Nurse educator earnings by seniority

90th percentile

Top-level nurse educator earnings begin at:

$60.11 per hour

$125,030 per year

75th percentile

Senior-level nurse educator earnings begin at:

$44.78 per hour

$93,150 per year

50th percentile

Mid-level nurse educator earnings begin at:

$35.53 per hour

$73,910 per year

25th percentile

Junior-level nurse educator earnings begin at:

$29.16 per hour

$60,650 per year

10th percentile

Starting level nurse educator earnings begin at:

$23.77 per hour

$49,440 per year

Approximate values based on highest and lowest earning segments.

Nurse educator salary by state

State Name Average Salary
California $96,580
Connecticut $94,000
New Jersey $92,380
Maryland $87,490
Alaska $83,320
Michigan $83,160
New York $81,980
Massachusetts $79,710
Pennsylvania $79,217
Wisconsin $78,270
Hawaii $77,580
Arizona $76,470
Delaware $74,570
Rhode Island $73,910
Florida $73,840
Utah $73,260
New Hampshire $72,220
Nevada $72,100
Kentucky $71,700
Indiana $71,590
Iowa $71,380
Idaho $71,130
Missouri $70,240
Washington $70,190
Montana $69,740
Ohio $69,530
Minnesota $69,470
Oregon $69,310
North Dakota $68,990
Texas $68,620
Wyoming $68,550
Tennessee $67,660
Virginia $67,540
Georgia $67,370
Mississippi $67,330
South Carolina $66,580
Nebraska $65,850
North Carolina $64,520
Alabama $64,010
Illinois $63,490
Louisiana $62,880
New Mexico $62,500
South Dakota $61,170
Kansas $59,290
Colorado $59,140
Oklahoma $57,680
West Virginia $55,900
Maine $54,160
Arkansas $51,480
Puerto Rico $35,470
District of Columbia $135,700

How do nurse educator salaries compare to similar careers?

Nurse educators earn about the same as related careers in Rhode Island. On average, they make less than counseling psychologists but more than magnetic resonance imaging technologists.

Career Median Salary
Counseling psychologist salary $86K
Clinical psychologist salary $86K
Speech language pathologist salary $81K
Professor salary $76K
Health educator salary $80K
Nurse educator salary $74K
Clinical nurse specialist salary $78K
Acute care nurse practitioner salary $78K
Registered nurse salary $78K
Magnetic resonance imaging technologist salary $78K

Source: CareerExplorer (Aggregated)