University of California, Santa Cruz registered nurse salary, 2025
University of California, Santa Cruz is a campus of the University of California in Santa Cruz County. 14 people worked as registered nurses for University of California, Santa Cruz 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 $106,780 to $148,582.
What does University of California, Santa Cruz pay its registered nurses?
Official pay range2
$106,780 to $148,582
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest registered nurse title, per diem rates aside
Average total pay, full-year registered nurses1
Fewer than 5
14 registered nurses in all, 1 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
- Not reported
- no official range reported
- Average pay rank
- Fewer than 5
- too few full-year staff to rank
What does each registered nurse title at University of California, Santa Cruz 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.1,2 The University of California reported no ranges to the State Controller, so the ranges here are the campus's wage tables in its contract with the California Nurses Association, effective January 2025: the lowest to the highest step, before shift and other differentials. Vocational nurses and other titles outside that contract have no range.
- Clin Nurse 2Fewer than 5
- Clin Nurse 3Fewer than 5
- Nurse PdFewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Nurse practitioner pay at University of California, Santa Cruz
Counted on their own, kept out of the registered nurse figures on this page. Each group's name leads to its statewide overview. Range: the lowest to the highest step of the campus's contract wage tables, effective January 2025. Pay: average total pay of full-year staff, overtime included.1,2
| Nurses | People | Official range | Average total pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse practitioners | 8 | $133,110 to $168,836 | $161,210 |
What do registered nurses earn around University of California, Santa Cruz?
Average total pay of full-year registered nurses across Santa Cruz County and across California. University of California, Santa Cruz's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its registered nurses worked the full year.1
- All employers in Santa Cruz County$144,061
- All employers in California$181,164
Full-year registered nurses across Santa Cruz County earned an average of $144,061, $37,103 less than the California average.
Average registered nurse pay in Santa Cruz County compared to nearby counties
Average total pay of full-year registered nurses across all employers in each county that borders Santa Cruz County, and how much more or less it pays.1
- Santa Clara County$242,999 average, 1 employer$98,938 more than Santa Cruz County
- San Mateo County$203,980 average, 1 employer$59,919 more than Santa Cruz County
- San Benito County$189,634 average, 1 employer$45,573 more than Santa Cruz County
- Monterey County$182,865 average, 4 employers$38,804 more than Santa Cruz County
Questions about registered nurse pay at University of California, Santa Cruz
Why is there no average registered nurse salary for University of California, Santa Cruz?
14 people worked as registered nurses for University of California, Santa Cruz 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 University of California, Santa Cruz?
The official range across University of California, Santa Cruz's registered nurse titles runs from $106,780 to $148,582 in 2025. For comparison, full-year registered nurses across Santa Cruz County earned an average of $144,061.
How much does a nurse practitioner make at University of California, Santa Cruz?
Full-year nurse practitioners at University of California, Santa Cruz averaged $161,210 in total pay in 2025, overtime included, on an official range of $133,110 to $168,836.
More salaries in Santa Cruz County
Sources for the University of California, Santa Cruz figures
Every person who held a registered nurse position at University of California, Santa Cruz 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, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by the University of California for University of California, Santa Cruz.
- University of California and California Nurses Association, Registered Nurses (NX) contract, Appendix A: wage tables: each campus's hourly rates effective January 2025, lowest to highest step; yearly figures are the hourly rate times 2,088 hours, the tables' monthly rate times 12.