Medical-Surgical nurse pay in New Jersey
$107,500median posted offer#4 of 19 states for Medical-Surgical
Medical-Surgical nurses in New Jersey are being offered a median $107,500 a year across 5 live postings that state pay — 8% above the national Medical-Surgical median of $99,366. Updated July 22, 2026.
Where does your pay sit in Medical-Surgical in New Jersey?
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Other specialties in New Jersey
- Hospitals and Health Care 6 postings$114k
- Acute Care 7 postings$108k
- Home Health 8 postings$107k
- ICU 12 postings$106k
- ER 10 postings$104k
- General 7 postings$100k
- Dialysis 8 postings$99k
- Critical & Intensive Care 6 postings$99k
Or see all nurse pay in New Jersey (101 postings), or Medical-Surgical pay across every state.
What to do with this
- See the rolesJobs in New Jersey paying around $107,500Every 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.
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Questions nurses ask
- How much do Medical-Surgical nurses make in New Jersey?
- Across 5 live Medical-Surgical postings in New Jersey that state pay, the median offer is $107,500 a year. The middle half runs $98,800–$107,500, and the top 10% start at $117,225.
- Is New Jersey a good state for Medical-Surgical nurses?
- On posted pay, New Jersey ranks #4 of 19 states for Medical-Surgical. The median there is 8% above the national Medical-Surgical median of $99,366. 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.