Connecticut / Department of Correction / Nurse (Correctional Facility)
Job-title file
Nurse (Correctional Facility)
Provide direct patient care — assess conditions, administer treatment and medication, and coordinate with physicians.
8 employees hold this title in Department of Correction. Median total compensation for the role is $204,262, above the department median of $7,256.
- Employees
- 8
- Total payroll
- $1.7M
- Role median
- $204,262
- Agency median
- $7,256
- Comparison
- Above
What the records show
Role pay distribution
Pay distribution for this role
How total compensation varies among the 8 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
Nurse (Correctional Facility) pay vs. Connecticut
Across all employers in Connecticut, the median wage for Registered Nurses — about 40,110 people — is $102,740. Department of Correction pays a median base salary of $73,787 for this role, 28% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department of Correction sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Registered Nurses across every employer in Connecticut, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Correction’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. Department of Correction’s median base salary is 24% below that national figure, about the 16th 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 Connecticut range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Correction is $204,262, 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
Nurse beyond Connecticut
This role is reported in 10 jurisdictions. In Connecticut, the median of $137,545 ranks #1 of 10. See Nurse across all of Connecticut →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
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.
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