U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) / Department of Veterans Affairs / Nurse

Job-title file

Nurse

Provide direct patient care — assess conditions, administer treatment and medication, and coordinate with physicians.

92,279 employees hold this title in Department of Veterans Affairs. Median total compensation for the role is $118,121, above the department median of $88,751.

Employees: 92,279
Total payroll: $11.6B
Role median: $118,121
Agency median: $88,751
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$0$221,900+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 92,279 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Nurse pay vs. the United States

Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Registered Nurses — about 3,379,720 people — is $97,550. Department of Veterans Affairs pays a median base salary of $117,748 for this role, 21% above that figure — about the 78th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Department of Veterans Affairs sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$68,940

$80,330

$97,550

$112,350

$137,470

Department of Veterans Affairs median · $117,748

The bar is the range of annual wages for Registered Nurses across every employer in the United States, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Veterans Affairs’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

Computed over the 89,722 of 92,279 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Department of Veterans Affairs is $118,121, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

Nurse is held in 19 U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) departments. In Department of Veterans Affairs, the median of $118,121 ranks #8 of 19.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Office of Personnel Management

$141,557 · 3

Department of Transportation

$130,908 · 4

Department of State

$128,956 · 50

Peace Corps

$128,106 · 29

Department of Labor

$121,003 · 22

Social Security Administration

$119,928 · 8

Environmental Protection Agency

$118,228 · 4

Corporal for National and Community Service

$114,521 · 2

Department of Health and Human Services

$110,598 · 4,485

Smithsonian Institution

$109,119 · 5

Department of Homeland Security

$108,452 · 32

Government Printing Office

$107,717 · 4

Median total compensation for the Nurse role in other U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)departments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Nurse beyond U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

This role is reported in 10 jurisdictions. In U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense), the median of $117,763 ranks #5 of 10. See Nurse across all of U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Connecticut

$137,545 · 21

District of Columbia

$125,970 · 17

Seattle Public Schools

$122,042 · 83

City of Boston

$119,955 · 184

Texas

$89,691 · 2,589

New York Public Authorities

$77,669 · 1,445

Davis School District, Utah

$62,622 · 30

Ramsey County, Minnesota

$23,847 · 121

Median total compensation for comparable Nurseroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Linh Millen

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 03
Work city: West Haven
Work county: South Central Connecticut Planning Region
Work state: Connecticut

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 090825170
Length of Service (Years): 14
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Linh Millen holds the role of Nurse at Department of Veterans Affairs based in West Haven, Connecticut. In 2024, their total compensation was $0. Their pay grade is 03.

Rachelle Nix

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Atlanta
Work county: De Kalb
Work state: Georgia

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 130280089
Length of Service (Years): 3
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Rachelle Nix holds the role of Nurse at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2024, their total compensation was $0. Their pay grade is 03.

Rebecca Mobley

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Loma Linda
Work county: San Bernardino
Work state: California

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 061947071
Length of Service (Years): 6
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

At Department of Veterans Affairs, Rebecca Mobley serves as a Nurse based in Loma Linda, California. Their 2024 pay totaled $0. They are classified at grade 03.

Roberta Reedy

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 05
Work city: Seattle
Work county: King
Work state: Washington

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 531960033
Length of Service (Years): 26
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

At Department of Veterans Affairs, Roberta Reedy serves as a Nurse based in Seattle, Washington. Their 2024 pay totaled $0. They are classified at grade 05.

Pamela Resendez

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 04
Work city: Columbia
Work county: Richland
Work state: South Carolina

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 450520079
Length of Service (Years): 23
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

At Department of Veterans Affairs, Pamela Resendez serves as a Nurse based in Columbia, South Carolina. Their 2024 pay totaled $0. They are classified at grade 04.

Theron Ross

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 04
Work city: Saint Louis
Work county: Saint Louis
Work state: Missouri

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 297080510
Length of Service (Years): 4
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Theron Ross holds the role of Nurse at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Saint Louis, Missouri. In 2024, their total compensation was $0. Their pay grade is 04.

Stephanie Ruter

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Saint Louis
Work county: Saint Louis
Work state: Missouri

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 297080510
Length of Service (Years): 7
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

At Department of Veterans Affairs, Stephanie Ruter serves as a Nurse based in Saint Louis, Missouri. Their 2024 pay totaled $0. They are classified at grade 03.

Audley Salmon

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Columbia
Work county: Richland
Work state: South Carolina

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 450520079
Length of Service (Years): 10
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Audley Salmon is a Nurse at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Columbia, South Carolina. 2024 total compensation came to $0. They are classified at grade 03.

Marlene Shepard

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Long Beach
Work county: Los Angeles
Work state: California

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 061970037
Length of Service (Years): 10
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

At Department of Veterans Affairs, Marlene Shepard serves as a Nurse based in Long Beach, California. Their 2024 pay totaled $0. They are classified at grade 03.

Andrew Silvestri

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Loma Linda
Work county: San Bernardino
Work state: California

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 061947071
Length of Service (Years): 6
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Andrew Silvestri holds the role of Nurse at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Loma Linda, California. In 2024, their total compensation was $0. Their pay grade is 03.

Walter Smith

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Saint Louis
Work county: Saint Louis
Work state: Missouri

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 297080510
Length of Service (Years): 0
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Walter Smith is a Nurse at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Saint Louis, Missouri. 2024 total compensation came to $0. They are classified at grade 03.

Megan Sweeney

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 04
Work city: Phoenix
Work county: Maricopa
Work state: Arizona

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 040370013
Length of Service (Years): 13
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Megan Sweeney works as a Nurse for Department of Veterans Affairs based in Phoenix, Arizona. Megan earned $0 in 2024. Their pay grade is 04.

Joyce Tillman

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Atlanta
Work county: De Kalb
Work state: Georgia

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 130280089
Length of Service (Years): 29
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Joyce Tillman holds the role of Nurse at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2024, their total compensation was $0. Their pay grade is 03.

Katrina Watson

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Atlanta
Work county: De Kalb
Work state: Georgia

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 130280089
Length of Service (Years): 5
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Katrina Watson holds the role of Nurse at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2024, their total compensation was $0. Their pay grade is 03.

Angela Weiss

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Atlanta
Work county: De Kalb
Work state: Georgia

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 130280089
Length of Service (Years): 28
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Angela Weiss works as a Nurse for Department of Veterans Affairs based in Atlanta, Georgia. Angela earned $0 in 2024. Their pay grade is 03.

Kellie Wendt

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 04
Work city: Fort Harrison
Work county: Lewis and Clark
Work state: Montana

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 300445049
Length of Service (Years): 10
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Kellie Wendt holds the role of Nurse at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Fort Harrison, Montana. In 2024, their total compensation was $0. Their pay grade is 04.

Donald Winston

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 04
Work city: Long Beach
Work county: Los Angeles
Work state: California

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 061970037
Length of Service (Years): 11
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Donald Winston is a Nurse at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Long Beach, California. 2024 total compensation came to $0. They are classified at grade 04.

Valentina Casimir

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Long Beach
Work county: Los Angeles
Work state: California

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 061970037
Length of Service (Years): 5
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Valentina Casimir works as a Nurse for Department of Veterans Affairs based in Long Beach, California. Valentina earned $0 in 2024. Their pay grade is 03.

Amy Wootten

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Saint Louis
Work county: Saint Louis
Work state: Missouri

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 297080510
Length of Service (Years): 3
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Amy Wootten is a Nurse at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Saint Louis, Missouri. 2024 total compensation came to $0. They are classified at grade 03.

Gregory Yost

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 03
Work city: Saint Louis
Work county: Saint Louis
Work state: Missouri

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 297080510
Length of Service (Years): 0
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Gregory Yost holds the role of Nurse at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Saint Louis, Missouri. In 2024, their total compensation was $0. Their pay grade is 03.

Cristobal Yubeta

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 04
Work city: Phoenix
Work county: Maricopa
Work state: Arizona

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 040370013
Length of Service (Years): 15
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Cristobal Yubeta is a Nurse at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Phoenix, Arizona. 2024 total compensation came to $0. They are classified at grade 04.

Delisa Willcut

Nurse/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

Sub-department: Veterans Health Administration
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Pay grade: 04
Work city: Wichita
Work county: Sedgwick
Work state: Kansas

Source-specific fields

Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 205880173
Length of Service (Years): 7
Occupation Code (OPM): 0610
Pay Plan (OPM): VN

Delisa Willcut is a Nurse at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Wichita, Kansas. 2024 total compensation came to $0. They are classified at grade 04.