City of Boston / Lyon Elementary School / Nurse
Job-title file
Provide direct patient care — assess conditions, administer treatment and medication, and coordinate with physicians.
1 employees hold this title in Lyon Elementary School. Median total compensation for the role is $122,104, above the department median of $105,222.
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. Lyon Elementary School pays a median base salary of $118,370 for this role, 11% above that figure — about the 56th 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 Lyon Elementary School’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. Lyon Elementary School’s median base salary is 21% above that national figure, about the 79th 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 Lyon Elementary School is $122,104, 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 Lyon Elementary School, the median of $122,104 ranks #51 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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Nurse/Lyon Elementary School
Source-specific fields
Amanda Borne works as a Nurse for Lyon Elementary School. Amanda earned $122,104 in 2024.