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Nurse Consultant III (Specialist)

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

1 employees hold this title in Justice. Median total compensation for the role is $132,539, above the department median of $92,942.

Employees
1
Total payroll
$132.5K
Role median
$132,539
Agency median
$92,942
Comparison
Above

Compared with the local labor market

Nurse Consultant III (Specialist) pay vs. California

Across all employers in California, the median wage for Registered Nursesabout 338,940 people is $140,270. Justice pays a median base salary of $126,307 for this role, 10% below that figureabout the 30th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Justice sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$101,260
$122,440
$140,270
$173,170
$213,320
Justice median · $126,307

The bar is the range of annual wages for Registered Nurses across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Justice’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. Justice’s median base salary is 29% above that national figure, about the 83rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$68,940
$80,330
$97,550
$112,350
$137,470
Justice median · $126,307

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 California range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Justice is $128,644, 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 California

Nurse Consultant III (Specialist) is held in 7 California departments. In Justice, the median of $132,539 ranks #3 of 7.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Nurse Consultant III (Specialist) role in other Californiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Nurse Consultant beyond California

This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In California, the median of $132,489 ranks #1 of 2. See Nurse Consultant across all of California

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

District of Columbia
$125,970 · 11

Median total compensation for comparable Nurse Consultant 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

Employees with this title

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Susan Grafton

Nurse Consultant III (Specialist)/Justice

2025 total comp
$132,539
Base pay
$131,939
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$600
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$132,539
Employment type
Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit
R17
Work county
Sacramento
Middle name
J

Source-specific fields

Base Pay
$11,329
Cs/csu
Cs
Position Number
4236528181001
Salary Total
$10,989
Total Pay
$132,539

Susan Grafton works as a Nurse Consultant III (Specialist) for Justice. Their status is full-time. Susan earned $132,539 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R17.