Berkeley registered nurse salary, 2025
Berkeley is a city in Alameda County. 7 people worked as registered nurses for Berkeley in 2025. Fewer than 5 of them worked the full year, so there is no average that wouldn't describe individual people. The official range for its registered nurse titles runs from $138,845 to $167,210.
What does Berkeley pay its registered nurses?
Official pay range, other nurse titles1
$138,845 to $167,210
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for other nurse titles, the largest group
Average total pay, full-year registered nurses1
Fewer than 5
7 registered nurses in all, 3 of them full-year: too few for an average.
- Median total pay
- Fewer than 5
- the middle registered nurse: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- Fewer than 5
- average per full-year registered nurse
- Starting salary
- $138,845
- bottom of the 2159 Reg Nurse range
- Average pay rank
- Fewer than 5
- too few full-year staff to rank
What does each registered nurse title at Berkeley pay?
Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1
Other nurse titles
- 2159 Reg NurseFewer than 5
- 2153 Ph NurseFewer than 5
Health system nurses
- 9007 Mh NurseFewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
What do registered nurses earn around Berkeley?
Average total pay of full-year registered nurses across Alameda County and across California. Berkeley's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its registered nurses worked the full year.1
- All employers in Alameda County$200,120
- All employers in California$181,164
Full-year registered nurses across Alameda County earned an average of $200,120 in 2025, $18,956 more than the California average.
Average registered nurse pay in Alameda County compared to nearby counties
Average total pay of full-year registered nurses across all employers in each county that borders Alameda County, and how much more or less it pays.1
- San Francisco County$244,709 average, 2 employers$44,589 more than Alameda County
- Santa Clara County$242,999 average, 1 employer$42,879 more than Alameda County
- Contra Costa County$207,342 average, 1 employer$7,222 more than Alameda County
- San Mateo County$203,980 average, 1 employer$3,860 more than Alameda County
- San Joaquin County$183,905 average, 1 employer$16,215 less than Alameda County
- Stanislaus County$119,299 average, 2 employers$80,821 less than Alameda County
Pension and health cover at Berkeley
As reported by the city. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year registered nurse, on top of wages.1
- Pension formula
- 2% at 62
- the most common formula among Berkeley's registered nurses
- Employer pension contribution
- Fewer than 5
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- Fewer than 5
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about registered nurse pay at Berkeley
Why is there no average registered nurse salary for Berkeley?
7 people worked as registered nurses for Berkeley in 2025, but fewer than 5 of them worked the full year. Every figure on Public Paycheck covers at least 5 people, so none describes one person.
What is the pay range for a registered nurse at Berkeley?
The official range across Berkeley's registered nurse titles runs from $138,845 to $167,210 in 2025. For comparison, full-year registered nurses across Alameda County earned an average of $200,120.
What is the starting salary for a registered nurse at Berkeley?
$138,845 a year: the bottom of the official range for Berkeley's 2159 Reg Nurse title in 2025, as reported. Pay rises with steps and overtime.
What pension do registered nurses at Berkeley get?
The most common pension formula among Berkeley's registered nurses is 2% at 62, as reported by the city.
More salaries in Alameda County
- Alameda Health System$234,717 average total pay
- Alameda County$176,849 average total pay
- Washington Township Health Care District$166,945 average total pay
- University of California, Berkeley$149,474 average total pay
- Highest registered nurse salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Police officer salaries at Berkeley$214,680 average total pay
- 911 dispatcher salaries at BerkeleyPay by title
- Firefighter salaries at Berkeley$210,083 average total pay
- Librarian salaries at Berkeley$95,702 average total pay
- Paramedic and EMT salaries at Berkeley$129,028 average total pay
- Teacher salaries in Alameda CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Berkeley figures
Every person who held a registered nurse position at Berkeley at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked roughly the full year: those whose regular pay reached at least 90% of the bottom of their official range. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Berkeley.