City of Boston / Health Services / Nurse
Job-title file
Provide direct patient care — assess conditions, administer treatment and medication, and coordinate with physicians.
10 employees hold this title in Health Services. Median total compensation for the role is $120,207, above the department median of $106,030.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 10 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
Across all employers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, the median wage for Registered Nurses — about 64,240 people — is $106,180. Health Services pays a median base salary of $104,356 for this role, 2% below that figure — about the 46th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Registered Nurses across every employer in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Health Services’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Registered Nurses — about 3,379,720 people — is $97,550. Health Services’s median base salary is 7% above that national figure, about the 61st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Health Services is $120,207, 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
Nurse is held in 111 City of Boston departments. In Health Services, the median of $120,207 ranks #56 of 111.
Median total compensation for the Nurse role in other City of Bostondepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
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 →
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
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At Health Services, Mary Vivian-Morris serves as a Nurse. Their 2024 pay totaled $149,736.
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Patricia Kenney works as a Nurse for Health Services. Patricia earned $149,412 in 2024.
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At Health Services, Kathleen Markiewicz serves as a Nurse. Their 2024 pay totaled $138,222.
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At Health Services, Jane Conlin serves as a Nurse. Their 2024 pay totaled $127,426.
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At Health Services, Paula Hertello serves as a Nurse. Their 2024 pay totaled $121,607.
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Demetri Papadopoulos works as a Nurse for Health Services. Demetri earned $118,806 in 2024.
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At Health Services, Christina Mahoney serves as a Nurse. Their 2024 pay totaled $106,757.
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Thuy Phan holds the role of Nurse at Health Services. In 2024, their total compensation was $106,234.
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At Health Services, Brooke Harrington serves as a Nurse. Their 2024 pay totaled $105,825.
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Christine Collins works as a Nurse for Health Services. Christine earned $105,062 in 2024.