Registered Nurse Instructor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 30610
- Class code
- 30610
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- P4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Registered Nurse Instructor is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 30610.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 09/05/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is professional nursing educational work in teaching employees nursing theory, skills, and methods involved in the physical, rehabilitative or habilitative care of individuals/patients/residents at a Commonwealth facility for individuals with a mental or physical injury or illness, a dysfunctional behavior and/or a developmental disability. An employee in this class assesses employees' direct nursing care educational needs, researches, plans, organizes, develops, presents and evaluates orientation and in-service classroom and clinical instruction in nursing theory and practice. Considerable independent judgment is used in designing, developing, adapting, and/or selecting subject matter materials and instructional methods, and in applying professional nursing theories to meet classroom and clinical instructional needs and problems.
Examples of the work
• Teaches elementary and advanced nursing theory, skills, methods and techniques to Aide Trainees, Psychiatric Aides, Restoration Aides, Residential services Aides, ID, Youth Development Aides, Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Nurses, and other direct care and facility staff. • Designs and develops course objectives, course outlines, lesson plans, and teaches nursing care planning and/or treatment techniques and methods. • Plans, schedules, conducts, and evaluates orientation and adult education and training programs for Aide Trainees and evaluates classroom lectures, discussions, and demonstrations, and provides relevant clinical follow-up training and supervision.
Minimum qualifications
• Three years of professional nursing experience; and a bachelor’s degree in nursing, nursing education, or a closely related field from an accredited college or university; or • One year of professional nursing experience and a master's degree in nursing, nursing education, or a closely related field from an accredited college or university.
Special requirements
• All positions require active authorization to practice as a Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania. • All employees possessing an active temporary practice permit must obtain licensure as a Registered Nurse within the one (1) year period defined by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.