Lead Nurse Injector Salary in the United States

How much does a Lead Nurse Injector make in the United States?

As of January 01, 2026, the average salary for a Lead Nurse Injector in the United States is $135,854 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $65.

However, a Lead Nurse Injector's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

  • Top Earners (90th percentile): $161,882
  • Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $124,672 to $149,478
  • Entry-Level (10th percentile): $114,491
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Lead Nurse Injector Salaries by Percentile

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Salary
Monthly
Pay
Weekly
Pay
Hourly
Wage
75th Percentile $149,478 $12,457 $2,875 $72
Average $135,854 $11,321 $2,613 $65
25th Percentile $124,672 $10,389 $2,398 $60
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Key Factors That Influence Lead Nurse Injector Salaries

A Lead Nurse Injector's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location, education and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Lead Nurse Injector Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Lead Nurse Injector's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

  • Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $130,680
  • Early Career (1-2 years): $131,181
  • Mid-Level (2-4 years): $132,349
  • Senior-Level (5-8 years): $133,684
  • Expert (over 8 years): $136,255
Levels Salary
Entry Level Lead Nurse Injector$130,680
Intermediate Level Lead Nurse Injector$131,181
Senior Level Lead Nurse Injector$132,349
Specialist Level Lead Nurse Injector$133,684
Expert Level Lead Nurse Injector$136,255
$130,680 0 yr
$131,181 < 2 yrs
$132,349 2-4 yrs
$133,684 5-8 yrs
$136,255 > 8 yrs
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How Do Lead Nurse Injector Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Lead Nurse Injectors. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

  • District of Columbia: $150,418.
  • California: $149,847.
  • Massachusetts: $147,850.

Top Paying Cities for Lead Nurse Injectors

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

  • San Jose: $171,353
  • San Francisco: $169,668
  • Oakland: $165,905

What Skills Can Increase a Lead Nurse Injector's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

  • Leadership (Mentioned in 9.73% Job Postings): Knowledge of and ability to employ effective strategies that motivate and guide other members within our business to achieve optimum results.
  • Acute Care (Mentioned in 2.58% Job Postings): Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery. In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or longer term care. Acute care services are generally delivered by teams of health care professionals from a range of medical and surgical specialties. Acute care may require a stay in a hospital emergency department, ambulatory surgery center, urgent care centre or other short-term stay facility, along with the assistance of diagnostic services, surgery, or follow-up outpatient care in the community. Hospital-based acute inpatient care typically has the goal of discharging patients as soon as they are deemed healthy and stable. Acute care settings include emergency department, intensive care, coronary care, cardiology, neonatal intensive care, and many general areas where the patient could become acutely unwell and require stabilization and transfer to another higher dependency unit for further treatment.
  • Assisted Living (Mentioned in 1.48% Job Postings): Assisted living exemplifies the shift from "care as service" to "care as business" in the broader health care arena predicted more than three decades ago. A consumer-driven industry, assisted living offers a wide range of options, levels of care, and diversity of services (Lockhart, 2009) and is subject to state rather than federal regulatory oversight. "Assisted living" means depends on both the state and provider in question: variations in state regulatory definitions are significant and provider variables include everything from philosophy, geographic location and auspice, to organizational size and structure.
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Skills Demand Percentage
Leadership 9.73%
Acute Care 2.58%
Assisted Living 1.48%
What skills can make your compensation higher?
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay. Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on a Lead Nurse Injector's salary.
  • Risk Management: Can increase your salary by up to 7%.
  • Alignment: Can increase your salary by up to 4%.
  • Clinical Nursing: Can increase your salary by up to 3%.
Skill Salary Salary % Increase
Risk Management
$145,364
7%
Alignment
$141,288
4%
Clinical Nursing
$139,930
3%
Care Management
$139,930
3%
Communication Skills
$139,930
3%
Quality Improvement
$138,571
2%
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How Education impacts a Lead Nurse Injector's Salary?

Your level of education can impact your salary potential. While many Lead Nurse Injectors enter the field with a Bachelor's Degree degree, higher education can lead to more specialized and higher-paying roles.

According to our 100% employer-reported salary data, the median salary for a Lead Nurse Injector with a Bachelor's Degree is between $119,641 and $126,006).

Lead Nurse Injector Salaries by Degree Level

Typical Education for Lead Nurse Injector
Degree Level % of user with this level of education
No Diploma 0.3%
High School 3.5%
Associates 23.8%
Bachelors 46.0%
Masters 25.6%
Doctorate 0.9%
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Lead Nurse Injector Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Lead Nurse Injector's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on January 01, 2026

Salary Trends for Lead Nurse Injector

Salaries for a Lead Nurse Injector can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary increased from $106,907 in 2023 to around $106,959 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of Lead Nurse Injector salary trends, .

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$107,265
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