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Johnson County, Kansas / Registered Nurse

Role across Johnson County, Kansas

Registered Nurse

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

4 people hold the Registered Nurse role across 1 department in Johnson County, Kansas, with a median total compensation of $84,910.

Employees
4
Median pay
$84,910
Departments
1
Cross-jurisdiction

Compared with the local labor market

Registered Nurse pay vs. the Kansas City, MO-KS area

Across all employers in the Kansas City, MO-KS area, the median wage for Registered Nursesabout 29,650 people is $83,040. Johnson County, Kansas pays a median base salary of $84,910 for this role, 2% above that figureabout the 53rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Johnson County, Kansas sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$66,970
$77,910
$83,040
$98,700
$103,540
Johnson County, Kansas median · $84,910

The bar is the range of annual wages for Registered Nurses across every employer in the Kansas City, MO-KS area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Johnson County, Kansas’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Registered Nursesabout 3,379,720 people is $97,550. Johnson County, Kansas’s median base salary is 13% below that national figure, about the 32nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$68,940
$80,330
$97,550
$112,350
$137,470
Johnson County, Kansas median · $84,910

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 Kansas City, MO-KS range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Johnson County, Kansas is $84,910, 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 jurisdictions

Registered Nurse pay in other jurisdictions

Where Registered Nurses are paid most

Los Angeles County
$182,642 · 4,768
Massachusetts
$150,727 · 15
California
$122,503 · 2,781
Illinois
$115,950 · 906
Tennessee
$92,515 · 737
Minnesota
$90,863 · 1,024
Arkansas
$75,245 · 437
South Carolina
$71,400 · 39
Florida
$67,743 · 112
Georgia
$47,239 · 86
Missouri
$37,667 · 1,585
Utah
$32,224 · 516

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