Salary category
Nursing Leadership salaries:
$55.24/hr
Nursing leadership roles oversee clinical operations and staff management. Charge nurses, nurse managers, and directors of nursing ensure quality care and effective team performance.
Pay range
Full category salary breakdown.
This rolls up every available title in Nursing Leadership and keeps individual salary pages available for internal linking and deeper detail.
Category medians are calculated from active postings with listed pay and weighted by available posting volume. Use the title-level pages for city, employer, shift, and contract details.
Category median
$55.24/hr
P25 - P75
$33.50 - $153.17
Annual median
$114,896
Highest title
$127.90/hr
Lowest title
$42.50/hr
Track breakdown
Compare tracks inside Nursing Leadership.
Highest volume
Titles with the most salary signal.
Browse salary pages
All Nursing Leadership titles.
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Charge Nurse
1,283 postings · 84 states
$42.50
Median
Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)
7 postings · 5 states
$127.90
Median
Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL)
58 postings · 12 states
$68.85
Median
Director of Nursing (DON)
312 postings · 48 states
$77.45
Median
Nurse Manager
1,988 postings · 87 states
$62.50
Median
Nurse Supervisor
1,491 postings · 87 states
$51.00
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