Massachusetts / Registered Nurse
Role across Massachusetts
Registered Nurse
Provide direct patient care — assess conditions, administer treatment and medication, and coordinate with physicians.
15 people hold the Registered Nurse role across 4 departments in Massachusetts, with a median total compensation of $150,727. Among 15 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Massachusetts ranks #3 by median pay.
- Employees
- 15
- Median pay
- $150,727
- Departments
- 4
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #3 of 15
Compared with the local labor market
Registered Nurse pay vs. Massachusetts
Across all employers in Massachusetts, the median wage for Registered Nurses — about 88,200 people — is $104,550. Massachusetts pays a median base salary of $146,207 for this role, 40% above that figure — about the 79th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Massachusetts sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Registered Nurses across every employer in Massachusetts, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Massachusetts’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. Massachusetts’s median base salary is 50% above that national figure, above the 90th 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 Massachusetts range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Massachusetts is $150,727, 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
Registered Nurse pay in other jurisdictions
Where Registered Nurses are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Registered Nurseroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.
Within Massachusetts
Departments with this role
Largest Massachusetts departments for this role
Departments in Massachusettsemploying the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.