If you are a new BSN grad refreshing your inbox for NCLEX results, here is the short answer: CbusJobs has 451 live nursing listings in Columbus as of August 17, 2026. OhioHealth is hiring alongside a long roster of staffing firms, with posted hourly rates from "$18 per hour" up to "$48.78 - $60.98 per hour".

Who is hiring nurses in Columbus right now?

As of August 17, 2026, the employers behind those 451 listings include:

  • OhioHealth, hiring directly across its Columbus locations
  • Fusion Medical Staffing
  • Magnet Medical
  • Getmed Staffing
  • Cynet Health
  • TALENT
  • Alois Healthcare
  • Pulse Healthcare

Notice the mix: a large health system, then a stack of staffing and contract firms. That matters for you, because staffing listings are often travel or contract roles that ask for prior experience. Read the requirements line before you fall in love with a pay rate. Direct system listings are where most new grad doors open. Browse the full set under nursing jobs on CbusJobs.

What do these listings actually pay?

Here is posted pay, pulled verbatim from live nursing listings on the board as of August 17, 2026:

  • $25 - $32 per hour
  • $1,935 - $2,059 per week
  • $18 per hour
  • $31 per hour
  • $100k - $120k
  • $140k
  • $27 per hour
  • $2,179 per month
  • $48.78 - $60.98 per hour
  • $101.7k - $124.65k

Do not panic at the spread. Hourly rates, weekly contract pay, monthly pay, and annual salaries are all mixed together here because settings and contract types differ. As a new grad, treat the hourly staff rates as your reference point, then use the salary page to compare listings side by side before you rank anything.

What about new grad residency programs?

Columbus's large health systems run new-graduate nurse residency programs and hire new grads on cohort cycles. Here is the honest part: the details change by system and by year, so anything specific printed here would go stale fast. Program structure, application windows, unit availability, all of it varies. Check each system's careers page directly, and keep checking, because cohort windows open and close on their own schedules.

What does not change: cohorts fill on a cycle, and applying early in a cycle beats applying late. If you are still waiting on NCLEX results, do not treat that as a reason to sit out a window that is open right now.

How should you run your search while you wait?

  • Apply on cohort cycles, early. Residency cohorts are the main front door for new grads at the big systems, and early applicants get the most unit choices left on the table.
  • Cast wide across systems. Applying to a single system is a coin flip. Applying to every system running a cohort turns your odds into a funnel.
  • Cast wide across settings too. Hospital floors are not the only door. Home care and long-term care hire new nurses, and those settings can mean a faster start while hospital cohorts cycle.
  • Use the category to compare pay. The wage strings above came straight from the nursing category. Sorting through it yourself is the fastest reality check on any offer.
  • Let the listings come to you. Set up job alerts so a new posting lands in your inbox instead of you refreshing the board between study sessions.

What else do new grads ask?

Can I apply before my NCLEX results come back?

It depends on the employer and the role. Some postings accept applications from graduate nurses with licensure pending, while others require an active RN license from the start. The listing itself is your answer, so read it closely, and when it is ambiguous, apply anyway and be upfront about your timeline.

Are staffing agency listings worth my time as a new grad?

Sometimes. Many travel contracts want experience you do not have yet, but agencies also post local contract and facility roles across settings. Skim the requirements before you skip them wholesale. The worst outcome of an application is a no.

How do I keep up with new nursing listings?

Set up job alerts, check the nursing category when cohort season nears, and browse the wider Columbus jobs board while you are at it. CbusJobs has been Columbus only since 2009, so you will not wade through postings from cities you have no plans to live in.