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Director of Nursing salary: median $141,500 a year

Director of Nursing listings that state pay run from $118,500 to $142,500 for the middle half, based on 26 current job listings. 176 director of nursing roles are open now.

Director of Nursing pay range

From 26 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.

Lower quarter
$118,500
Median
$141,500
Upper quarter
$142,500

Do AI skills change director of nursing pay?

For Clinical roles in general, as of November 6, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for director of nursing alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Clinical listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise a median $165,000, against $139,500 for those that never mention AI (+18.2%). That raw gap is not matched on level or industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$165,000
median, from 48 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$139,500
median, from 625 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

See the AI-skill pay table for every function · Check your own pay against these listings

More pay data: Clinical pay by level, skills that pay more and pay by employer size.

Open director of nursing jobs

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Director of Nursing salary questions

How much does a director of nursing make?
Among 26 open director of nursing listings that state pay, the median is $141,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $118,500 and $142,500.
Where does this director of nursing pay data come from?
From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
Which state pays director of nursings the most?
Of the states with enough listings, Washington has the highest median listed pay at $142,500.

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