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Chief Nursing Officer salary: median $177,500 a year

Chief Nursing Officer listings that state pay run from $146,500 to $245,500 for the middle half, based on 31 current job listings. 325 chief nursing officer roles are open now.

Chief Nursing Officer pay range

From 31 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.

Lower quarter
$146,500
Median
$177,500
Upper quarter
$245,500

Do AI skills change chief nursing officer pay?

For Clinical roles in general, as of November 11, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for chief nursing officer alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Clinical listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise a median $170,000, against $140,000 for those that never mention AI (+21.7%). That raw gap is not matched on level or industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$170,000
median, from 47 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$140,000
median, from 628 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

See the AI-skill pay table for every function · Check your own pay against these listings

More pay data: Clinical pay by level, skills that pay more and pay by employer size.

Open chief nursing officer jobs

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Chief Nursing Officer salary questions

How much does a chief nursing officer make?
Among 31 open chief nursing officer listings that state pay, the median is $177,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $146,500 and $245,500.
Where does this chief nursing officer pay data come from?
From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
Which state pays chief nursing officers the most?
Of the states with enough listings, California has the highest median listed pay at $175,000.

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