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Nurse manager salary

Open nurse manager jobs post a median of $63.25 an hour, with the middle half paying $53–$77.50: about $131,600 a year full time. Measured from 260 jobs at 85 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

$63.25
Median posted /hr
$53–$78
Middle half /hr
$131,600
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$59.55
BLS median /hr
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Nurse manager jobs

What nurse managers 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 260 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $21.18, the highest $200.14.

Posted on open jobs

$53–$77.50/hr

Middle half of 172 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $63.25. 11% of the 2,284 open nurse manager jobs state an hourly rate. 25 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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Nurse manager pay by employer

What each employer posts for nurse managers, 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
CommonSpirit Health$69.75$37.40–$122.2836
Providence$84$49.76–$141.6422
Atlantic Health$84.50$40–$200.1420
Emory Healthcare$57.50$57.629
Northwestern Medicine$70.50$61.21–$108.897
Advocate Health$63.75$47.50–$102.307
Tenet Healthcare$67$45.26–$109.716
Genesis HealthCare$44.25$40–$52.506
Stanford Health Care$103.50$74.73–$128.785
Scripps Health$93.50$72.71–$110.685
Mary Washington Healthcare$72.75$58.26–$87.405
Endeavor Health$57.75$45.21–$78.495
University Health System - San Antonio$54$39.50–$91.355
OSF HealthCare$53.50$42.64–$61.025
Trinity Health$63.25$41.46–$82.404
ECU Health$51.50$43.40–$59.684
Lee Health$49.50$42.09–$56.834
Rush-Copley Medical Center$76.75$54.42–$96.373
Kaweah Health$75$59.92–$120.653
Eisenhower Health$74.50$58.43–$90.503
MerrimackHealth$73.25$37.90–$87.983
Sharp HealthCare$71$66–$78.073
Allina Health$70$58.75–$81.293
Ellis Medicine$55.25$36.07–$66.283
AdventHealth$50.50$34.32–$67.393
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$50.50$48–$57.693
UPMC$47.75$34.98–$61.613
Alameda Health System$96.25$68.29–$126.672
Shriners Children's$91.50$54.81–$127.172
Mount Sinai Health System$80$802
Confluence Health$76.25$55.87–$96.872
Westchester Medical Center Health Network$74.25$70.51–$77.942
Valleywise Health System$65$52.58–$77.562
Hospital Sisters Health System$61.75$48.13–$75.812
Foundation Health$60.50$44.18–$77.382
SEARHC$60$50–$70.352
UVA Health$58.50$40.48–$80.262
ScionHealth$57.25$51.59–$65.562
VCU Health$54.75$37.62–$73.212
Patient First$49.50$47–$522

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.

Nurse manager 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$89.25$75.75–$98.75$68.02 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)56
Washington$77.50$69–$84$69.85 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)15
Massachusetts$63.75$57.75–$69.50$64.59 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)10
Illinois$62.25$54.50–$74$56.66 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)27
New York$60$49–$63.50$78.90 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)12
Texas$56.25$53–$63.50$54.88 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)12
Virginia$52.25$50.50–$60$62.15 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)13
North Carolina$51.50$35–$51.75$55.01 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
Georgia$50.50$46–$53.50$63.42 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)13
Florida$49.50$49–$50.50$57.86 (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).

Nurse manager 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.

621 open jobs from 180 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $126,500, the middle half $104,600 to $153,000, from $40,845 to $375,300 posted.

Nurse manager specialties

What each specialty posts. A specialty's jobs also count in the nurse manager figures above.

Best-paid open nurse manager jobs

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

Every open job: Nurse manager 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
Medical and Health Services Managers (11-9111)$35.29 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical and Health Services Managers, opens in a new tab)$45.53 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical and Health Services Managers, opens in a new tab)$59.55 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical and Health Services Managers, opens in a new tab)$79.85 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical and Health Services Managers, opens in a new tab)$107.86 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical and Health Services Managers, opens in a new tab)597,080 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical and Health Services Managers, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($63.25) is $3.70 above the BLS median ($59.55 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Medical and Health Services Managers, 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.

Nurse manager salary: common questions

How much does a nurse manager make an hour?

Open nurse manager jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $63.25, with the middle half between $53–$77.50 (260 jobs from 85 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 $59.55/hr ($123,860 a year) for medical and health services managers in May 2025.

How much does a nurse manager make a year?

At the posted median of $63.25 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $131,600, and the middle half to $110,200 to $161,200. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 621 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $126,500.

Which states pay nurse managers the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: California ($89.25), Washington ($77.50) and Massachusetts ($63.75). The lowest: Florida ($49.50), Georgia ($50.50) and North Carolina ($51.50). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay nurse managers the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Stanford Health Care ($103.50), Scripps Health ($93.50) and Atlantic Health ($84.50). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

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: 260 of 2,284 open nurse manager jobs (11%) 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: Medical and Health Services Managers (SOC 11-9111), published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Medical and Health Services Managers by state, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Medical and Health Services Managers (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

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

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