Nurses are core to healthcare delivery impacting patient outcomes, safety, satisfaction, and operational efficiency. Teaching hospitals, often with complex patient cases and educational missions, place unique demands on nursing staff. Understanding how salary levels affect nurse performance is important for workforce planning, retention strategies, and quality care. This study aimed in Assessing the Relationship between Salaries and Nurses’ Performance in Selected Teaching Hospitals in The South-South, Nigeria. A cross-sectional design involving 1210 nurses (females (962) and males (248)) was adopted for this study and the study's population consists of all the nurses in 6 selected teaching hospitals who are still in service across the South-South Zone. A well-structured questionnaire was given to each participant to fill and return to the research assistant. The results shows that 79.5% of the nurses were females, 20.5% were males, 61.6% have first degree, 22.6% have postgraduate degree, 15.9 have other relevant certificates, 26% have served 5 years and less, 18.8% 6years, 33.1% 11 to 15 years, 8.1% 16 to 20 years 8.1%, and above 20 years of service 14%. The result shows that 443(36.6%) agreed and 216(17.9%) strongly agreed that wages are paid on time, 105(8.7%) agreed strongly and 53% of the nurse’s disagreed that wages are not competitive, 804(66.3%) of the participants agreed and confirm wages are consistently paid monthly, 62.9% disagreed that their wages do not reflect their skill level. The findings suggest that while the hospital may have a solid administrative structure for payroll timing and consistency, there’s considerable dissatisfaction with wage levels and their alignment with the nurses’ skills and responsibilities.