Perioperative Care nurse pay in North Carolina
$99,320median posted offer#3 of 6 states for Perioperative Care
Perioperative Care nurses in North Carolina are being offered a median $99,320 a year across 5 live postings that state pay — 2% above the national Perioperative Care median of $96,970. Updated July 22, 2026.
Where does your pay sit in Perioperative Care in North Carolina?
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Posted offers on live listings — not take-home pay or a promise of what any one nurse will earn.
Other specialties in North Carolina
- Nurse Practitioner 12 postings$122k
- Cardiac 13 postings$101k
- Medical-Surgical 10 postings$99k
- Oncology 5 postings$99k
- Nursing Management/Admin 8 postings$98k
- Telemetry 8 postings$96k
- Hospitals and Health Care 8 postings$96k
- ER 6 postings$96k
Or see all nurse pay in North Carolina (144 postings), or Perioperative Care pay across every state.
What to do with this
- See the rolesJobs in North Carolina paying around $99,320Every 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 Perioperative Care nurses make in North Carolina?
- Across 5 live Perioperative Care postings in North Carolina that state pay, the median offer is $99,320 a year. The middle half runs $99,320–$103,077, and the top 10% start at $119,549.
- Is North Carolina a good state for Perioperative Care nurses?
- On posted pay, North Carolina ranks #3 of 6 states for Perioperative Care. The median there is 2% above the national Perioperative Care median of $96,970. 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.