H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 29-1141Rank #81Updated May 2026

Registered Nurses

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Registered Nurses (SOC 29-1141). Based on 3,097 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$75,192
P50 across filings
P25 wage
$68,000
lower quartile
P75 wage
$85,322
upper quartile
Filings
3,097
Rank #81
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Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I907$64,480$71,760$81,120
Level II1,385$68,640$74,880$83,200
Level III482$69,826$78,281$85,821
Level IV172$89,440$94,255$108,480

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1NY315$86,050
2IL235$79,040
3PA169$69,264
4GA163$78,043
5TN130$69,826
6LA119$62,400
7CA112$98,717
8OH104$71,926
9ND104$67,049
10MD103$88,275
NY
315
IL
235
PA
169
GA
163
TN
130
LA
119
CA
112
OH
104
ND
104
MD
103

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

Avant Healthcare Professio…
323
Penn Highlands DuBois
95
Atlas Healthcare, LLC
82
Resilience Healthcare Chic…
76
Conexus MedStaff LLC
74
EMORY HEALTHCARE, INC.
63
Sinai Hospital of Baltimor…
62
Genesis Health System
51
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
49
Lifeline Nursing Solutions…
49

Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

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