Hospital Pay Data

Merit Health Pay Scales

Nursing
$28.50$38.75 /hr median
range $28.50$38.75 across 8 hospitals
Allied Health
$29.00$37.25 /hr median
range $29.00$37.25 across 8 hospitals
Diagnostic Imaging
$33.75$45.00 /hr median
range $33.75$45.00 across 8 hospitals
Advanced Practice
$48.60$63.97 /hr median
range $48.60$63.97 across 8 hospitals

Merit Health operates 8 hospitals totaling 1,542 licensed beds. Registered nurses across the system earn between $28.50 and $38.75 per hour depending on the hospital and experience level. Pay scales below are sourced from each hospital's published job postings, refreshed nightly.

Pay by hospital

HospitalLocationBedsNursingAllied HealthDINP/PA
Merit Health River RegionVicksburg, MS361$28.50 - $38.75$29.00 - $37.25$33.75 - $45.00$48.60 - $63.97
Merit Health CentralJackson, MS319$28.50 - $38.75$29.00 - $37.25$33.75 - $45.00$48.60 - $63.97
Merit Health WesleyHattiesburg, MS211$28.50 - $38.75$29.00 - $37.25$33.75 - $45.00$48.60 - $63.97
Merit Health NatchezNatchez, MS179$28.50 - $38.75$29.00 - $37.25$33.75 - $45.00$48.60 - $63.97
Merit Health River OaksFlowood, MS160$28.50 - $38.75$29.00 - $37.25$33.75 - $45.00$48.60 - $63.97
Merit Health RankinBrandon, MS134$28.50 - $38.75$29.00 - $37.25$33.75 - $45.00$48.60 - $63.97
Merit Health Woman's HospitalFlowood, MS111$28.50 - $38.75$29.00 - $37.25$33.75 - $45.00$48.60 - $63.97
Merit Health MadisonCanton, MS67$28.50 - $38.75$29.00 - $37.25$33.75 - $45.00$48.60 - $63.97

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