Los Angeles County / Public Health / Public Health Nurse

Job-title file

Public Health Nurse

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

468 employees hold this title in Public Health. Median total compensation for the role is $214,329, above the department median of $162,589.

Employees: 468
Total payroll: $94.1M
Role median: $214,329
Agency median: $162,589
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$1$254,079+

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

How total compensation varies among the 468 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

Public Health Nurse pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area

Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Registered Nurses — about 109,360 people — is $135,560. Public Health pays a median base salary of $141,005 for this role, 4% above that figure — about the 54th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Public Health sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$100,980

$112,070

$135,560

$167,800

$174,200

Public Health median · $141,005

The bar is the range of annual wages for Registered Nurses across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Health’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. Public Health’s median base salary is 45% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$68,940

$80,330

$97,550

$112,350

$137,470

Public Health median · $141,005

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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 458 of 468 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 Public Health is $214,329, 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 Los Angeles County

Public Health Nurse is held in 4 Los Angeles County departments. In Public Health, the median of $214,329 ranks #2 of 4.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Health Services - Integrated Correctional Health Services

$268,821 · 6

Los Angeles General Medical Center

$160,350 · 2

Olive View-Ucla Medical Center

$141,112 · 1

Median total compensation for the Public Health Nurse role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Public Health Nurse beyond Los Angeles County

This role is reported in 15 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $214,986 ranks #2 of 15. See Public Health Nurse across all of Los Angeles County →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City and County of San Francisco

$255,251 · 79

$130,745 · 17

$101,448 · 40

$89,336 · 28

$87,525 · 53

Ramsey County, Minnesota

$84,502 · 117

New York City

$82,989 · 519

Texas

$69,720 · 132

Median total compensation for comparable Public Health 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.

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