Nurse Salaries in Pakistan 2022 | How Much Do Registered Nurses Make?

Nurse Salaries in Pakistan

When students decide to start nursing, they focus on providing health care and helping others. Whether that involves important patient recording at the clinic or hospital examination, patient care is often the focus. However, as you progress to a nursing school, you begin to experience the variety of specialized nursing services available and the benefits that come with them. From child care to birth, there are many types of nursing classes or courses, each with its unique benefits, which appeal to a wide variety of students. The most important benefits of nursing are your passion for healthcare. What salary you get as a nurse depends on your education, experience, role, industry, and location. Your nursing career may start as a certified nurse assistant or registered nurse, or you may have obtained a master’s degree in nursing and become a nurse.

Whichever method you choose; it can be beneficial to research what the average salary for your job is in your practice. There are also ways to earn extra money in any nursing profession, including promotions, leadership roles, or responsibilities. To make your selection process easier, this article will include salaries for nurses in Pakistan. Although many nurses do not choose their careers based solely on financial considerations, nurses provide an important service to their communities and their compensation is very important. With that in mind, here is a list and brief article on salaries after different nursing programs in Pakistan. We will explain the nursing degree salary and diploma program salary. Let’s start with the general salary of a nurse in Pakistan then we will move to salary for different nursing job designations in Pakistan.

Nursing CareerSalary
Registered Nurse Salary (BSN Nurse Salary)38,400 PKR/month
Nursing Assistant Salary57,100 PKR/month
Nursing Supervisor Salary92,000 PKR/month
Nursing Instructor Salary1,725,561 PKR/year
Nursing Director Salary155,000 PKR/month
Head Nurse Salary75,700 PKR/month
Post RN Nurse Salary1,434,595 PKR/year
MSN Nurse Salary1,995,024 PKR/year
PhD Nurse Salary1,660,983 PKR/year
Pakistani Nurse Salary in Aboard75$/hour

Average Salary

A working nurse in Pakistan usually earns 63,000 PKR (lowest) and 95,000 PKR (highest) in a month. It is the average monthly salary of a nurse in Pakistan, This result is extracted from several surveys and based on housing, transport, skills, and job experience.

Median Salary

Median Salary means mid salary (between lowest and highest). 59,200 PKR is the median salary of a nurse in Pakistan. It means half of the nurses from total nurses in Pakistan are earning 59,200 PKR and the other 50% earn more than this.

Salary by experience

Salaries of nurses also vary from experience. Nurses with less experience and new infields get less salary and nurses with more experience and seniors in the nursing profession earn more salary. Following is chart having salaries with experience

0-2 years experience38,400 PKR/month
2-5 years experience47,100 PKR/month
5-10 years experience66,800 PKR/month
10-15 years experience78,000 PKR/month
15-20 years experience  85,800 PKR/month
20+ years experience90,800 PKR/month

Registered Nurse Salary

When someone does BSN Generic (4-years) degree and does 1-year of piratical in hospital is called RN (Registered Nurse). It is the most important, most common, and best nursing program in Pakistan. Now a question arises what is the salary of an RN (Registered Nurse) in Pakistan. The average salary of an RN (Registered Nurse) in Pakistan is 495,580 PKR/year. The base salary of an RN is 20,000 PKR/month. An RN usually charges almost 1047.42 PKR/hour.  We are going to explain their salaries in the public sector, private sector, by experience and major cities of Pakistan.

Following are the salaries of RN (Registered Nurse) according to experience.

0-2 years experience38,400 PKR/month
2-5 years experience47,100 PKR/month
5-10 years experience66,800 PKR/month
10-15 years experience78,000 PKR/month
15-20 years experience  85,800 PKR/month
20+ years experience90,800 PKR/month

Salaries of RN in the public sector are usually high than salaries in private salaries. Nurses also enjoy a lot of benefits during the job in the public sector. Here is the average salary of RN (Registered Nurse) Public sector of Pakistan.

Public Sector28,000 PKR/month

Salaries in private are usually low than in the public sector. But some places in the private sector pay more salaries than the public sector. Below is the average salary of RN (Registered Nurse) in the private sector of Pakistan.

Private Sector35,000 PKR/month

The salary of an RN (Registered Nurse) also varies from city to city. Nurses in small and backward cities usually get less salaries than nurses in developed and major cities of Pakistan. Here are the average salaries of RN’s (Registered Nurses) in some major cities of Pakistan.

Islamabad55,000 PKR /month
Karachi1,742,698 PKR/year
Lahore1,650,537 PKR/year
Rawalpindi1,637,973 PKR/year
Peshawar1,392,146 PKR/year
Quetta32,370 PKR/year

If you want to become RN (Registered Nurse) in Pakistan, you can check our detailed article on how to become a nurse in Pakistan. (Link of the article)

Nursing Assistant Salary

Nursing Assistant is 1-year of nursing program. Both males and females can do this after matriculation. It is a basic nursing diploma program and in great demand of the healthcare niche. Nursing Assistant in Pakistan usually earns 57,100 PKR. Lowest salary of Nursing Assistant in Pakistan 26,800PKR. The highest salary of a Nursing Assistant in Pakistan is 90,200PKR. In this section, we will explain the salaries of Nursing Assistants in the public sector, private sector, salaries by experience, and in major cities of Pakistan.

Salaries vary from experience. Nursing Assistant with high experience earns more salary than Nursing Assistant with less experience.

0-2 years experience31,000 PKR/month
2-5 years experience42,700 PKR/month
5-10 years experience60,800 PKR/month
10-15 years experience74,100 PKR/month
15-20 years experience78,200 PKR/month
20+ years experience85,200 PKR/month

Salaries of Nursing Assistants in the public sector are usually high than salaries in private salaries. Here is the average salary of a Nursing Assistant in the Public sector of Pakistan.

Public Sector622,674 PKR/year

Salaries in private are usually low than in the public sector. But some places in the private sector pay more salaries than the public sector. Below is the average salary of nursing assistants in the private sector of Pakistan.

Private Sector622,674 PKR/year

The salary of a Nursing assistant also varies from city to city. Nursing Assistants in small and backward cities usually get fewer salaries than nursing assistants in metropolitan and major cities of Pakistan. Here are the average salaries of nursing assistants in some major cities of Pakistan.

Islamabad1,486,670 PKR/year
Karachi1,385,555 PKR/year
Lahore49,000 PKR/month
Rawalpindi33,500 PKR/month
Peshawar694,061 PKR/year
Quetta702,085 PKR/year

Nursing Supervisor Salary

A nursing Supervisor is a nurse in hospitals who schedule a nurse’s shift. Manage the timetable of nurses, when which nurse will handle the ward. He/she also assigns a nurse to patients, produces the report of nurses’ ability. So this is a great job designation for nurses in Pakistan. You can enjoy a lot of benefits as a Nursing Supervisor excluding a handsome salary. A nursing supervisor in Pakistan usually earns 92,000 PKR in a month. The lowest salary of the nursing supervisor is 44,100 PKR. While the highest salary of a nursing supervisor in Pakistan per month is 144,000 PKR. 50% of people in Pakistan working as nursing supervisors earn 95,600 PKR each month. Below in this section, there is mentioned the salary of Nursing Supervisor in the public sector, private sector, salary by experience as well as in major cities of Pakistan.

Salaries of nursing supervisors vary when experience changes. Nursing supervisor with more experience gets more salary and nursing supervisor with less experience earn less salary.

0-2 years experience51,700 PKR/month
2-5 years experience73,200 PKR/month
5-10 years experience96,300 PKR/month
10-15 years experience118,000 PKR/month
15-20 years experience126,000 PKR/month
20+ years experience138,000 PKR/month

Salaries of Nursing Supervisors in the public sector are usually high than salaries in private salaries. Here is the average salary of a Nursing Supervisor in the Public sector, Pakistan. Nursing Supervisor in the public sector also enjoys a lot of benefits after retirement. They get a continuous pension each month after retirement.

Public Sector1,354,848 PKR/year

Nursing Supervisor salaries in private are usually low than in the public sector. But some state-of-the-art private healthcare sector pays more salaries to Nursing Supervisors than the public sector. Below is the average salary of a Nursing Supervisor in the private sector of Pakistan.

Private Sector22,468 PKR/year

The salary of a Nursing assistant also varies from city to city. Nursing Assistants in small and backward cities usually get fewer salaries than nursing assistants in metropolitan and major cities of Pakistan. Here are the average salaries of nursing assistants in some major cities of Pakistan.

Islamabad1,643,802 PKR/year
Karachi1,533,234 PKR/year
Lahore1,452,149 PKR/year
Rawalpindi1,441,095 PKR/year
Peshawar1,369,950 PKR/year
Quetta1,385,808 PKR/year

Nursing Instructor Salary

A nursing instructor, or nursing teacher, teaches students to the nursing positions at all levels of certification and degrees. The Nursing instructor can also train other nursing teachers, administrators, or researchers in any health care setting. Nursing teachers also have a role to play in furthering their professional education. Nursing instructors usually get more salaries than other nursing fields. The perceived increase in Nursing instructors (education services) is believed to be due to the growing number of older people and thus a greater need for nursing care. In addition to providing valuable service, a nursing trainer can expect to gain a stronger life while working longer hours than most nurses do. People working as nursing instructors in Pakistan usually earn 1,725,561 PKR/year. The lowest salary of a nursing instructor in Pakistan is 1,239,934 PKR/year. The highest salary of a nursing instructor in Pakistan is 2,173,007 PKR/year. In this section of the article, we are going to discuss the salaries of nursing instructors in the public sector, private sector, by experience, and in major cities of Pakistan.

Salaries of nursing instructors increase with their experiences in the field. Following is salaries of nursing instructors by their experience

1-3 years experience1,239,934 PKR/year
8+ years experience2,173,007 PKR/year

Salaries of nursing instructors in the public sector institutes are usually the same as the salaries in private institutes. Here is the average salary of a Nursing instructor in the Public sector of Pakistan. Nursing instructor in public sector nursing institutes also enjoys a lot of benefits after retirement.

Public Sector1,724,172 PKR/year

Nursing Supervisor salaries in private are usually high than in the public sector. But some state of the art private nursing institutes pays extremely more salaries to the Nursing instructor than the public sector. Below is the average salary of a Nursing instructor in the private sector of Pakistan.

Private Sector1,869,300 PKR/year

The salary of a Nursing instructor also varies from city to city. Nursing instructors in small and backward cities usually get fewer salaries than nursing instructors in metropolitan and major cities of Pakistan. Here are the average salaries of Nursing instructors in some major cities of Pakistan.

Islamabad165,000 PKR/month
Karachi1,953,150 PKR/year
Lahore85,200 PKR/month
Rawalpindi1,724,172 PKR/year
Peshawar1,743,611 PKR/year
Quetta1,742,033 PKR/year

Nursing Director Salary

The Director of Nursing, also known as the Nursing Director, is a registered nurse who leads the organization’s administrative work in the health sector.

Nurses in this field combine their clinical knowledge, education, and management skills to ensure the effective functioning of a health care organization. They may also direct the cadence of the nursing department and determine the composition and level of nursing care. A person working as a nursing director in Pakistan usually earns 155,000 PKR in a month. The lowest salary of a nursing director in Pakistan is 80,300 PKR. The highest salary a nursing director in Pakistan earns is 236,000 PKR per month. Below in this section, we will discuss the average Nursing Director salary in Pakistan. Also, we will discuss the Nursing Director’s salary in the public sector, private sector, salary by experience, and in major cities of Pakistan.

The increasing salary with experience trend is also the same with the nursing director in Pakistan. Nursing directors with more experience earn more salaries than a nursing director with less experience

0-2 years experience91,300 PKR/month
2-5 years experience122,000 PKR/month
5-10 years experience159,000 PKR/month
10-15 years experience193,000 PKR/month
15-20 years experience211,000 PKR/month
20+ years’ experience222,000 PKR/month

The salaries of Nursing directors in the public sector are usually high than the salaries in the private sector. Here is the average salary of a Nursing Director in the Public sector of Pakistan. Nursing Director in the public sector also enjoys a lot of benefits after retirement.

Public Sector2,301,169 PKR/year

Nursing Director salaries in the private sector are usually less than in the public sector. But some state of the art private healthcare centers pays extremely more salaries to Nursing Director than the public sector. Below is the average salary of a Nursing Director in the private sector of Pakistan.

Private Sector2,910,388 PKR/year

The salary of a Nursing Director also varies from city to city in Pakistan. Nursing Directors in small and backward cities usually get fewer salaries than nursing directors in metropolitan and major cities of Pakistan. Here are the average salaries of Nursing directors in some major cities of Pakistan.

Islamabad3,100,295 PKR/year
Karachi2,891,755 PKR/year
Lahore2,738,825 PKR/year
Rawalpindi2,717,976 PKR/year
Peshawar2,583,792 PKR/year
Quetta2,613,700 PKR/year

Head Nurse Salary

In hospitals and other medical institutions, the nursing department is critical to the ongoing safety, treatment, and well-being of patients. Senior nurses direct the nursing department, directly supervise the nursing staff and ensure that they follow all the best medical procedures and procedures. Head nurses can work in many types of health care facilities that are staffed enough to need someone to oversee and coordinate these staff. These facilities include hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical facilities. Salaries of Head Nurse may vary based on experience, credentials, and geographic location. A head nurse usually earns 75,700 PKR in a month. The lowest salary a head nurse earns in Pakistan per month is 37,900 PKR. While the highest salary a head nurse earns in Pakistan per month is 117,000 PKR. In this section, we will explain the detailed information on salaries of Head Nurse in the public sector, private sector, salaries by experience and in major cities of Pakistan.

Following is the trend of salaries of head nurses by experience in Pakistan. We can see that the salaries of head nurses increase with the increase in their experience. Following is a table showing salaries of head nurses with their experiences

0-2 years experience45,400 PKR
2-5 years experience60,100 PKR
5-10 years experience80,400 PKR
10-15 years experience95,900 PKR/month
15-20 years experience103,300 PKR/month
20+ years experience111,000 PKR/month

The salaries of Head Nurse in the public sector are usually high than the salaries in the private sector. Here is the average salary of a Head Nurse in the Public sector of Pakistan. Head Nurse in the public sector also enjoys a lot of benefits after retirement.

Public Sector85,400 PKR/month

Head Nurse Salaries in the private sector are usually less than in the public sector. But some state-of-the-art private healthcare centers pay extremely more salaries to head nurses than the public sector. Below is the average salary of a Head Nurse in the private sector of Pakistan.

Private Sector76,200 PKR/month

The salary of a Head Nurse also varies from city to city in Pakistan. Head Nurse in small and backward cities usually get fewer salaries than Head Nurse in metropolitan and major cities of Pakistan. Here are the average salaries of Head Nurse in some major cities of Pakistan.

Islamabad74,600 PKR/month
Karachi82,200 PKR/month
Lahore85,800 PKR/month
Rawalpindi76,700 PKR/month
Peshawar77,400 PKR/month
Quetta68,700 PKR/month

Post RN Nurse Salary

Post RN is a good nursing degree in Pakistan and it pays well. He/she earns a handsome salary after Post RN. The Salaries of Post RN nurses, we are going to discuss here is a result of several surveys. The data is collected from employees directly and anonymous employees in Pakistan. The average salary of a nurse as a Post RN nurse in Pakistan is 1,434,595 PKR/year. It means almost 50% of workers earn 1,434,595 PKR/year in Pakistan after Post RN nursing. The lowest salary of a Post RN nurse in Pakistan is 1,044,204 PKR/year. It is an entry salary. The highest salary of a Post RN nurse in Pakistan is 1,800,569 PKR/year. It is the salary of senior Post RN nurses. Below in this section, we will discuss the salaries of Post RN nurses in the public sector, private sector, salary by experience, and in major cities of Pakistan.

Here is the salary of a Post RN nurse in Pakistan according to experience. Salaries vary with experience

1-3 years of experience1,044,204 PKR/year
8+ years of experience1,800,569 PKR/year

The salaries of Post RN nurses in the public sector are usually high than the salaries in the private sector. Here is the average salary of a Post RN nurse in the Public sector of Pakistan. Post RN nurse in the public sector also enjoys a lot of benefits after retirement.

Public Sector62,000 PKR/month

Post RN nurse Salaries in the private sector are usually less than in the public sector. But some state-of-the-art private healthcare centers pay extremely more salaries to Post RN nurses than the public sector. Below is the average salary of a Post RN nurse in the private sector of Pakistan.

Private Sector49,800 PKR/month

The salary of a Post RN nurse also varies from city to city in Pakistan. Post RN nurses in small and backward cities usually get fewer salaries than Post RN nurses in metropolitan and major cities of Pakistan. Here are the average salaries of Post RN nurses in some major cities of Pakistan.

Islamabad55,000 PKR/month
Karachi70,000 PKR/month
Lahore57,358 PKR/month
Rawalpindi33,400 PKR/month
Peshawar49,580 PKR/month
Quetta30,198 PKR/month

MSN Nurse Salary

MSN is a higher nursing degree in Pakistan. MSN nursing has a great scope and earns a handsome salary in Pakistan. The salaries we are going to discuss here are a result of surveys and data collected from related people in Parisian. The average salary of an MSN nurse in Pakistan is 1,995,825 PKR/year. Its mean 50% MSN nurses earn 1,995,825 PKR/year. The lowest salary of an MSN nurse in Pakistan is 1,415,567 PKR/year. While the highest salary of an MSN nurse in Pakistan is 2,521,607 PKR/year. Below in this section, we are going to discuss the salary of MSN nurses by experience, salary in the public sector, private sector, and major cities of Pakistan.

Salaries vary from years of job experience. An MSN nurse with more experience earns more salary than an MSN nurse with less experience. Following is salary trend with experience

1-3 years of experience1,415,567 PKR/year
8+ years of experience2,521,607 PKR/year

The salaries of MSN nurses in the public sector are usually high than the salaries in the private sector. Here is the average salary of an MSN nurse in the Public sector of Pakistan. MSN nurse in the public sector also enjoys a lot of benefits after retirement.

Public Sector1.00,000 PKR/month

MSN nurse Salaries in the private sector are usually less than in the public sector. Below is the average salary of an MSN nurse in the private sector of Pakistan.

Private Sector90,000 PKR/month

The salary of an MSN nurse also varies from city to city in Pakistan. MSN nurses in small and backward cities usually get fewer salaries than MSN nurses in metropolitan and major cities of Pakistan. Here are the average salaries of MSN nurses in some major cities of Pakistan.

Islamabad1,867,999 PKR/year
Karachi1,00,000 PKR/month
Lahore1,649,873 PKR/year
Rawalpindi1,867,999 PKR/year
Peshawar1,557,106 PKR/year
Quetta2,081,456 PKR/year

Ph.D. Nurse Salary

Ph.D. in nursing is top of a line degree nursing program. After Ph.D. in nursing, he/she can work at a lot of designations. Salary depends on which position you are working in. Let’s talk about the salary of a Ph.D. nursing professor. It is the most common job after a Ph.D. The average salary of a Ph.D. nurse Professor is 1,662,320 PKR/year. He/she can also earn a yearly bonus of 42,888 PKR/year. In this section, we are going to discuss the salary of a Ph.D. nursing professor by job experience, salary in the public sector, private sector, and in major cities of Pakistan. 

Here are the salaries of Ph.D. nursing professors according to their experience. When experience increases the salary of he/she also increases.

1-3 years of experience1,201,366 PKR/year
8+ years of experience2,089,930 PKR/year

Here is the average salary of a Ph.D. nurse in the Public sector of Pakistan. Ph.D. nurse in the public sector also enjoys a lot of benefits after retirement.

Public Sector1.00,000 PKR/month

Ph.D. nurse Salaries in the private sector are usually less than in the public sector. Below is the average salary of a Ph.D. nurse in the private sector of Pakistan.

Private Sector95,800 PKR/month

Pakistani Nurse Salary in Aboard

Nursing is a good-paying profession in the world and the same is the trend in Pakistan. Most Pakistani nurses go abroad to make their dream lives possible. In aboard they earn a very handsome salary. Usually, Pakistani nurses go to the USA (United States of America), UK (United Kingdom), KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), and UAE (United Arab Emirates). In this section, we will shortly discuss the average salaries of Pakistani RN (Registered Nurse) in different countries. Following is the table showing salaries in different countries:

USA (United States of America) Salary75$/hour
UK (United Kingdom) Salary Â£24,907 /year
KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) Salary 8,410 SAR/month
UAE (United Arab Emirates) Salary 243,224 AED/year

Note: All data and stats described here are collected through surveys and direct contact with people associated with these jobs in Pakistan, with help of https://nursingscholar.net/