Registered Nurse salary in Miami, FL

Based on 18 certified H-1B filings in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Miami Beach, West Palm Beach, Jupiter, Sunrise, Delray Beach.

Also listed as: Nurse

Median salary$85,280
Middle 50%$81.3k–$87.6k
vs. national median+6%comparison median $80,288
Filings18FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $77,659 and $95,333.
PercentileSalary
10th$80,627
25th$81,328
50th (median)$85,280
75th$87,610
90th$94,068

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $75k $90k FY2023: median $72,800 (11 filings) FY2024: median $78,000 (18 filings) FY2025: median $82,160 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 6 filings FY20 FY2021: 4 filings FY21 FY2022: 0 filings FY22 FY2023: 11 filings FY23 FY2024: 18 filings FY24 FY2025: 13 filings FY25 FY2026: 5 filings FY26 18
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––6
FY2021–––4
FY2022–––0
FY2023$72,800$65,291$83,49111
FY2024$78,000$73,128$78,83218
FY2025$82,160$81,328$87,61013
FY2026–––5

Cost of living

Miami's median Registered Nurse salary of $85,280 is worth about $74,700 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Miami = 114.2).

Compared with all workers here

All Registered Nurses in the Miami, FL area earned a median of $91,380 in May 2025 (61,670 employed). The H-1B median here is $85,280, 7% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Mount Sinai Medical Center of Floridatoo few6
Ultimate Caretoo few5
Insight Globaltoo few3
Edgemont Healthcare Staffingtoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $81,328 13
Senior · Level III too few 5
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$81,307$81,32813

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.