Vermont / Health / Public Health Nurse II
Job-title file
Provide direct patient care — assess conditions, administer treatment and medication, and coordinate with physicians.
25 employees hold this title in Health. Median total compensation for the role is $90,813, above the department median of $79,310.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 25 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
Across all employers in Vermont, the median wage for Registered Nurses — about 7,410 people — is $97,460. Health pays a median base salary of $89,336 for this role, 8% below that figure — about the 37th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Registered Nurses across every employer in Vermont, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Health’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. Health’s median base salary is 8% below that national figure, about the 38th 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 Vermont range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Health is $89,336, 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
This role is reported in 15 jurisdictions. In Vermont, the median of $89,336 ranks #5 of 15. See Public Health Nurse across all of Vermont →
Median total compensation for comparable Public Health 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.
Record list
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Public Health Nurse II/Health
Patricia Ralston holds the role of Public Health Nurse II at Health. Their status is classified. In 2026, their total compensation was $118,518.
Public Health Nurse II/Health
Valerie Valcour holds the role of Public Health Nurse II at Health. Their status is classified. In 2026, their total compensation was $118,518.