser Permanente$73.50$59.69–$88.1612
Denver Health$51.50$38.42–$63.5411
AdventHealth$50.50$31.85–$78.6011
Providence$72.25$41.79–$110.417
Kaweah Health$62.75$50.24–$78.367
Northwestern Medicine$50$38.50–$61.607
PAM Health$60$58–$705
UW Health$54.50$43.52–$65.285
Cedars-Sinai$83.75$59.22–$102.994
Loma Linda University Health$71.50$60.97–$82.014
Seattle Children's$71.50$47.60–$91.304
ScionHealth$56.25$49.50–$64.924
United Surgical Partners International$55$44–$704
Ascension$51$38.83–$65.014
Nationwide Children's Hospital$50.75$39.90–$50.804
Valley Children's Healthcare$77.25$63.16–$91.583
HealthPartners$62$45.34–$78.573
Fairview Health Services$52.75$39.57–$62.893
Valley Health (Virginia)$52$42.15–$61.943
Sutter Health$112.25$89.16–$139.822
Legacy Health$75$60.08–$89.742
Tenet Healthcare$66.50$51.18–$81.912
LifePoint Health$59.75$44–$78.082
Children's National Hospital$56$41.91–$69.842
Endeavor Health$47.50$37.25–$57.742
Maine Veterans Homes$41$36.81–$45.242
Fundamental Healthcare$40$38–$422
Caraday Healthcare$39$37–$412
Samaritan Health Services$74.75$58.86–$90.411
Sharp HealthCare$72$69.07–$75.081
Overlake Medical Center$70.50$50.72–$90.171
Westchester Medical Center Health Network$69.50$65.41–$73.581
Confluence Health$65.75$45.59–$85.671
US Renal Care$65.25$65.191

Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.

Charge nurse pay by state

States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state an hourly rate, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.

StateMedian postedMiddle halfBLS medianJobs
Oregon$74.75$73.50–$75$62.02 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)8
California$70.75$60.75–$77$67.44 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)42
Washington$69.25$66.50–$71.25$59.71 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)12
Colorado$51.50$49.75–$56.50$48.20 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)22
Florida$50.75$46–$53$40.48 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)18
Illinois$47.50$45.75–$50$46.15 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)27
Missouri$42.50$40.75–$45.75$39.32 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)47
Texas$41.75$39–$50.25$46.14 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9

Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (May 2025).

Night shift charge nurse pay

Where one employer posts both night and other charge nurse jobs in the same state (17 such employers and states), the night jobs post the same base rate as the rest (the median gap is $0): most employers state their night differential apart from the base pay, so check the posting for it.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
BJC HealthCare, MO$47.25 (8)$47.25 (19)
MU Health Care, MO$42.75 (7)$42.75 (12)
Denver Health, CO$51.50 (3)$51.50 (8)
Kaweah Health, CA$62.75 (1)$63.50 (6)
Northwestern Medicine, IL$50 (3)$50 (4)
AdventHealth, CO$50.50 (2)$50.50 (4)
Cedars-Sinai, CA$83.75 (1)$83.75 (3)
Loma Linda University Health, CA$71.50 (2)$71.50 (2)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Best-paid open charge nurse jobs

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Every open job: Charge nurse jobs

What BLS measures

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys what people employed in the occupation earn, at every level of experience. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered, so the two measure different things.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Registered Nurses (29-1141)$33.14 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$38.62 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$46.90 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$54.02 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$66.09 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)3,379,720 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($52) is $5.10 above the BLS median ($46.90 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)). Posted ranges run from a new hire's rate to an experienced one's, and their midpoint is counted here.

Charge nurse salary: common questions

How much does a charge nurse make an hour?

Open charge nurse jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $52, with the middle half between $44.25–$65 (303 jobs from 68 employers, each employer's advertised range counted once). Postings advertise a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics measured a median of $46.90/hr ($97,550 a year) for registered nurses in May 2025.

How much does a charge nurse make a year?

At the posted median of $52 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $108,200, and the middle half to $92,000 to $135,200. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states.

Which states pay charge nurses the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: Oregon ($74.75), California ($70.75) and Washington ($69.25). The lowest: Texas ($41.75), Missouri ($42.50) and Illinois ($47.50). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay charge nurses the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Kaiser Permanente ($73.50), Providence ($72.25) and Kaweah Health ($62.75). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Do night shift charge nurses earn more?

Not in the base rate employers post: where one employer posts both night and other charge nurse jobs in the same state (17 such employers and states), the median gap is $0. Most state their night differential separately in the posting.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay CareJobs.Now's open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 303 of 935 open charge nurse jobs (32%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none, "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out, and each employer's advertised range counts once in the median, so no single employer sets it.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used: a plain hourly or yearly figure or range in US dollars, read from the job's own posting. A range counts at its midpoint. In the median and the middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; an employer's own figures count its jobs one by one. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates under a third or over three times the occupation's median are left out. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours (40 a week). A job counts under its occupation and every occupation above it, and under every state it is open in. A page exists while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Registered Nurses (SOC 29-1141), published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses by state, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Registered Nurses (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Charge nurse salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/charge-nurse

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