School District of Philadelphia / Barton, Clara School / 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 Barton, Clara School. Median total compensation for the role is $74,020, below the department median of $94,011.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, the median wage for Registered Nurses — about 73,790 people — is $101,180. Barton, Clara School pays a median base salary of $74,020 for this role, 27% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Registered Nurses across every employer in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Barton, Clara 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. Barton, Clara School’s median base salary is 24% below that national figure, about the 17th 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Barton, Clara School is $74,020, 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
School Nurse is held in 215 School District of Philadelphia departments. In Barton, Clara School, the median of $74,020 ranks #205 of 215.
Median total compensation for the School Nurse role in other School District of Philadelphiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In School District of Philadelphia, the median of $94,011 ranks #2 of 4. See School Nurse across all of School District of Philadelphia →
Median total compensation for comparable School Nurse roles 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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School Nurse/Barton, Clara School
Source-specific fields
At Barton, Clara School, Kelly Diaz serves as a School Nurse. Their 2026 pay totaled $74,020. They are represented by Pft.