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Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings

Clinical Nurse: $216K median posted pay.

From 34 salary bands employers posted on 75 open clinical nurse roles in healthcare. Never an estimate.

Median posted band$216K34 posted a band
Middle half$135K–$216K25th to 75th percentile
Open roles7539 posted in 30 days
Entry level9asking no prior experience
Remote1%as the postings state it

The ladder, by level

What each rung pays.

LevelOpen rolesMedian posted bandMiddle half
Mid4— (2 of 8 bands)—

Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.

Who is hiring

The employers with the most open.

EmployerOpen rolesEntry level
Kansashealthsystem32—
Stanfordmedicine (SHC External Career Site)20—
Nyp14—
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare6—
Ech2—
Choa1—

Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open clinical nurse roles tonight.

The skills, as the postings name them

What these postings ask for.

SkillPostingsAt entry
Registered Nursing75—
CPR and Basic Life Support61—
Interpreting and Translation21—
Critical Care21—
Advanced Cardiac Life Support20—
Conflict Resolution19—
Neonatal Care6—
Pediatric Care6—
Wound Care5—
EKG Interpretation5—

Where the work is

1% of these roles are remote.

  • Remote1%1 roles
  • Hybrid0%0 roles
  • On site71%53 roles
  • Not stated28%21 roles

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How this was counted

Every figure is counted from 75 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 17, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 34 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Clinical Nurse (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in healthcare, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.