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Registered Nurse Jobs in San Antonio, TX: Pay and Who's Hiring
In San Antonio, the May 2025 median is about $94.4K, 3% under the U.S. median. The state's own median is about $96.0K. Read the 25th and the 75th on the table before you treat the middle as the offer.
Pay
The median is the middle of nurses already doing the job, not a starting wage. The 25th is the lower quarter of that group. The 75th is what the upper quarter already earns. If your years look like the people at the 75th, an offer at the median is a cut you can see before the interview.
| Percentile | Metro | TX | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25th | $78,100 | $79,170 | $80,330 |
| Median | $94,370 | $95,970 | $97,550 |
| 75th | $100,760 | $105,100 | $112,350 |
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Hiring difficulty and demand
Who's hiring
- Agilitas Usa, 12 campuses
- Occupational Health Centers of the Southwest P.a, 6 campuses
- RediClinic, 5 campuses
- Bexar County Hospital District, 4 campuses
- El Centro Del Barrio, 4 campuses
- Frio Hospital District, 4 campuses
Campuses on file in the provider extract, not live job ads.
License and training
Texas began multistate licensing on January 19, 2018. Nursing law and practice-area hours were both required, and the board's hour answer was 11 to 20.
Sources: Nurse Licensure Compact, participating jurisdictions and the 60-day move rule NLC implementation dates by jurisdiction NCSBN 2024 licensure survey, continued competency questions 95 through 103 BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, registered nurses, duties and licensure path New York State Education Department, BSN in 10 law North Dakota Board of Nursing, licensure by examination and the 90-day graduate work authorization
The work
A hospital shift starts with report and a list that is not yesterday's list. You assess, give medications, watch the monitor, and call when the story changes. The chart has to say what you saw.
Clinic work runs on appointments instead of a unit. You room people, give the injections the protocol allows, teach the discharge, and still catch the person who looks worse than the visit type. Home health is one house, then the car, then the next house.
In a lot of settings the license also means you are the one who can delegate. If the task is outside what this state lets you hand to an aide, it is still your license on the note. Charge and precepting show up after the basics are boring and reliable.
Nearby metros
- Austin, TX · 74 miles
- Victoria, TX · 103 miles
- Killeen, TX · 121 miles
- Eagle Pass, TX · 129 miles
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Questions
What do registered nurses earn in San Antonio, TX?
In San Antonio, the May 2025 median is about $94.4K, 3% under the U.S. median. The state's own median is about $96.0K. Read the 25th and the 75th on the table before you treat the middle as the offer.
Who hires registered nurses in San Antonio?
Hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and home health agencies are the usual employers, and the names this page can show are Agilitas Usa, Occupational Health Centers of the Southwest P.a, RediClinic. That list is the provider extract, not every door in San Antonio. A one-site clinic is still hiring against the hospital's schedule.
What license do I need to work in Texas?
You need a Texas license, or a multistate license if Texas has implemented the compact and that license is your home-state license. The state section on this page is the sourced rule. Confirm it with the board before you book a start date in San Antonio.
Should a small clinic in San Antonio offer the median?
Offer the median when you want the middle of the San Antonio workforce and you can train. If you need someone who already carries a full assignment, look at $100.8K, the 75th on this page. National growth for registered nurses is 5.6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 180.8 thousand openings a year, and that figure is the country, not San Antonio.