Maine / Department of Health&Human Services Department of Health and Human Services / Nurse III
Job-title file
Provide direct patient care — assess conditions, administer treatment and medication, and coordinate with physicians.
3 employees hold this title in Department of Health&Human Services Department of Health and Human Services. Median total compensation for the role is $60,884, below the department median of $69,418.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Registered Nurses — about 16,540 people — is $86,990. Department of Health&Human Services Department of Health and Human Services pays a median base salary of $62,773 for this role, 28% 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 Maine, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Health&Human Services Department of Health and Human Services’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 Health&Human Services Department of Health and Human Services’s median base salary is 36% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 Maine range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 2 of 3 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Department of Health&Human Services Department of Health and Human Services is $60,884, 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
Nurse III is held in 2 Maine departments. In Department of Health&Human Services Department of Health and Human Services, the median of $60,884 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Nurse III role in other Mainedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 10 jurisdictions. In Maine, the median of $18,727 ranks #10 of 10. See Nurse across all of Maine →
Median total compensation for comparable 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.
Same department
Record list
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Nurse III/Department of Health&Human Services Department of Health and Human Services
Source-specific fields
At Department of Health&Human Services Department of Health and Human Services, Melissa Rodriguez serves as a Nurse III. Their 2024 pay totaled $90,666.
Nurse III/Department of Health&Human Services Department of Health and Human Services
Source-specific fields
Lynn Witten works as a Nurse III for Department of Health&Human Services Department of Health and Human Services. Lynn earned $60,884 in 2022.
Nurse III/Department of Health&Human Services Department of Health and Human Services
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At Department of Health&Human Services Department of Health and Human Services, Michelle Paolella serves as a Nurse III. Their 2022 pay totaled $195.