School Nurse Salary & Pay DataClosest available BLS figures: registered nurses
BLS OEWS May 2025 · Closest available occupation: SOC 29-1141 Registered Nurses
Closest available: BLS has no school nurse code.
This is registered nurses (29-1141) working in K-12 schools, public and private together; LPNs in schools earn less.
In privately owned schools alone, the BLS median for this occupation was $74,090.
The figure shown is the median for all registered nurses (SOC 29-1141) in elementary and secondary schools, public and private together: $69,340 a year ($33.34 an hour) in May 2025.
It is a labelled benchmark, not school nurse pay.
In privately owned elementary and secondary schools alone (BLS industry 611105, national), the median for registered nurses was $74,090 on 6,550 jobs.
Annual figures are BLS hourly wages × 2,080 hours. BLS has no private school or charter school occupation code. The K-12 figures count public district, charter and private schools together; only the privately owned schools figure isolates private schools. OEWS covers wage-and-salary workers only and leaves out the self-employed, overtime pay and most bonuses.
What the BLS figure covers
These are BLS figures for every worker in SOC 29-1141 Registered Nurses in K-12 schools, the closest available occupation, shown only as a benchmark.
BLS publishes no separate series or percentiles for school nurses, so this page does not show a percentile table for the role.
Related BLS occupations in schools
BLS counts these staff in more than one occupation.
Each row is the national figure in K-12 schools (public and private together) and in privately owned schools alone; they are closest available benchmarks, so no percentiles are shown.
| Occupation (SOC) | Median, all K-12 schools | Jobs | Median, privately owned schools | Jobs, privately owned |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered nurses (29-1141) | $69,340 | 67,120 | $74,090 | 6,550 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses (29-2061) | $53,940 | 10,920 | $56,470 | 920 |
Pay by employer
National figures for all registered nurses (SOC 29-1141): every employer, then K-12 schools of every ownership, then privately owned K-12 schools only, BLS OEWS May 2025.
BLS publishes no figure for school nurses alone; these rows are for the whole occupation, the closest available occupation.
BLS publishes no split by type of private school.
Elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 611100) counts public district, charter and private schools together.
The privately owned schools row is a separate BLS industry series (611105); BLS industry estimates are national only, and this page shows that row as a median, mean and job count (no hourly figure or percentiles).
| Employer | Median | Mean | Hourly median | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries (every employer) | $97,550 | $101,420 | $46.90 | 3,379,720 |
| K-12 schools, public and private (NAICS 611100) | $69,340 | $73,960 | $33.34 | 67,120 |
| Privately owned K-12 schools only (BLS industry 611105) | $74,090 | $75,060 | Not shown | 6,550 |