Registered nurse salary in Washington

Open registered nurse jobs in Washington post a median of $61.75 an hour, the middle half $54–$69.25 (about $128,400 a year full time), $12.75 above the national posted median. From 741 jobs at 64 employers that state their pay.

Median posted /hr

Middle half /hr

A year, full time

estimate, 2,080 hours

BLS median in WA

May 2025

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

What registered nurses are paid in Washington

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

Posted hourly rates of 741 open jobs in Washington. Lowest posted $26.01, highest $107.35.

Posted on open jobs in Washington

$54–$69.25/hr

Middle half of 266 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $61.75. 59% of the 1,251 open registered nurse jobs in Washington state an hourly rate.

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Registered nurse pay by town in Washington

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

Town	Median posted	Posted range	Jobs (employers)
Seattle	$65.75	$29–$107	182 (19)
Spokane	$57	$36.08–$94.06	74 (9)
Tacoma	$69	$30–$98.90	67 (4)
Olympia	$65	$36.08–$94.06	44 (5)
Bellevue	$65.75	$43.82–$97.80	32 (6)
Everett	$67.75	$29–$107.35	27 (6)
Puyallup	$70.25	$40.80–$102.83	24 (1)
Wenatchee	$58.25	$36–$85.67	22 (2)
Silverdale	$62.25	$30–$103.62	21 (4)
Richland	$56.25	$39.19–$93.51	21 (3)
Yakima	$60.50	$41.94–$93.38	20 (1)
Kennewick	$59.75	$30.83–$82.41	17 (5)
Auburn	$69.50	$43.85–$93.53	16 (2)
Edmonds	$67.75	$29–$99.31	15 (3)
Burien	$63.50	$30–$106.24	13 (1)
Spokane Valley	$52	$37.96–$94.20	13 (5)
Issaquah	$66.25	$36.08–$94.06	11 (3)
Shelton	$65	$48.41–$94.02	10 (1)
Walla Walla	$59.25	$39.19–$88.81	10 (1)
Coupeville	$58	$40–$75.24	10 (1)
Gig Harbor	$62.75	$30.76–$93.38	9 (1)
Port Townsend	$56	$40.55–$80.65	9 (1)
Ellensburg	$44.75	$28.09–$79.60	9 (1)
Vancouver	$64.50	$33–$96.32	8 (4)
Federal Way	$62.25	$30–$91.87	8 (3)
Centralia	$67.25	$47.31–$95.27	7 (1)
Monroe	$78.75	$49.41–$105.14	6 (1)
Colville	$58	$40–$79.13	6 (2)
Moses Lake	$52.75	$29–$80.07	6 (3)
Covington	$71.25	$43.85–$94.20	5 (1)

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 Washington

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

Employer	Median posted	Posted range	Jobs stating pay
Providence	$65	$36.08–$107.35	169
MultiCare Health System	$69.50	$40.80–$102.83	141
CommonSpirit Health	$67.25	$30–$106.24	88
UW Medicine	$86.25	$86.17–$93.98	49
Seattle Children's	$71.50	$47.60–$91.30	27
Overlake Medical Center	$70.50	$45.33–$90.17	25
Kaiser Permanente	$65.75	$46.56–$98.90	23
Confluence Health	$61.25	$39.33–$85.67	22
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	$70.25	$47.64–$107	21
UnitedHealth Group	$40.50	$29–$62.03	14
Compassus	$56	$38.69–$74.30	13
WhidbeyHealth	$58.50	$40–$75.24	11
Mason Health	$71.25	$48.41–$94.02	10
Kittitas Valley Healthcare	$62.25	$28.09–$79.60	9
Jefferson Healthcare	$58.50	$40.55–$80.65	9
Legacy Health	$69.50	$51.78–$84.66	7
EvergreenHealth Monroe	$78.75	$49.41–$105.14	6
LifePoint Health	$56.75	$41.52–$78.11	6
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions	$68.75	$63.75–$78	5
Pullman Regional Hospital	$63.25	$35.69–$83.95	4
Lincoln County Public Hospital District 1	$59.25	$43.47–$74.95	4
Envision Hospice	$56	$52–$63	4
Shriners Children's	$54.25	$38.85–$70.35	4
Tri-Cities Chaplaincy	$52.50	$42.67–$75	4
United Surgical Partners International	$51.25	$38–$67	4
Option Care Health	$59.50	$44.67–$74.44	3
Mid-Valley Hospital & Clinic	$56.50	$39.14–$73.71	3
Genesis HealthCare	$53	$36.85–$69	3
Uropartners	$50.25	$39–$61.53	3
Snoqualmie Valley Health	$62	$43.79–$80.11	2
ScionHealth	$58	$39.84–$77.27	2
Cascade Medical	$57.75	$40.25–$75.24	2
Sound Mental Health	$57.50	$56.18–$59.05	2
Careage	$56	$50–$62.05	2
Transforming Age	$52.50	$50–$55	2
Ideal Option	$51.25	$50–$55	2
United Energy Workers Healthcare	$50.50	$42–$54	2
Cancer Care Northwest	$50.25	$37.96–$63.49	2
Colfax Health and Rehabilitation	$50	$45–$55	2
PACS Group	$50	$36–$61	2

Median of each employer's jobs in Washington (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 Washington

Where one employer posts both night and other registered nurse jobs in the same state (12 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, state	Night jobs, median	Other jobs, median
Providence, WA	$70.75 (7)	$65 (162)
MultiCare Health System, WA	$62.25 (8)	$69.50 (133)
UW Medicine, WA	$87 (1)	$86.25 (48)
Seattle Children's, WA	$71.50 (15)	$71.50 (12)
Overlake Medical Center, WA	$70.50 (11)	$68 (14)
Kaiser Permanente, WA	$65.75 (3)	$65.75 (20)
Jefferson Healthcare, WA	$58.50 (2)	$58.50 (7)
Kittitas Valley Healthcare, WA	$62.25 (1)	$62.25 (8)

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.

51 open jobs in Washington state a yearly salary: a median of $120,200, the middle half $104,800 to $155,200.

Best-paid open registered nurse jobs in Washington

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

ANM/Assistant Nurse Manager, Operating Room, Burns, Hand, Plastics, Harborview
UW Medicine · Seattle, WA· 1mo ago
$93.98/hr
Assistant Nurse Manager / RN3 ICU Resource Team
UW Medicine · Seattle, WA· 3mo ago
$93.06/hr
RN Manager Care Management
Providence · Everett, WA· 3w ago
$68.01–$107.35/hr
Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Coordinator - Issaquah Clinic (Per Diem)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA· 1d ago
$58.72–$107.00/hr
Registered Nurse - Infusion - Peninsula Clinic (Per Diem)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Poulsbo, WA· 1d ago
$58.72–$107.00/hr
Supervisor RN Telemetry
CommonSpirit Health · Burien, WA· 2d ago
$58.92–$106.24/hr
GSH Float Pool RN
MultiCare Health System · Puyallup, WA· 1mo ago
$60.15–$102.83/hr
Assistant Nurse Manager - Float Pool
Providence · Edmonds and Seattle, WA· 1d ago
$62.9–$99.31/hr
Register Nurse - Emergency Department -Per Diem
EvergreenHealth Monroe · Monroe, WA· 1w ago
$56.82–$105.14/hr
Registered Nurse
EvergreenHealth Monroe · Monroe, WA· 2mo ago
$56.82–$105.14/hr
RN Care Coordinator (On Call, Days)
Kaiser Permanente · Vancouver, WA· 1w ago
$63.14–$96.32/hr
Hospital Supervisor RN
CommonSpirit Health · Silverdale, WA· 2w ago
$54.95–$103.62/hr

What BLS measures in Washington

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, Washington. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation	10th pct	25th pct	Median	75th pct	90th pct	Employed
Registered Nurses (29-1141)	$43.09 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)	$49.57 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)	$59.71 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)	$64.54 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)	$77.84 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)	69,260 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$61.66/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, opens in a new tab)
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$62.65/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, opens in a new tab)
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$53.73/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, opens in a new tab)
Kennewick-Richland, WA$51.16/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Kennewick-Richland, WA, opens in a new tab)
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$60.11/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, opens in a new tab)
Bellingham, WAn/a
Yakima, WA$49.50/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Yakima, WA, opens in a new tab)
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$51.55/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA, opens in a new tab)

Registered nurse salary in Washington: common questions

How much does a registered nurse make in Washington?

Open registered nurse jobs in Washington that state an hourly rate post a median of $61.75, the middle half $54–$69.25 (741 jobs from 64 employers). Full time that is about $128,400 a year. BLS measured a median of $59.71/hr ($124,200 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Washington (May 2025).

Where in Washington do registered nurses earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Seattle ($65.75), Spokane ($57), Tacoma ($69) and Olympia ($65). The town table lists 30.

Which employers in Washington pay registered nurses the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: UW Medicine ($86.25), EvergreenHealth Monroe ($78.75) and Seattle Children's ($71.50).

How does Washington compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Washington ($61.75) is $12.75 above the national posted median of $49. In the BLS survey Washington ranks 4 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: 741 of 1,251 open registered nurse jobs in Washington (59%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

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.

CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses (SOC 29-1141), every state, published May 15, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses, national, published May 15, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

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

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