Registered nurses provide and coordinate patient care across hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare settings. Based on 332 certified H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a Registered Nurse is $79,966 per year.
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (entry) | $50,409 |
| 25th | $69,238 |
| 50th (median) | $79,966 |
| 75th | $97,760 |
| 90th (senior) | $123,011 |
Every other salary site shows the LCA-posted wage — the wage for the position. Using USCIS I-129 petition data, we can compare that against the actual pay the sponsored worker received, and the prevailing-wage floor, across 96 matched Registered Nurses petitions.
The median worker is paid -0.8% below the posted LCA wage, but the mean actual pay runs -4.4% above the mean posted wage — so the upside is concentrated in the top earners. 2.1% are paid above their posted wage, 89.6% at it, and 8.3% below.
Actual-pay data covers FY2021–FY2024 cap-subject H-1B lottery petitions matched to certified LCAs (aggregates only). Base wage excludes equity and bonuses, so it is not total compensation. Source: I-129 petition data sourced from USCIS, obtained by Bloomberg.
Of 332 filings, 239 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 93 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 28% of the total).
| # | Employer | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlas Healthcare, LLC | 51 | $70,060 |
| 2 | C&E HEALTH CARE | 17 | $48,506 |
| 3 | Insight Global, LLC | 15 | $100,062 |
| 4 | COMMONWEALTH HEALTHCARE CORPORATION | 10 | $38,220 |
| 5 | NUFORCE, LLC | 8 | $82,753 |
| 6 | Edgemont Healthcare Staffing, LLC | 8 | $94,281 |
| 7 | NY Endovascular Center LLC | 7 | $129,469 |
| 8 | Lawrence Memorial Hospital | 7 | $71,850 |
| 9 | Executive Logistics LLC | 7 | $69,992 |
| 10 | Favorite Healthcare Staffing LLC | 5 | $104,241 |
| 11 | Israel Schur MD, PLLC | 5 | $124,800 |
| 12 | Purdue University | 4 | $96,526 |
| 13 | Mount Sinai Hospital | 4 | $124,953 |
| 14 | NYU Langone Hospitals | 4 | $131,322 |
| 15 | Reproductive Health Medicine & Gynecology LLC | 4 | $65,520 |
| 16 | LAGUNA ELDER CARE, INC. | 4 | $81,448 |
| 17 | CONEXUS MEDSTAFF LLC | 4 | $92,513 |
| 18 | CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES | 4 | $102,601 |
| 19 | Swedish Health Services | 4 | $128,495 |
| 20 | Valley Medical Staffing, Inc. | 4 | $105,404 |
| State | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 53 | $109,127 |
| Nebraska | 37 | $69,520 |
| California | 32 | $105,623 |
| Wisconsin | 21 | $50,768 |
| Washington | 21 | $105,725 |
| Florida | 19 | $81,972 |
| New Jersey | 11 | $104,212 |
| Michigan | 11 | $77,227 |
| NO | 10 | $38,220 |
| Colorado | 10 | $86,368 |
| South Carolina | 9 | $81,541 |
| Kansas | 9 | $71,585 |
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Salaries are the certified offered annual wage on public U.S. Department of Labor H-1B (LCA) and PERM disclosure filings, not a guarantee of pay. Occupation is the DOL-assigned Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code.