Nurse

Across all employers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, the median wage for Registered Nurses — about 64,240 people — is $106,180. Adams Elementary pays a median base salary of $55,566 for this role, 48% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Adams Elementary is $56,721, 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.

Nurse is held in 111 City of Boston departments. In Adams Elementary, the median of $56,721 ranks #102 of 111.

This role is reported in 10 jurisdictions. In City of Boston, the median of $119,955 ranks #4 of 10. See Nurse across all of City of Boston →