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Emergency Nurse Registered Nurse (RN) salaries 2026.

Browse comprehensive salary data for every healthcare role—from registered nurses and physicians to allied health professionals and clinical support staff. Find real pay ranges based on your specialty, experience, and location.

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The healthcare industry offers hundreds of career paths across clinical care, behavioral health, administrative support, and specialized technical roles. Whether you're exploring nursing specialties, considering a career as a physician assistant, or researching allied health professions, our directory provides detailed salary information for every position.

Each role includes real salary data based on experience level, geographic location, and facility type. Use this directory to compare pay across similar positions, understand career progression opportunities, and make informed decisions about your healthcare career.

Real postings

Every number on this page is built from active healthcare job postings with listed pay ranges — not survey estimates or guesses.

Weighted medians

Hourly medians and pay ranges are weighted by posting volume so high-demand roles and locations carry the right amount of signal.

Refreshed continuously

Postings are pulled from a rolling window and rebuilt daily, so what you see reflects the most recent market — not last year's data.

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Emergency Nurse salary trends inside Registered Nurse (RN).

This rolls up monthly postings, pay, and state market signal from the individual salary pages in this track.

Latest month

Apr 2026

927 postings

Monthly pay move

+0.3%

$60.27/hr latest median

Posting move

-83.0%

vs Mar 2026

Highest signal role

12,408

Emergency Department Nurse

Monthly aggregate

Posting and pay trend

Weighted by monthly postings across 6 titles with data.

Nov 2025

2,729

$63.86

Dec 2025

1,286

$67.92

Jan 2026

1,601

$63.31

Feb 2026

1,368

$65.28

Mar 2026

5,456

$60.08

Apr 2026

927

$60.27

Geographic market signal

Where Emergency Nurse pay and demand are strongest.

Top states by median pay

Only real state data with at least 5 postings.

01Alaska$82.24247
02Nevada$75.0710
03Massachusetts$72.741,204
04California$70.251,142
05Montana$70.17106
06Rhode Island$68.00187
07New York$67.661,639
08Hawaii$67.59165

Top states by postings

Demand-weighted view of where this track is showing up.

01New York1,639$67.66
02Massachusetts1,204$72.74
03California1,142$70.25
04Arizona546$63.76
05New Mexico527$58.90
06North Carolina469$50.46
07Georgia421$54.92
08Texas411$49.35

Role-level comparison

Compare Emergency Nurse titles side by side.

Urgent Care Nurse currently has the highest median in this track at $72.19/hr, while Emergency Department Nurse has the largest posting sample.

6 titles · 13,367 postings

Emergency Nurse salaries

All Emergency Nurse salary titles in Registered Nurse (RN), loaded from the generated salary index and aggregated across available market data.

$62.31

Median

$129,610

Yearly

$34.25 - $85.29

P25 - P75

13,367

Postings

467

Companies

1,019

Cities

102

States

6

With data

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Understanding Healthcare Salaries

Factors That Affect Healthcare Pay

Healthcare salaries vary significantly based on several key factors. Geographic location plays a major role—nurses in California and New York typically earn 20-40% more than the national average, while cost of living adjustments affect real purchasing power.

Experience level, specialty certifications, shift differentials (especially for nights and weekends), and facility type (academic medical centers vs. community hospitals) all impact compensation. Travel and contract positions often offer premium rates compared to permanent staff roles.

High-Demand Healthcare Roles

Critical care nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and specialized technologists remain among the most sought-after healthcare professionals. The ongoing nursing shortage has driven competitive salaries and signing bonuses across most markets.

Behavioral health professionals, including psychiatric nurse practitioners and licensed clinical social workers, are seeing increased demand as mental health services expand. Allied health roles in imaging and respiratory therapy also face workforce shortages.

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