Name: Waypoint Hospital Pay Index, August 2026
Creator: Waypoint
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

RN pay by state

Median of hospital-posted RN ranges; states with at least 3 reporting hospitals. Arrows show change vs the prior month.

#	State	Median range	Midpoint	Hospitals
1	California	$53.50 – $78.75	$65.25—	202
2	Hawaii	$47.50 – $66.97	$57.25—	23
3	Massachusetts	$41.75 – $65.62	$54.12—	98
4	Alaska	$43.51 – $62.51	$53.01—	20
5	New York	$42.96 – $60.25	$51.24—	138
6	Connecticut	$41.75 – $58.75	$50.75—	25
7	Nevada	$39.84 – $55.14	$47.49—	22
8	Delaware	$39.73 – $54.80	$47.39—	8
9	New Jersey	$39.00 – $54.50	$46.75—	54
10	Washington	$33.25 – $56.55	$44.88—	72
11	Colorado	$39.25 – $50.18	$44.75—	78
12	New Hampshire	$38.33 – $50.72	$44.52—	19
13	Vermont	$38.45 – $50.05	$44.25—	11
14	Georgia	$35.50 – $50.38	$43.61—	128
15	Montana	$37.41 – $48.32	$42.86—	35
16	Idaho	$37.51 – $48.18	$42.84—	42
17	Illinois	$35.25 – $49.50	$42.75—	130
18	Pennsylvania	$35.50 – $49.05	$42.25—	138
19	New Mexico	$36.25 – $47.50	$41.88—	29
20	Oregon	$36.25 – $47.50	$41.88—	63
21	Virginia	$34.50 – $49.00	$41.88—	67
22	North Carolina	$35.00 – $48.50	$41.69—	103
23	Minnesota	$34.00 – $48.00	$41.44—	136
24	Texas	$33.50 – $48.50	$41.00—	308
25	Wisconsin	$34.00 – $47.75	$40.88—	79
26	Nebraska	$36.74 – $44.78	$40.76—	59
27	Maine	$34.50 – $45.75	$40.12—	34
28	Indiana	$33.25 – $45.50	$39.50—	127
29	Michigan	$33.00 – $46.25	$39.38—	128
30	Utah	$32.25 – $45.75	$39.00—	72
31	Maryland	$33.00 – $44.50	$38.50—	44
32	Missouri	$33.75 – $44.57	$38.50—	85
33	Florida	$32.25 – $45.00	$38.00—	228
34	South Carolina	$32.50 – $42.25	$37.38—	54
35	Tennessee	$32.25 – $42.49	$37.38—	110
36	West Virginia	$29.75 – $44.50	$37.12—	33
37	North Dakota	$32.45 – $41.37	$36.91—	49
38	Kansas	$32.11 – $40.88	$36.50—	126
39	Arkansas	$31.47 – $41.50	$36.25—	58
40	Kentucky	$31.50 – $41.25	$36.12—	110
41	Iowa	$31.62 – $40.00	$35.81—	118
42	Oklahoma	$31.00 – $39.75	$35.38—	60
43	South Dakota	$30.05 – $38.70	$34.38—	18
44	Mississippi	$28.75 – $39.75	$34.00—	68

Top-paying hospital systems

Systems with at least 2 reporting hospitals, ranked by RN midpoint.

#	System	Median range	Midpoint	Hospitals
1	CottageHealth	$57.55 – $82.79	$70.17—	3
2	John Muir Health	$57.55 – $82.79	$70.17—	3
3	Northbay Health	$57.55 – $82.79	$70.17—	2
4	Palomar Health	$57.55 – $82.79	$70.17—	2
5	UCSD Health	$55.00 – $79.25	$67.12—	4
6	Alameda Health System	$53.50 – $78.75	$66.12—	3
7	KPC Health	$55.25 – $76.00	$65.62—	7
8	Scripps	$55.75 – $75.00	$65.38—	5
9	Sutter Health	$52.00 – $78.75	$65.38—	24
10	Kaiser Permanente	$49.25 – $81.25	$65.25—	48
11	Dignity Health	$54.50 – $75.50	$65.00—	27
12	SHARP	$53.50 – $76.25	$64.88—	5
13	Adventist Health	$53.25 – $75.00	$64.12—	21
14	Southwest Healthcare	$53.00 – $72.50	$62.75—	5
15	Desert Care Network	$55.25 – $67.75	$61.50—	3

Methodology & citation

Waypoint scrapes pay ranges nightly from the career sites of 3,801 US hospitals across 400+ health systems, the ranges hospitals themselves publish on open roles, not self-reported surveys. Figures above are medians of those posted ranges; monthly snapshots are taken on the 1st. This data is free to cite with attribution (CC BY 4.0).

Cite as: Waypoint Hospital Pay Index, August 2026. jobs.waypointrecruit.com/pay-index
Press & data inquiries: robert@waypointrecruit.com

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