Clinical nurse specialist earnings by seniority

90th percentile

Top-level clinical nurse specialist earnings begin at:

$44.13 per hour

$91,790 per year

75th percentile

Senior-level clinical nurse specialist earnings begin at:

$37.54 per hour

$78,080 per year

50th percentile

Mid-level clinical nurse specialist earnings begin at:

$31.55 per hour

$65,630 per year

25th percentile

Junior-level clinical nurse specialist earnings begin at:

$27.10 per hour

$56,370 per year

10th percentile

Starting level clinical nurse specialist earnings begin at:

$24.07 per hour

$50,070 per year

Approximate values based on highest and lowest earning segments.

Clinical nurse specialist salary by state

State Name Average Salary
Oregon $91,220
District of Columbia $88,800
Alaska $87,650
Massachusetts $86,860
New York $85,300
Nevada $85,210
New Jersey $81,820
Connecticut $79,920
Washington $79,920
Minnesota $77,940
Rhode Island $77,650
Arizona $75,770
Maryland $75,660
Illinois $73,890
Delaware $73,030
Colorado $72,870
Texas $72,000
New Hampshire $71,640
New Mexico $71,310
Michigan $70,590
Wisconsin $70,150
Pennsylvania $69,170
Virginia $68,000
Georgia $67,870
Idaho $66,780
Montana $65,960
Vermont $65,740
Maine $65,630
Wyoming $65,100
Florida $64,400
Ohio $64,200
North Dakota $63,870
Utah $63,570
North Carolina $62,940
South Carolina $62,910
Nebraska $62,730
Louisiana $62,400
Indiana $62,330
Missouri $62,270
Kentucky $61,780
Oklahoma $61,750
Virgin Islands, U.S. $60,950
West Virginia $60,890
Tennessee $60,120
Kansas $59,680
Arkansas $59,650
Iowa $59,130
Alabama $57,930
South Dakota $57,510
Mississippi $57,440
Guam $57,320
Puerto Rico $32,800
Hawaii $105,300
California $104,410

How do clinical nurse specialist salaries compare to similar careers?

Clinical nurse specialists earn about the same as related careers in Maine. On average, they make less than counseling psychologists but more than speech language pathologists.

Career Median Salary
Counseling psychologist salary $72K
Clinical psychologist salary $72K
Nuclear medicine technologist salary $73K
Magnetic resonance imaging technologist salary $73K
Occupational therapist salary $69K
Acute care nurse practitioner salary $66K
Registered nurse salary $66K
Clinical nurse specialist salary $66K
Cardiovascular technologist and technician salary $63K
Speech language pathologist salary $63K

Source: CareerExplorer (Aggregated)