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Registered nurse salary in Pennsylvania

Open registered nurse jobs in Pennsylvania post a median of $46 an hour, the middle half $40.50–$50.25 (about $95,700 a year full time), $3 below the national posted median. From 606 jobs at 43 employers that state their pay.

$46
Median posted /hr
$41–$50
Middle half /hr
$95,700
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$46.36
BLS median in PA
May 2025

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

What registered nurses are paid in Pennsylvania

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

Posted hourly rates of 606 open jobs in Pennsylvania. Lowest posted $23, highest $73.

Posted on open jobs in Pennsylvania

$40.50–$50.25/hr

Middle half of 188 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $46. 24% of the 2,577 open registered nurse jobs in Pennsylvania state an hourly rate.

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Registered nurse pay by town in Pennsylvania

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

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Pittsburgh$46.25$27.99–$72159 (7)
Harrisburg$48.25$30.83–$7273 (4)
Erie$46.25$27.99–$7247 (2)
Philadelphia$47.75$30–$71.2137 (8)
Williamsport$45.25$25.40–$7227 (1)
Mechanicsburg$48.75$38.96–$61.6120 (1)
Hanover$48.75$38.96–$58.0714 (1)
Carlisle$43.50$23–$51.7314 (2)
New Castle$41.75$36.07–$61.2813 (2)
Seneca$40.50$36.07–$51.7311 (1)
West Mifflin$42.50$28.75–$56.8310 (1)
Farrell$40.25$36.07–$45.049 (1)
Washington$38$27.89–$48.219 (1)
King of Prussia$48.25$30–$58.158 (2)
Wellsboro$44.75$36.75–$51.738 (1)
York$51.25$36.85–$697 (2)
Kane$40.75$36.07–$52.187 (1)
Reading$65$41–$706 (1)
Lititz$47$36.50–$58.076 (1)
Altoona$43$28.48–$726 (2)
Lancaster$50.25$35–$695 (4)
Camp Hill$46.50$30.83–$64.725 (5)
Monroeville$40.75$28.48–$52.185 (1)
McKeesport$36.25$28.48–$43.855 (2)
Danville$55.50$42–$654 (1)
Wilkes-Barre$47.25$30.83–$704 (3)
Media$44$32–$68.844 (3)
Easton$43.50$31–$694 (2)
Cranberry Township$42.50$28.48–$52.184 (1)
Paoli$54$40.25–$623 (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 Pennsylvania

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
UPMC$42.50$25.40–$72449
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$53.25$40.25–$6728
BAYADA Home Health Care$37.25$27–$6020
Select Medical$47.50$35–$6412
Acadia Healthcare$46$41–$7010
UnitedHealth Group$45.75$29–$68.5610
Genesis HealthCare$45.50$23–$696
Senior LIFE$45$456
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health$42.75$32–$45.606
The Children's Home of Pittsburgh$38.50$33–$456
Main Line Health$56.50$44–$70.085
Option Care Health$51.75$38.84–$71.214
Universal Health Services$65$60–$703
PrimeCare Medical$42.50$33–$463
Acts Retirement-Life Communities$42.25$33–$59.673
Elderwood$50.25$38–$62.402
CVS Health$45$26.01–$68.552
ChenMed$44.75$36.90–$52.702
Riddle Village$44$42.58–$45.272
Willow Valley Communities$39.75$35–$442
RHA Health Services$35$352
ENT and Allergy Associates$29$292
Trinity Health$70.50$68–$731
PAM Health$70$701
PAX Health$60$601
Prime Healthcare$57.50$55–$601
Capital Health$54$45.60–$62.591
BrightSpring Health Services$51$42–$601
Healogics$49.75$44.08–$55.551
DaVita$48$40–$561
InnovAge$48$41.73–$54.281
Erickson Senior Living$46$35–$571
Guidehealth$42$421
Little Flower Manor$41$411
Vitalant$40.50$34.90–$46.071
Waverly Heights$40.50$39–$421
Marathon Health$40$35–$451
Melmark$40$401
Amedisys$39.50$38–$411
PM Pediatric Care$38$30–$461

Median of each employer's jobs in Pennsylvania (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 Pennsylvania

Where one employer posts both night and other registered nurse jobs in the same state (11 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
UPMC, PA$45.25 (26)$42.50 (423)
BAYADA Home Health Care, PA$47.50 (3)$37 (17)
Select Medical, PA$47 (5)$47.50 (7)
Acadia Healthcare, PA$46 (6)$55.25 (4)
Select Medical, GA$47.25 (2)$47.50 (1)
Universal Health Services, PA$60 (1)$67.50 (2)
RHA Health Services, PA$35 (1)$35 (1)
Select Medical, TN$47.50 (1)$47.50 (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.

50 open jobs in Pennsylvania state a yearly salary: a median of $94,500, the middle half $87,500 to $100,500.

Best-paid open registered nurse jobs in Pennsylvania

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

What BLS measures in Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Registered Nurses (29-1141)$34.04 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$38.75 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$46.36 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$50.35 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$56.69 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)146,520 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Registered nurse salary in Pennsylvania: common questions

How much does a registered nurse make in Pennsylvania?

Open registered nurse jobs in Pennsylvania that state an hourly rate post a median of $46, the middle half $40.50–$50.25 (606 jobs from 43 employers). Full time that is about $95,700 a year. BLS measured a median of $46.36/hr ($96,430 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Pennsylvania (May 2025).

Where in Pennsylvania do registered nurses earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Pittsburgh ($46.25), Harrisburg ($48.25), Erie ($46.25) and Philadelphia ($47.75). The town table lists 30.

Which employers in Pennsylvania pay registered nurses the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Universal Health Services ($65), Main Line Health ($56.50) and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ($53.25).

How does Pennsylvania compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Pennsylvania ($46) is $3 below the national posted median of $49. In the BLS survey Pennsylvania ranks 20 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: 606 of 2,577 open registered nurse jobs in Pennsylvania (24%) 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 Pennsylvania. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/registered-nurse/pennsylvania

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