Registered Nurses · SOC 29-1141
Registered Nurse Salary in the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Registered Nurses in the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $78,610 per year ($37.79 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $63,750 at the 10th percentile to $106,180 at the 90th. BLS estimates 4,700 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Registered Nurses in the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area earn more than $78,610 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $76,050 and $95,020.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $63,750 | $76,050 | $78,610 | $95,020 | $106,180 |
| Hourly | $30.65 | $36.56 | $37.79 | $45.68 | $51.05 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$78,610 median for Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $76,050 to $95,020
- Ohiostate$82,510 median for Ohio; middle half earns $79,200 to $99,030
- United Statesnational$97,550 median for United States; middle half earns $80,330 to $112,350
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −5% vs Ohio overall and −19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Ohio
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for registered nurses, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan areathis page$78,610 median for Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $76,050 to $95,020
- $83,940 median for Cleveland metro area; middle half earns $81,370 to $102,500
- $83,900 median for Columbus metro area; middle half earns $80,070 to $101,360
- $83,650 median for Cincinnati metro area; middle half earns $80,530 to $102,620
- $82,510 median for Dayton metro area; middle half earns $79,380 to $99,740
- $81,440 median for Lima metro area; middle half earns $77,890 to $93,200
- $81,310 median for Sandusky metro area; middle half earns $71,650 to $86,590
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for registered nurses · Highest-paying occupations in Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.