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PACU nurse pay at Northwestern Medicine

Northwestern Medicine posts $34.50–$62.40 an hour for PACU nurses, a median of $48 across 5 open jobs that state their pay, $1.50 below the $49.50 other employers post. Read from Northwestern Medicine's own job board.

$48
Median posted /hr
$35–$62
Lowest to highest /hr
$99,800
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$49.50
Other employers' median

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What PACU nurses are paid at Northwestern Medicine

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 5 open jobs at Northwestern Medicine. Lowest posted $34.50, highest $62.40.

Posted on open jobs at Northwestern Medicine

$44.75–$50.75/hr

Middle half of the employer's 5 jobs stating pay, median $48. 100% of the 5 open PACU nurse jobs at Northwestern Medicine state an hourly rate.

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Every range Northwestern Medicine posts

Each distinct hourly range on its open jobs, with how many jobs post it. Pay differs by unit, shift and experience.

Northwestern Medicine PACU nurse pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Illinois$48$34.50–$62.405

A state's name opens what every employer posts for PACU nurses there, when enough do.

Against other employers

Northwestern Medicine's own jobs beside every other employer's rates for PACU nurses (each of their advertised ranges once).

Northwestern Medicine

$48/hr median

Middle half $44.75–$50.75, from 5 jobs stating pay.

111 other employers

$49.50/hr median

Middle half $44.75–$59.25, from 379 jobs stating pay.

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PACU nurse pay at Northwestern Medicine: common questions

How much does Northwestern Medicine pay PACU nurses?

Northwestern Medicine's open PACU nurse jobs post $34.50–$62.40 an hour, a median of $48 over 5 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Full time that is about $99,800 a year. Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Northwestern Medicine pay PACU nurses more than other employers?

Its posted median ($48) is $1.50 below the median of 111 other employers' rates for PACU nurses ($49.50, middle half $44.75–$59.25). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 5 of 5 open PACU nurse jobs at Northwestern Medicine (100%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Other pay at Northwestern Medicine

PACU nurse pay at other employers

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint, every job of the employer counted once. The other employers' figures count each of their advertised ranges once. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. An employer has a page while it states a rate on at least 5 open jobs in the occupation. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). PACU nurse pay at Northwestern Medicine. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/pacu-nurse/northwestern-medicine

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