Nonprofit workforce salary benchmark

Registered Nurse pay: the national figure

$102,000

National median annual wage, as the CauseComp Workforce benchmark serves it. BLS occupation: Registered Nurses (SOC 29-1141).

Confidence: High · N: National · Mid (Tier II) · Basis: US national · BLS OEWS May 2025 (aged to Sep 2026)

Benchmark type: Nonprofit. Location: National (No State Adjustment). No sector and no revenue entered, so no industry or revenue adjustment is applied.

Where this figure comes from

The Workforce benchmark starts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) national median for this occupation and ages it with the Employment Cost Index to the date shown in the source line: BLS OEWS May 2025 (aged to Sep 2026). In the Workforce benchmark tool, choosing a sector, a revenue figure, a state or a metro area and a seniority level adjusts it for a particular organization.

What this page does not tell you

It is not a nonprofit-only wage. OEWS reports wages across every ownership type, and with no sector chosen the nonprofit benchmark applies no industry adjustment.
It does not reflect your sector, budget, state, metro area or the seniority of a particular position.
It is not drawn from IRS Form 990 filings. OEWS is a survey of employers; this figure has no filing count behind it.
It is a median. It says nothing about the range of pay around it.

Need a figure for your organization? The Workforce benchmark tool adjusts this figure for your sector, revenue, location and seniority level. See plans and pricing.

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Method: full methodology.

Documented comparability data supports — but does not by itself establish — a board's rebuttable presumption of reasonableness under IRC §4958 (intermediate sanctions). The presumption also requires advance approval by an independent board body and contemporaneous documentation. CauseComp provides comparability data for informational purposes and does not provide legal or tax advice.