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Updated: Mar 14, 2020 Published Sep 20, 2012
Please state your state and salary as a school nurse. Thank you!
Not sure https://allnurses.com/what-school-nursing-salary-t503745/
Privateschoolcrazy
9 Posts
I am a school nurse at a private international boarding school in upper NY state. I make 44K. However I also have to live on campus so have no housing and mostly no food costs but no privacy so it's a trade off. But keeps life interesting.
vvasq87, BSN, RN
29 Posts
New York, NY
Work M-F 8:30-3:30, in a middle school with about 250 students
Salary is about $53K/year
iggywench, BSN, RN
301 Posts
Texas, make $49K per year. I work 8-4 M-F, 187 days per year. I get teacher retirement, paid over 12 months. I am at an intermediate school with ~700 students.
AdobeRN
1,294 Posts
Texas - $49K per year. My district pays same as teacher scale, did not give me credit for my nursing experience when I started. Paid over 12 months. Elementary school K-5 ~ 825 students. M-F 7:30-3:30. Contract for 187 days per year. I also get teacher retirement benefits when the time comes for that.
117800
12 Posts
Maryland - $45,500/yr with 14 yrs experience pd over 12 months. I work in an Elementary School - approx 500 students. M-F 8:15-3:45 for 190 days per yr. I also get retirement but we are not on the same pay scale as Teachers. We are on the Support Staff pay scale which is lower than Teachers and not as appreciated.
smrslr
32 Posts
I am VERY jealous!!! I too work in TX, but my salary is under $20000/year(second year here). And d/t budget cuts there are no raises for anyone in the near future! I work here for the hours and my kids. That is the going rate at schools around here, unless you are the director of health services, and there is usually only one per district. Howe ever you can't beat a week off at Thanksgiving, Christmas Break, Spring break, and of course summer vacation!!
NurseKitKat
63 Posts
GA--$30,000 (LPN) 187 days, year-round pay, 8-4 M-F and holidays off.
I truly love school nursing, if I didn't I sure wouldn't do it because the pay is horrible.
My son is a sophomore in high school, I am planning on going back to school and bridge to RN (if I can figure out where the money is coming from!), so when he is finished I can look somewhere that pays a little better. Moving is just not an option right now as he is in a FANTASTIC school district!!! School RNs make a little more than the RNs...
Tina, RN
513 Posts
I am in my third year of full time school nursing in Dutchess County, NY. I make 31,000 a year. I love my job, even though it drives me crazy sometimes. The convenient schedule and retirement plan are huge incentives, because the pay is practically shameful. LOL For the amount of responsibility I have as the only "medical person" in the building, I should really be making more, IMO.
I have elementary school aged kids. I am also lucky enough to work in the same school district that my kids attend. :)
Cackalacky
76 Posts
Utah
About $30,000 a year, 30 hours a week. I work summers and breaks.
MsAng
15 Posts
State: TN
Judging by the responses on here, I may be getting the lowest pay! Sad to say, my salary is approximately $18,000/year. I work 32.5 hrs/week at an elementary school with 1000 students. I am a BSN, RN.
ohiobobcat
887 Posts
I'm in Maine. My pay is $39,500 yearly. I am on a teacher's contract. I get the state retirement plan, too. I do not work summers and breaks. I work in a high school of about 600 kids, and my day is 7 am to 2:15 pm. The students leave at 1:45 but we (teachers and the nurse) are expected to stay until 2:15. I stay later than that some days for meetings and such. Not a bad gig- but I did take a significant pay cut leaving the hospital. Love the hours, and like having the same schedule as my kids.
RetrieverGirl, BSN, RN
213 Posts
I am interviewing for a school nurse position tomorrow. It is located in Lake County Ohio for PLSD. It is a 1:1 position with a disabled student and it pays $18.60 per hour. I am not sure if it's lower because it's 1:1 or that's what all of the school nurses make there. Kind of surprising for a wealthy town. I've seen tons of positions open for substitute school nurse and they only want to pay $70 per day and require a BSN!!! That's actually less than one would make as a substitute teacher in some areas.