Telehealth Nurse salary
A telehealth nurse earns about $94,620 a year — roughly $45.49/hour, with most earning between $77,920 and $108,980. This is an estimate — a starting point, not an exact figure.
Telehealth Nurse — U.S. national
Specialty estimateMedian annual pay
$94,620
Hourly
$45.49/hr
- Typical range
- $77,920–$108,980
- What most nurses earn
- High end
- $133,350
- Top earners
- Entry level
- $66,870
- Newer nurses
What affects this pay
- Employer type (health system vs insurer vs telehealth company)
- State licensure coverage and compact eligibility
- Years of bedside and triage experience
- Evening, weekend, or on-call line coverage
- Ambulatory or triage certification
About Telehealth Nurses
What they do
Telehealth nurses handle patient calls and video visits from a remote or call-center setting. They use standardized triage protocols to assess symptoms, decide whether a caller needs self-care advice, a clinic visit, or emergency care, and document every encounter. Many also run chronic-disease follow-up programs, checking on blood pressure, diabetes, or heart failure patients between office visits and educating them on warning signs.
How to become a Telehealth Nurse
The path starts with an active RN license, and most employers want at least a year or two of bedside experience in a setting like the emergency department, medical-surgical, or ambulatory care, since remote assessment depends on strong clinical judgment. Employers train new hires on their triage protocol systems, and holding a compact-state license widens the pool of positions. The Ambulatory Care Nursing certification (AMB-BC) is the credential most often cited for this work.
What drives the pay
Public wage data does not track telehealth nursing as a separate occupation, so the figures on this page are modeled from registered nurse pay and labeled specialty estimates. Actual pay tends to sit slightly below the overall RN baseline for a structural reason: most telehealth positions are daytime, remote, and non-acute, which means nurses give up the night, weekend, and hazard differentials that raise hospital bedside earnings.
Telehealth Nurse pay by state
Estimated telehealth nurse pay where this role tends to earn the most. Open a state for the full local picture.
| State | Est. annual pay | vs U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| California | $136,060 | +44% vs national |
| Hawaii | $132,230 | +40% vs national |
| Oregon | $125,140 | +32% vs national |
| Washington | $120,470 | +27% vs national |
| Alaska | $106,200 | +12% vs national |
| New York | $106,160 | +12% vs national |
| New Jersey | $103,310 | +9% vs national |
| Massachusetts | $101,410 | +7% vs national |
Why there is no telehealth nurse pay table by state
The federal wage survey behind these figures (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) measures nursing by occupation code, not by clinical specialty. There is a published figure for Registered Nurse in every state, but none for telehealth nurse specifically. Any state-by-state telehealth nurse table would be the registered-nurse figure with a specialty adjustment applied — a model, not a local measurement, so we do not publish one.
For pay where you live, use the measured data: registered nurse salary by state, then apply the specialty difference described above. Our methodology explains how that adjustment is derived and where it is weakest.
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Telehealth Nurse salary FAQ
- How much do Telehealth Nurses make?
- Telehealth Nurses earn an estimated $94,620 a year — about $45.49 an hour, with most between $77,920 and $108,980. Telehealth Nurses aren't reported as a separate role in public wage data, so this is a specialty estimate that starts from registered nurse pay.
- What is the hourly pay for Telehealth Nurses?
- Most Telehealth Nurses are paid an hourly wage. The national estimate works out to about $45.49 an hour at a full-time schedule, with a typical range of $37.46 to $52.39. Nights, weekends, and overtime differentials push the real hourly rate higher.
- Which state pays Telehealth Nurses the most?
- California is among the highest-paying states for Telehealth Nurses, at roughly $136,060 a year, followed by other West Coast and Northeast states. State figures are estimates based on national pay and local cost of living.
- Why is Telehealth Nurse pay shown as an estimate?
- No public source measures Telehealth Nurses as a separate occupation, so we start from registered nurse pay and apply the pay difference these nurses typically see. The figure is clearly labeled an estimate and sharpens as nurses submit their own pay.
- Why are some figures verified and others estimates?
- National pay for the main nursing roles — registered nurses, LPNs/LVNs, nurse practitioners, CRNAs, nurse midwives, and nursing assistants — comes from verified public wage data. State, city, and specialty figures that aren't reported on their own start from that national pay and are labeled "Estimated" or "Specialty estimate." We never show an estimate as a verified figure.
Source & confidence— An estimate for a specialty that public pay data does not list on its own. A ballpark to start from, not an exact figure.
Modeled specialty estimate
Telehealth Nurse is not broken out by BLS. Figures are modeled from the SOC 29-1141 median using a specialty differential of 0.97×, reflecting commonly reported pay differences. Treat as directional, not precise.
Source year 2025. Last reviewed July 17, 2026. Full methodology
This role isn’t broken out in public wage data, so the figure starts from registered nurse pay and sharpens as nurses submit their pay. Last reviewed July 17, 2026.