Public Health Nurse Salary in Philadelphia, PA

How much does a Public Health Nurse make in Philadelphia, PA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Public Health Nurse in Philadelphia, PA is $75,549. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $62,058 to a high of $93,995, with most professionals earning between $68,488 and $85,204.

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Plans, organizes, and provides public health nursing services, including assessment, intervention, referral, and follow up of persons at high risk of complications throughout antepartum and postpartum periods, child rearing, infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood.

September 20, 2022

Document findings on the survey report in accordance with Principles of Documentation and submit reports within the required timeframes.

March 11, 2023

Maintains comprehensive knowledge of vaccines, medications, and other therapeutic interventions as appropriate to our outpatient clinic.

March 31, 2023

Performs comprehensive individual and family assessments whichinclude health history, physical assessment, growth monitoring, developmentalassessment, psycho-social assessment, assessment of family functioning,assessment for substance abuse or domestic violence issues, and assessment ofbasic needs including food, housing, income, resources and supports, and accessto health care.

April 26, 2023

Participates in programs to safeguard children's health, such as outreach programs, child health conferences, school health programs, group instructions for parents/guardians, immunization programs, etc.

May 11, 2023

Assists in the development and monitoring of assigned program budgets for compliance with applicable State and/or Federal regulations, and assists in the preparation of application proposals.

May 21, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Public Health Nurse in Philadelphia, PA

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

68488

85204

75549

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

68570

85322

75619

What is the average salary for Public Health Nurse in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Public Health Nurse in Philadelphia, PA. The base salary for Public Health Nurse ranges from $68,488 to $85,204 with the average base salary of $75,549. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $68,570 to $85,322 with the average total cash compensation of $75,619.

View Average Salary for Public Health Nurse as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$75,549	$68,488 - $85,204
Bonus	$70	$82 - $117
Total Pay	$75,619	$68,570 - $85,322

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Public Health Nurse Salary Near Philadelphia, PA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE Camden, NJ	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $68,488 - $85,204	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA 0%
CITY, STATE West Chester, PA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $67,157 - $83,549	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE Doylestown, PA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $70,768 - $88,041	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE Trenton, NJ	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $70,984 - $88,310	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE Wilmington, DE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $67,288 - $83,712	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE New Castle, DE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $67,288 - $83,712	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA

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About Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, sometimes known colloquially as Philly, is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863. Since 1854, the city has been coterminous with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the eighth-largest U.S. metropolitan statistical area, with over 6 million residents as of 2017[update]. Philadelphia is also the economic and cultural anchor of the greater Delaware Valley, located along the lower Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, wit...

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