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Labor and delivery nurse salary

Open labor and delivery nurse jobs post a median of $55.50 an hour, with the middle half paying $46.25–$66.75: about $115,400 a year full time. Measured from 513 jobs at 123 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

$55.50
Median posted /hr
$46–$67
Middle half /hr
$115,400
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$46.90
BLS median /hr
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Labor and delivery nurse jobs · A specialty of registered nurse pay

What labor and delivery 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 513 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $24.09, the highest $121.11.

Posted on open jobs

$46.25–$66.75/hr

Middle half of 311 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $55.50. 25% of the 2,068 open labor and delivery nurse jobs state an hourly rate. 856 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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Labor and delivery nurse pay by employer

What each employer posts for labor and delivery 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
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$53.75$37.20–$92121
AdventHealth$44$30.70–$87.5028
CommonSpirit Health$47.25$30–$100.0225
Riverside Health$43.25$33–$8517
Kaiser Permanente$88.25$53.28–$111.9416
Providence$70$36.08–$94.0612
Atlantic Health$57.75$41.79–$73.5612
Endeavor Health$47.50$35.15–$70.0812
Ascension$47.25$34.13–$88.4012
RWJBarnabas Health$57.75$46.90–$77.5210
UPMC$47$37–$7210
Beth Israel Lahey Health$59.75$35–$98.199
Sentara Health$51.50$41.93–$809
Hackensack Meridian Health$46.25$38.27–$46.258
MU Health Care$40.50$32.82–$51.027
Baptist Health South Florida$66$40.84–$696
Northwell Health$82.50$60.57–$1085
Texas Health Resources$70$705
MultiCare Health System$68.75$43.85–$93.535
Fairview Health Services$59.50$42.93–$75.665
Trinity Health$55$32.74–$805
Inova$51.75$39–$69.255
Mary Washington Healthcare$50.50$44.44–$56.565
Northwestern Medicine$50$34.50–$61.605
Adventist HealthCare$46$37–$555
GBMC HealthCare$40.75$32.18–$49.465
Sutter Health$84.25$53.90–$103.714
Sharp HealthCare$65.75$44.67–$70.744
UVA Health$49.25$33.37–$724
Mass General Brigham$73.75$37.69–$105.653
Tenet Healthcare$70$47–$77.603
Baptist Health (Jacksonville)$65$653
South Shore Health$61.75$39.50–$84.023
Kaweah Health$58$46.44–$83.333
Carle Health$51.25$36.80–$63.353
Advocate Health$47.75$38.20–$57.303
Sinai Chicago$46.75$36–$49.503
Bassett Healthcare Network$43.50$41.81–$45.223
OSF HealthCare$42.75$31.67–$51.133
Avera Health$40.50$32.50–$51.503

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.

Labor and delivery 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
California$72.25$67.75–$81.75$67.44 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)61
Oregon$67.50$64.25–$68.75$62.02 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)8
Washington$66.75$63–$69.75$59.71 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)20
Massachusetts$61.75$57–$65.50$50.27 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)20
Utah$58.75$54.25–$65.75$40.67 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)8
Texas$57.50$47–$64$46.14 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)50
Minnesota$57$53.25–$59.50$48.80 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)13
New Jersey$55.50$52.75–$57.75$51.20 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)35
Kansas$54$51.50–$59.75$38.14 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)11
Colorado$53$45.75–$60.25$48.20 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)23
New York$53$45–$74$52.62 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)12
North Carolina$52.75$47.75–$72.75$40.56 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
Tennessee$52$48.25–$61.25$39.18 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)18
Virginia$51.50$48.75–$59$45 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)53
Florida$48.25$46.50–$64.50$40.48 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)39
Illinois$47.50$44.75–$50$46.15 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)36
Maryland$45$43–$48.25$47.98 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)17
Missouri$40.50$38.25–$47.50$39.32 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)13

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 labor and delivery nurse pay

Where one employer posts both night and other labor and delivery nurse jobs in the same state (33 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
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, TX$52 (13)$55 (16)
AdventHealth, FL$42.25 (12)$44 (6)
Riverside Health, VA$43.25 (4)$45.75 (13)
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, VA$52.75 (6)$53.75 (7)
Atlantic Health, NJ$57.75 (8)$56.75 (4)
Endeavor Health, IL$47.50 (7)$47.50 (5)
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, TN$51.75 (6)$52 (6)
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, FL$50.75 (5)$47.50 (6)

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

Labor and delivery nurse jobs that state a yearly salary

Some jobs state a salary for the year instead of an hourly rate. They are measured on their own here, never converted.

5 open jobs from 4 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $90,400, the middle half $73,400 to $115,300, from $71,022 to $246,400 posted.

Best-paid open labor and delivery nurse jobs

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

Every open job: Labor and delivery 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 ($55.50) is $8.60 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.

Labor and delivery nurse salary: common questions

How much does a labor and delivery nurse make an hour?

Open labor and delivery nurse jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $55.50, with the middle half between $46.25–$66.75 (513 jobs from 123 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 labor and delivery nurse make a year?

At the posted median of $55.50 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $115,400, and the middle half to $96,200 to $138,800. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 5 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $90,400.

Which states pay labor and delivery nurses the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: California ($72.25), Oregon ($67.50) and Washington ($66.75). The lowest: Missouri ($40.50), Maryland ($45) and Illinois ($47.50). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay labor and delivery nurses the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Kaiser Permanente ($88.25), Northwell Health ($82.50) and Providence ($70). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Do night shift labor and delivery nurses earn more?

Not in the base rate employers post: where one employer posts both night and other labor and delivery nurse jobs in the same state (33 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: 513 of 2,068 open labor and delivery nurse jobs (25%) 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). Labor and delivery nurse salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/labor-and-delivery-nurse

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