Nurse salary in North Carolina: what each kind of nurse earns.
There is no single nurse wage. Here is the BLS median for each kind of nurse in North Carolina, how many people do the work there, and how it compares with the national figure.
$63,270 – $224,610
Range of medians across the 5 nurse occupations BLS publishes for North Carolina. No BLS figure combines them.
BLS publishes no single “nurse” wage for North Carolina. Across the 5 nurse occupations with a published May 2025 median in North Carolina, median annual pay ran from $63,270 (licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses) to $224,610 (nurse anesthetists). Registered nurses, the largest of them in North Carolina (111,120 employed), earned a median of $84,350, compared with $97,550 nationally.
Nurses in North Carolina at a glance
Registered nurses are the largest nurse occupation with a published median in North Carolina, with 111,120 employed and a median annual wage of $84,350 in May 2025 (BLS).
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025
Among the nurse occupations with a published median in North Carolina, nurse anesthetists had the highest: $224,610 (May 2025, BLS).
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025
None of the 5 nurse occupations with a published median in North Carolina were paid above their own national median in May 2025 (BLS).
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025
What each kind of nurse earns in North Carolina
Data One row per BLS occupation with a published state median, sorted by median annual pay. Hourly pay is shown only where BLS publishes it.
| Occupation (BLS title) | Median annual pay, North Carolina | Median hourly | Employed in North Carolina | National median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Anesthetists | $224,610 | $107.99 | 3,340 | $236,590 | -5% vs national |
| Nurse Practitioners | $128,990 | $62.01 | 9,800 | $132,300 | -3% vs national |
| Nurse Midwives | $126,040 | $60.59 | 240 | $134,040 | -6% vs national |
| Registered Nurses | $84,350 | $40.56 | 111,120 | $97,550 | -14% vs national |
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | $63,270 | $30.42 | 18,010 | $64,400 | -2% vs national |
How this page is built
Pay and employment are BLS OEWS state estimates for North Carolina, May 2025, for each BLS detailed occupation on the national Nurses page. BLS publishes no nurse-wide state figure; nothing on this page is averaged or combined by TryHired. “Difference” compares each occupation's state median with its own national median. Top-coded medians (BLS “#”) are shown as “$239,200 a year or more”, never as a number.
- Pay at a specific employer, hospital system, union contract or school district.
- Pay in a specific city: metro figures differ from the state median.
- Licensing rules in North Carolina.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).