This page is built from the job board's live index of open postings on hospital and health-system career sites in Idaho: 804 open positions from 33 employers as of September 26, 2026, 0.4% of all open postings in the index, which ranks Idaho #43 of 51 states. Registered nurses are 53.2% of the state's postings (206). Every figure below is a count or a posted pay range, never a job description; the method is at the end.
Where the jobs are in Idaho
| # | City | Open postings | of which RN | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | 239 | 63 | 4 |
| 2 | Boise, ID | 195 | 48 | 7 |
| 3 | Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise, ID | 66 | 22 | 1 |
| 4 | Nampa, ID | 46 | 19 | 3 |
| 5 | Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa, ID | 27 | 14 | 1 |
| 6 | Blackfoot, ID | 26 | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | Kellogg, ID | 25 | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | Weiser, ID | 17 | 4 | 1 |
Every city links to its live listings; the state's registered-nurse listings are at RN jobs in Idaho.
Health systems hiring the most in Idaho
Counted by open postings on the system's own career site, so a system that lists every unit and shift separately ranks higher than one that posts one evergreen requisition per role.
| # | Employer | Open postings in ID |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trinity Health | 323 |
| 2 | Kootenai Health | 196 |
| 3 | Dirne Health Centers, Inc. | 41 |
| 4 | BMH | 30 |
| 5 | Shoshone Medical Center | 23 |
| 6 | Kentfield Hospital | 19 |
| 7 | Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System | 18 |
| 8 | Intermountain Healthcare | 17 |
Which roles Idaho employers are hiring
| Role | Open postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| registered nurses | 206 | 53.2% |
| certified nursing assistants | 59 | 15.2% |
| licensed practical nurses | 27 | 7% |
| medical assistants | 22 | 5.7% |
| nurse practitioners | 20 | 5.2% |
| radiologic technologists | 19 | 4.9% |
| physical therapists | 18 | 4.7% |
| surgical technologists | 16 | 4.1% |
What nursing jobs pay in Idaho
For reference, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics counts 16,880 registered nurses employed in Idaho with a mean wage of $44.57 an hour ($92,710 a year), OEWS May 2025.
Only 4.4% of Idaho postings state a pay range with both ends: too few to publish a posted median (the rule is at least 100 postings and a median within a third of the BLS mean). The BLS figure above is the reliable reference for this state.
Licensing: working as a nurse in Idaho
Idaho is a member of the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) according to NCSBN's compact map (read September 26, 2026, which lists 40 member states). A nurse whose primary state of residence is Idaho can hold a multistate license and practice in every other compact state without a new application, and a nurse with a multistate license issued elsewhere can accept a job in Idaho without waiting for an endorsement. The state's board of nursing contact page is on NCSBN.
Licensing is issued by the state board of nursing: an approved nursing program, the NCLEX-RN (or NCLEX-PN), a background check and the board's application. The board's own pages are the source of truth for fees and timelines; this page does not restate them.
How this is built
- Scope: open, published postings ingested from public hospital and health-system career sites (source = api); customer-bridged and manual postings excluded. Only postings whose location is in Idaho count here; a posting listing several sites counts once, at its first site.
- Pay point: midpoint of the posted range, hourly (annual ÷ 2080), only where both ends and the unit are posted. The top of a posted range is never used as "the pay". A posted median is published only with at least 100 postings and within a third of the BLS mean.
- Freshness: the index is crawled daily; this page is regenerated monthly and shows its generation date.
- References: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, state estimates; NCSBN Nurse Licensure Compact map data, read September 26, 2026.
Data as of September 26, 2026.
Frequently asked questions
How many open nursing jobs are there in Idaho right now?
804 open postings from 33 hospital and health-system employers in Idaho as of September 26, 2026, 206 of them for registered nurses. Coeur d'Alene has the most (239), then Boise (195).
What do registered nurses earn in Idaho?
The BLS OEWS May 2025 mean for registered nurses in Idaho is $44.57 an hour, $92,710 a year, across 16,880 employed RNs. Too few open postings state a pay range for a posted median to be published for this state.
Is Idaho a Nurse Licensure Compact state?
Yes. Idaho is an NLC member per NCSBN's compact map (read September 26, 2026), so a multistate license issued by another compact state is valid there.
Which hospitals are hiring nurses in Idaho?
By open postings on their own career sites: Trinity Health (323), Kootenai Health (196), Dirne Health Centers, Inc. (41) and 5 more listed above, as of September 26, 2026.