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Oncology nurse salary

Open oncology nurse jobs post a median of $49.25 an hour, with the middle half paying $43.75–$61: about $102,400 a year full time. Measured from 459 jobs at 110 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

$49.25
Median posted /hr
$44–$61
Middle half /hr
$102,400
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$46.90
BLS median /hr
May 2025

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

What oncology 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 459 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $20, the highest $120.77.

Posted on open jobs

$43.75–$61/hr

Middle half of 243 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $49.25. 32% of the 1,432 open oncology nurse jobs state an hourly rate. 180 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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Oncology nurse pay by employer

What each employer posts for oncology 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
Northwestern Medicine$47.50$34.50–$59.2023
Emory Healthcare$43$43–$57.6220
Beth Israel Lahey Health$66.25$35–$101.1415
RWJBarnabas Health$59.75$46.90–$72.3915
BJC HealthCare$40.25$32–$50.3815
CommonSpirit Health$57.25$31.50–$91.8714
Advocate Health$44.50$35.50–$57.3014
Endeavor Health$47.50$36–$64.8813
UPMC$42.50$29.92–$51.7913
Hackensack Meridian Health$46.25$43.77–$48.1812
Mount Sinai Health System$67$64.85–$71.2310
Sentara Health$51.50$38.01–$7510
Sutter Health$99.50$74.98–$120.779
Providence$62$36.08–$94.069
Inova$51.75$39–$76.259
Ascension$46.25$31.75–$57.059
Avera Health$34.50$20–$46.259
Cedars-Sinai$73$44.25–$102.998
Moffitt Cancer Center$47$36.63–$60.408
UAB Medicine$38.25$28.04–$488
Atlantic Health$57.75$41.79–$73.567
Mayo Clinic$55.25$35.84–$66.847
UW Health$48$30.93–$60.457
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$47.75$37.20–$58.407
AdventHealth$47.25$31.53–$61.057
Stanford Health Care$103.75$96.35–$111.146
Scripps Health$72.50$59.16–$85.686
OSF HealthCare$42.75$34.25–$52.166
Sanford Health$40$29.50–$486
Mass General Brigham$73.75$41.71–$108.295
MultiCare Health System$69.50$43.85–$90.835
UChicago Medicine$59$40.95–$76.945
Boston Medical Center$58.75$38.05–$79.475
UMass Memorial Health$58.75$36.24–$87.155
Allina Health$57.25$37.04–$74.335
Carle Health$48.25$33.11–$63.355
AtlantiCare$51.25$41.50–$614
Rochester Regional Health$45.75$35.34–$57.454
Riverside Health$43.25$36.50–$53.084
MU Health Care$37.75$29.77–$51.024

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.

Oncology 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$72.50$63.50–$90$67.44 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)49
Washington$67.25$62–$70$59.71 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)21
New York$64.75$45.75–$71$52.62 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)22
Massachusetts$59$56.75–$67.25$50.27 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)35
Minnesota$54.50$48.25–$58.50$48.80 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)16
New Jersey$54.25$48–$57.75$51.20 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)46
Colorado$47.75$47.25–$52.75$48.20 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
Illinois$47.50$44.50–$48.25$46.15 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)64
Florida$47.25$46–$48$40.48 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)11
Virginia$46$43–$51.50$45 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)35
Tennessee$45.25$43.75–$46.50$39.18 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)8
North Carolina$45$43–$47.25$40.56 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)12
Wisconsin$44.50$44–$47.25$45.93 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)13
Texas$44.25$41.75–$47$46.14 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)8
Missouri$40.75$39–$41.50$39.32 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)19
South Dakota$37$33.25–$38.75$37.53 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)14

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 oncology nurse pay

Where one employer posts both night and other oncology nurse jobs in the same state (28 such employers and states), the night jobs post a median $0.50 an hour more than the rest. Many employers state a night differential apart from the base pay, which this does not count.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
Northwestern Medicine, IL$47.50 (7)$44.75 (16)
Beth Israel Lahey Health, MA$68 (1)$66.25 (13)
BJC HealthCare, MO$40.25 (2)$40.25 (12)
Endeavor Health, IL$47.50 (6)$47.50 (7)
UPMC, PA$45.25 (2)$42.50 (11)
Hackensack Meridian Health, NJ$47.25 (4)$46.25 (8)
Mount Sinai Health System, NY$64.75 (4)$71 (6)
Inova, VA$51.75 (3)$51.75 (6)

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

Oncology 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.

32 open jobs from 19 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $112,700, the middle half $86,400 to $125,800, from $52,555 to $181,854 posted.

Best-paid open oncology nurse jobs

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

Every open job: Oncology 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 ($49.25) is $2.35 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.

Oncology nurse salary: common questions

How much does an oncology nurse make an hour?

Open oncology nurse jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $49.25, with the middle half between $43.75–$61 (459 jobs from 110 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 an oncology nurse make a year?

At the posted median of $49.25 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $102,400, and the middle half to $91,000 to $126,900. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 32 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $112,700.

Which states pay oncology nurses the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: California ($72.50), Washington ($67.25) and New York ($64.75). The lowest: South Dakota ($37), Missouri ($40.75) and Texas ($44.25). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay oncology nurses the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Stanford Health Care ($103.75), Sutter Health ($99.50) and Mass General Brigham ($73.75). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Do night shift oncology nurses earn more?

Where one employer posts both night and other oncology nurse jobs in the same state (28 such employers and states), night jobs post a median $0.50 an hour more. Many state a night differential on top of that.

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: 459 of 1,432 open oncology 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). Oncology nurse salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/oncology-nurse

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