School Nurse Salary?

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Please state your state and salary as a school nurse. Thank you!

Not sure https://allnurses.com/what-school-nursing-salary-t503745/

NYC in a private independent school

$68,000 with no weekends, paid holiday days/breaks off, benefits, but no option for paid overtime only comp (PTO) hours.

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I am at 68 K, happy with that. It is a charter school so it is a longer year (212 days for nursing staff) and 7:30-3:30. I started in Oct and am getting the hang of it!!

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NY

LPN

31782-salary

4500-summer

no experience-brand new grad

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Specializes in Psychiatric, School Health, Adminstration.

In Metro Nashville, I am an employee of the city Health Department within Metro Government, which has excellent benefits. I divide my days evenly between two schools which are just down the road from each other. We work on the students' calendar with the exception of a few days of in-services throughout the school year. Salary is spread out over 12 months. I'm an RN, four years prior hospital experience, Bachelor's degree in another area and Associate's in Nursing, no certification in any specialty. I started out at $39. I LOVE my kiddos, the staff at both schools, and my supervisors and DON. Looking forward to snow days this year, too! The only problem is that pay! For example, I'm having to tell my kid we can't go to Great Clips until my next paycheck. I'm couponing my butt off, buying NOTHING unnecessary, not even a cup of coffee, and working on a food truck here and there just to have enough to not be overdrawn, and I don't always make that goal. Something has to change.

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In Metro Nashville, I am an employee of the city Health Department within Metro Government, which has excellent benefits. I divide my days evenly between two schools which are just down the road from each other. We work on the students' calendar with the exception of a few days of in-services throughout the school year. Salary is spread out over 12 months. I'm an RN, four years prior hospital experience, Bachelor's degree in another area and Associate's in Nursing, no certification in any specialty. I started out at $39. I LOVE my kiddos, the staff at both schools, and my supervisors and DON. Looking forward to snow days this year, too! The only problem is that pay! For example, I'm having to tell my kid we can't go to Great Clips until my next paycheck. I'm couponing my butt off, buying NOTHING unnecessary, not even a cup of coffee, and working on a food truck here and there just to have enough to not be overdrawn, and I don't always make that goal. Something has to change.

That is the highest I've ever heard of a school nurse starting! If I have the math right, it's around $60K/year. More than I started at doing postacute care and more than I make now with almost a decade of experience and specialization in school nursing. Makes me happy for you but sad for me!

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Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.

If you are struggling that much at $39/hr, you must be in a very high COL area. That is a very good salary for a school nurse. Have you ever thought of moving?

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Specializes in Psychiatric, School Health, Adminstration.
If you are struggling that much at $39/hr, you must be in a very high COL area. That is a very good salary for a school nurse. Have you ever thought of moving?

LOL! Oops! I meant to type "$39K", as in $39,000 a year. Minus taxes and benefits, I end up with $2000 a month. I thought I could make it work. WRONG. As for cost of living, yes, it has increased dramatically around here in the past few years. From our local paper:

What does it cost to live comfortably in Nashville?

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Hi! I know its an old post, but I am looking to get into School nursing in Boston, MA and was wondering how difficult is it to get a position. I am RN, BSN with 4 years of acute telemetry and med/surg experience. Also, working on my MSN in Public Health... TIA!

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Hi Mila,

I'm in Boston area, too. I started off as a sub to get my foot in the door. Didn't wind up working for the district but used the nurse manager as a reference. You may be able to get a permanent job with a private school without getting your LSN but pay is less. Public schools will require a LSN. See this link for steps to get LSN. Pretty easy and worth it if you know that's the avenue you want to go down. I only applied to one school and got the job but I've heard it's pretty easy to get a job as long as you have the LSN. Good luck! MSNO >> Licensure

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Hi Jacquipals,

Thank you so much for your reply! I am planning on taking the School nurse certification and rather work in public school district. I am glad that with certification its easier to find a job as a school nurse! Do you know if we are on the same pay grid as teachers?

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I PM'd you!

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LPN in Tennessee, Rural county school system. $13.34/hr, 36 hrs a week, limited holiday pay.... averages out to around 17K per year. If my husband didn't have an amazing job, there's no way I could live off my current salary. But I do love my job!

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