Georgia / Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of / Registered Nurse 3

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Registered Nurse 3

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

60 employees hold this title in Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of. Median total compensation for the role is $50,897, above the department median of $43,959.

Employees: 60
Total payroll: $3.5M
Role median: $50,897
Agency median: $43,959
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$1,811$127,841+

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

How total compensation varies among the 60 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

Registered Nurse 3 pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Registered Nurses — about 100,950 people — is $93,550. Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of pays a median base salary of $77,331 for this role, 17% below that figure — about the 22nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$68,920

$79,090

$93,550

$106,330

$128,640

Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of median · $77,331

The bar is the range of annual wages for Registered Nurses across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of’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. Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of’s median base salary is 21% below that national figure, about the 21st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$68,940

$80,330

$97,550

$112,350

$137,470

Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of median · $77,331

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 Georgia range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 55 of 85 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 Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of is $46,868, 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 Georgia

Registered Nurse 3 is held in 2 Georgia departments. In Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of, the median of $50,897 ranks #2 of 2.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency

$70,000 · 1

Median total compensation for the Registered Nurse 3 role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Registered Nurse beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 15 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $47,239 ranks #12 of 15. See Registered Nurse across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City and County of San Francisco

$256,713 · 1,911

$182,642 · 4,768

$150,727 · 15

$122,503 · 2,781

$115,950 · 906

$92,515 · 737

$90,863 · 1,024

$75,245 · 437

Median total compensation for comparable Registered 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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