Which pays more, Physician or Registered Nurse?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Physician vs Registered Nurse

Physician pays more: a median of $223,500 against $102,500. Demand is comparable on both sides. Physician is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 5.7%. Listings for Physician move faster — median age 43 days against 77.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Physician	Registered Nurse	Gap
Open postings	39,626	38,089	+1,537
Posted this week	1,356	837
Median salary	$223,500	$102,500	+$121k
25th percentile	$177k	$81k
75th percentile	$277k	$127k
Salary disclosed	8.2%	7.5%
Remote share	11.0%	5.3%	+5.7pp
Median age of posting	43d	77d
Open over 60 days	36.4%	41.2%
Visa sponsorship	12.8%	16.2%

Pay

Pay distribution

Physician

$101k$387k

Registered Nurse

$46k$177k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Physician

just posted43d median90d+

Registered Nurse

just posted77d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Physician — technologies

72.0%

Terraform

65.8%

TypeScript

59.6%

JavaScript

53.4%

Docker

47.2%

HubSpot

41.0%

Java

34.8%

Registered Nurse — technologies

Kubernetes

72.0%

SQL

65.8%

GCP

59.6%

Docker

53.4%

Swift

47.2%

Kotlin

41.0%

TypeScript

34.8%

Physician — employers

Quarry Analytics

9.4%

Brightline Retail

8.7%

Solstice Biotech

8.0%

Halcyon Energy

7.2%

Northwind Systems

6.5%

Meridian Software

5.8%

Rivergate Media

5.1%

Registered Nurse — employers

Rivergate Media

9.4%

Northwind Systems

8.7%

Beacon Robotics

8.0%

Tidewater Insurance

7.2%

Brightline Retail

6.5%

Meridian Software

5.8%

Umbra Security

5.1%

More comparisons

Other Healthcare comparisons

Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.