Acute Care nurse pay in Massachusetts
$110,000median posted offer#4 of 17 states for Acute Care
Acute Care nurses in Massachusetts are being offered a median $110,000 a year across 5 live postings that state pay — 8% above the national Acute Care median of $101,910. Updated July 22, 2026.
Where does your pay sit in Acute Care in Massachusetts?
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Other specialties in Massachusetts
- Nurse Practitioner 5 postings$137k
- Psychiatric 6 postings$118k
- Travel 6 postings$118k
- ICU 13 postings$109k
- Home Health 13 postings$103k
- Pediatric 7 postings$100k
- General 18 postings$96k
- Medical/Surgical 6 postings$92k
Or see all nurse pay in Massachusetts (108 postings), or Acute Care pay across every state.
What to do with this
- See the rolesJobs in Massachusetts paying around $110,000Every posting behind these numbers is a live job you can open and apply to.
- Offer in hand?Run it through the offer reality calculatorAnnualize it honestly and see what it's worth where you'd actually live — then compare offers side by side.
- 3-minute fit quizFind out which roles actually fit youPay is one axis. Shift, specialty, setting, and commute decide whether the job is worth it.
- CommunityAsk nurses what they really take homeDifferentials, ratios, and the offer nobody posts. Bring your number and compare notes.
Want the craft behind the numbers — differentials, negotiating, travel packages? Read the pay & salary guides.
Questions nurses ask
- How much do Acute Care nurses make in Massachusetts?
- Across 5 live Acute Care postings in Massachusetts that state pay, the median offer is $110,000 a year. The middle half runs $107,216–$114,085, and the top 10% start at $125,347.
- Is Massachusetts a good state for Acute Care nurses?
- On posted pay, Massachusetts ranks #4 of 17 states for Acute Care. The median there is 8% above the national Acute Care median of $101,910. Pay is one axis — shift, ratios, and cost of living decide whether the job is actually worth it.
- Where do these numbers come from?
- Midpoint of stated salary ranges on live nursing job postings; values outside $20,000–$800,000/yr treated as parse artifacts and excluded; groups under 5 postings suppressed. Community-reported figures are anonymous, unverified, and reported separately.