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Registered nurse salary in Missouri

Open registered nurse jobs in Missouri post a median of $44 an hour, the middle half $38.25–$51.50 (about $91,500 a year full time), $5 below the national posted median. From 610 jobs at 24 employers that state their pay.

$44
Median posted /hr
$38–$52
Middle half /hr
$91,500
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$39.32
BLS median in MO
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Registered nurse jobs in Missouri · Registered nurse pay nationwide

What registered nurses are paid in Missouri

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

Posted hourly rates of 610 open jobs in Missouri. Lowest posted $16, highest $88.40.

Posted on open jobs in Missouri

$38.25–$51.50/hr

Middle half of 93 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $44. 25% of the 2,486 open registered nurse jobs in Missouri state an hourly rate.

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Registered nurse pay by town in Missouri

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
St. Louis$45.50$20–$88.40257 (9)
Columbia$42.75$28.35–$56129 (2)
Kansas City$48$16–$65.7058 (4)
Jefferson City$40.50$29.77–$58.8628 (1)
Independence$52.50$32–$65.7025 (2)
Lee's Summit$53.75$46–$65.7019 (1)
Belton$52.50$46–$60.5014 (1)
St. Peters$42.50$32–$58.0113 (1)
O'Fallon$40.25$31–$51.7010 (2)
Sullivan$40.25$32–$48.288 (1)
Chesterfield$47.50$31–$73.236 (3)
Farmington$45.75$32–$64.346 (1)
Springfield$41.50$32–$604 (4)
Cape Girardeau$60$40–$653 (2)
Fenton$46$31–$64.723 (2)
Florissant$45.75$34–$58.013 (2)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Registered nurse pay by employer in Missouri

What each employer posts for registered nurses here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
BJC HealthCare$40.25$32–$73.23280
MU Health Care$42.75$28.35–$58.86157
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$52.50$29–$65.7092
Children's Mercy KC$33.50$29–$37.6926
Mercy$40$20–$4013
The Delmar Gardens Family$40$31–$497
Acadia Healthcare$47.50$38–$655
Select Medical$47$37–$575
Universal Health Services$62.50$60–$652
Ascension$55.75$30.34–$88.402
Option Care Health$51.75$38.84–$64.722
Benedictine$44$42–$462
UnitedHealth Group$43$29–$54.412
American Oncology Network$39.25$26.83–$50.702
Giving Home Health Care$39.25$16–$562
Blessing Hospital$34.50$27.66–$41.492
CVS Health$31.25$17–$56.142
PAM Health$55$551
Aging Well Health Care$47.50$45–$501
Helia Healthcare$44.50$34–$551
Washington University in St. Louis$41.50$30.38–$52.831
All Ways Caring HomeCare$40$401
North Kansas City Hospital$34.50$34.501
Ignite Medical Resorts$30$28–$321

Median of each employer's jobs in Missouri (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for registered nurses nationwide when it has such a page.

Night shift registered nurse pay in Missouri

Where one employer posts both night and other registered nurse jobs in the same state (9 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$40.25 (80)$40.25 (200)
MU Health Care, MO$42.75 (40)$40.50 (117)
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, MO$54 (20)$52.50 (72)
Children's Mercy KC, MO$35.50 (6)$33.50 (20)
Mercy, MO$20 (1)$40 (12)
BJC HealthCare, IL$40.25 (2)$40.25 (4)
Select Medical, MO$46.50 (2)$48 (3)
Benedictine, MO$44 (1)$44 (1)

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

Jobs that state a yearly salary

Measured on their own, never converted to hourly.

104 open jobs in Missouri state a yearly salary: a median of $91,400, the middle half $84,200 to $98,100.

Best-paid open registered nurse jobs in Missouri

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

What BLS measures in Missouri

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Missouri. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Registered Nurses (29-1141)$30.40 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$36.56 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$39.32 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$47.39 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$50.19 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)76,310 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Registered nurse salary in Missouri: common questions

How much does a registered nurse make in Missouri?

Open registered nurse jobs in Missouri that state an hourly rate post a median of $44, the middle half $38.25–$51.50 (610 jobs from 24 employers). Full time that is about $91,500 a year. BLS measured a median of $39.32/hr ($81,780 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Missouri (May 2025).

Where in Missouri do registered nurses earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: St. Louis ($45.50), Columbia ($42.75), Kansas City ($48) and Jefferson City ($40.50). The town table lists 16.

Which employers in Missouri pay registered nurses the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: HealthTrust Workforce Solutions ($52.50), Acadia Healthcare ($47.50) and Select Medical ($47).

How does Missouri compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Missouri ($44) is $5 below the national posted median of $49. In the BLS survey Missouri ranks 40 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 610 of 2,486 open registered nurse jobs in Missouri (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.

Registered nurse pay in other states

Registered nurse salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. 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 OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses (SOC 29-1141), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Registered nurse salary in Missouri. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/registered-nurse/missouri

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