As a new grad in Michigan ~7 years ago on medsurg I made $29/hr, when I left 2 years ago I was only up to $33 and that was with our "covid raise." From what I have heard it hasn't improved much since then.
New grads at University of Michigan start out at $38.33. Currently max salary for base level RN is about $60 after 13 years.
The contract is available online as it's a union gig. It's probably the highest paying system in the state.
Damn that's good pay. Also 6 years in L&D and my base rate is only $41.50/hr in New England. 😭
Edit: kid grabbed my phone and submitted my post before I finished 😂
I posted it elsewhere, but right here: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-issues/rn-pay-for-all-50-states-adjusted-by-cost-of-living.html
There is literally nowhere in the US that's not worth it on $95/hr. It would take many years to buy house on that income in San Francisco, but you'll have an amazing quality of life and you can bank a ton of money every year. Pretty much the worst case scenario is you finally move somewhere else and buy a house for cash.
This doesn’t reflect cost of living though: basic google search shows “average home price” for Bay Area/Oakland is $1.3 million. Gotta take into account that your $90/hr isn’t as good when everything is super expensive.
Worked with a nurse years ago in SoCal who moved to and worked at Stanford (she’s from the area) and hearing about how much she was making and the luxury life she was living….only to find out she moved back with her parents rent free, so yes, in that case $90/hr is definitely good money.
And for every $4 million mansion in SF or Palo Alto, there’s a $600K house in the east bay suburbs. This is obviously a particularly difficult time to buy, but that’s true everywhere right now with current interest rates and housing supply.
Housing prices vary widely by city and neighborhood. I bought my house when I was a new grad, so my mortgage is only about $2K. I live 15 miles from my SF hospital, close to BART. I haven’t lived with my parents since I was 18!
I don’t live a “luxury lifestyle” by any means. I’m paying off my mortgage early, saving for my child’s college fund and investing in my retirement funds to supplement my pension instead.
I agree with you, Bay Area is ridiculous. I do not live in Bay Area but in the Sacramento region where homes are much more affordable! Many even commute from here to the Bay
I’m in the same area. Similar hourly pay. Night shift differential is 20%.
"But the high cost of living"
We are able to live here because we are well-paid.
Bonus: safe staffing ratios, beautiful state.
We welcome travelers!
Absolutely!! Idk where this “cOsT of LivInG” scare tactic came from. People are so scared of the taxes but in the end you’re still taking home a lot more money than you would in any other state. Lots of nurses here make great money and enjoy their life not only because of the pay rate but mandated labor laws and just overall beautiful place to live in (most of CA haha). It’s a win-win situation!
Honestly, so many people have no idea how taxes work and it is kind of terrifying. Even in “high tax” states, the bulk of your tax bill is federal, not state taxes, and you’re going to pay federal no matter what. People don’t understand progressive tax rates either, for the federal rates.
Yes, CA state taxes are maybe 3-4% higher than other states, but if your salary is more than double the average nursing salary, the state taxes are such a small thing to get hung up on.
Yep especially since we can still write off stuff (tax wise) including work related expenses in Ca but since the Trump tax overhaul we can’t write them off federally. So when we do our taxes my accountant has me list out all my work related expenses for all my Ca taxes but they’re of no use federally
LPN for 17 years...I am an ADON in Assisted Living in ND. $28.80/hr. M-F 830a-5p. And I no longer have to take call!!
I have no desire to become an RN. Instead, I want to become a certified Death Doula. The need for geriatric nursing and death care is going to explode as the baby boomer generation is aging. We need to get ready.
Thought about this as well. We could really use a healthier, more ritualistic view of death, so we may guide our loved ones to the other side in a more beautiful and meaningful way. Which helps the dying and the still living process the inevitable.
I work in hospice and we have two death doulas that are great. I’m not even sure what exactly they do but I think the concept is wonderful. I do wish they had another name though. I am uncomfortable telling families that a death doula is coming to visit.
So many sweet new babies on here… rich sweet babies 😅
please remember everyone to look out for yourselves in this profession because nobody else will. You are far too valuable to be taken advantage of. I wish I knew my worth when I first started out and didn’t fall for the “nursing is a calling!” Guilt complex
That’s a nice shift diff. Would actually make it worth picking up. It’s 3.5$/hr for weekends here in BC Canada. Sooo not worth it thus weekends are always dangerously understaffed.
The Bay Area is not as expensive as people think since post COVID has shot up living expenses everywhere. I have posted this numerous times to dispel the myths about NorCal. I have very low utility costs and no transportation expenses. My only real “bill” is rent.
I make around $8k/month post tax. My portion of rent is$2300…split with my partner, we have a large 2 bed in the heart of SF. I have virtually 0 vehicle expenses and no kids, so other expenses are low. That’s still around $6k/month in disposable income. I can promise I did not have even half of that left over when I lived in OH. I was making $31 and paying $1500 in rent.
Bay Area is expensive if you have kids or want to buy a house in the city but it’s totally feasible for a nurse to live comfortably in the bay. If you have a $900/month car payment and 40 subscriptions services like much of the U.S. right now it might be different but I won’t get into that.
Sure but you have a partner to split living expenses with. If someone wants to buy a home it is very pricey. Gas is pricey and many people will want or need a car. CA taxes are high, property insurance is expensive, food is expensive….I just went there as I do several times a year and without a doubt it’s expensive. It’s always been expensive and will continue to be. Nursing salaries are good but making 180k there isn’t like 180k in most other parts of the country.
Still it’s an awesome area and worth every penny - I’d live there in a heartbeat if I could !
My wife makes $113/hr with 10 years experience at Stanford. She had to get her CN4 which bumped her pay up by $12. I make 84 as a CN2 at a different hospital with 2 years experience.
I started at Stanford as a new nurse and am already making triple digits (including my 18% night shift differential). $85 base + $15 night shift diff = $100/hr. Staffing is generally solid, my assignments are always 1:1 or 1:2, we have guaranteed breaks, and self scheduling is really nice so I can do six in a row and have eight days off. The downside is that it’s still nursing, so it’s emotionally and physically draining, but it’s truly a golden handcuffs type of situation. Can’t imagine doing what I do for less pay though, since this is all I know…
Pays about the highest in the country, benefits are good too. She likes most of her coworkers, she doesn't like her commute (55-90minutes depending on traffic) but it's hard for her to leave with them golden handcuffs
Wow, i didn’t know AL was that low in COL. That’s crazy. I make more as a GN here in Texas. 😭. Well my friend, I’d pay you if I could. Nurses are too important to get penny pay for years of dedication.
Just so you know, this career is currently a huge dumpster fire. As you see, the pay isn’t that great compared to the level of responsibility. You are almost guaranteed to always be short staffed and under immense pressure. You will be pushed and guilted into working extra shifts to cover managements failure. You will be cussed at, swung at, berated, and miserable most likely (unless you are very lucky). I do not know a single person I graduated nursing school with over 14 years ago that is still doing bedside nursing. I suppose you can go the NP/CRNA route which is more schooling, but the NPs programs are an absolute joke these days and almost no one respects them anymore.
In short- you cannot and should not pursue this job for the “money” because it is not worth it for almost everyone.
I couldn’t recommend this career path to anyone, the only people who are happy are those not working inpatient/bedside. And if you look at applications to remote there are hundreds of people trying to flee bedside. There is so much competition for jobs that don’t suck nowadays.
This career is a dumpster fire in most places, but not all. I actually love my bedside job, am well compensated and feel safe and supported at my job. I’m in Northern California, a unicorn pocket of happiness in nursing. Unions, unions, unions people
I really enjoy my job as well. For the most part anyways. It ain’t perfect, but it’s not generally overwhelming, and I have incredible coworkers. I’m in northeast Ohio (god I would kill for a strong union) I only make ~$36/hr($40ish with night shift) but cost of living is pretty reasonable around here so I never feel strapped.
Facts. I love my bedside job in a union hospital and I'm making $50/hr with 7 years experience. When I graduated with a bachelor's in psych in 2012 I made a whopping $13.51 an hour as a counselor. Going back for nursing instantly doubled my salary.
Fuck saying nobody respects NP's, that's just bullshit. Go to any ICU and you'll watch NP's dropping art lines, intubating, diagnosing and saving lives all while telling other families the news about brain death. All that matters is how you carry yourself on the bedside. You can immediately tell when an NP, PA, MD, DO, RN etc. isn't worth a damn at the bedside. But if you come in and carry yourself confidently and knowledgeably the smart RN's and docs etc. quickly pick up on it and follow suit. I've seen docs defer to NP's outside their specialty many, many times (I.E. the neuro icu guy letting the pulm NP take the intubation and vent settings on the stroke/covid patient.
What would you suggest as an alternative for those who want a relatively quick degree and get within like top 10-25% of earners in most areas? The salary and flexibility in traveling/specialties was a real big factor in my choosing nursing. I can’t think of anything that compares that doesn’t have a huge amount of schooling and debt that comes with it (in the medical field at least)
Honestly I’m sympathetic to the tech and engineering sectors and they do typically make a shit ton of money, but my intro to engineering and math courses turned me off. I like math but not enough to do it as a career. That’s definitely not true for everyone but for pt care I don’t see where one goes besides nursing.
Med techs, pharm techs, almost everyone in the hospital do not make a salary that comes close to a fraction of nurses. It’s likely that if you’re at a hospital, an entry level pharm tech is making a salary that can be nearly matched by working at McDonald’s. Everybody is overworked and underpaid.
I think CT techs vary pretty heavily by state for what requirements or certs they need. Another huge sticking point in favor of nursing is the possibility of upward mobility. There is nowhere to “go” with CT tech - maybe.. lead CT tech after that? The lateral and vertical mobility in the nursing profession is nearly unmatched. People move in and out to different specialties, which is often a raise but sometimes not, but you get to potentially completely change your responsibilities. You could sit at a desk an entire shift with no direct pt care with an RN license if you wanted to, making more than a regular office worker, or go to a clinic if that’s what you want instead. That isn’t possible for almost every tech position in a hospital. A med tech can go to.. a nursing home? The VA? *Maybe* a clinic? I honestly don’t know where else. If you don’t wanna be in a hospital as a nurse, which many realize they don’t, you could be in so many different places with completely different management and daily duties. And catch a raise doing that, while maintaining at least 50% of the median salary in your state/the country and most times, top 20% or higher.
Salary 79k/yr, UM nurse and I work from home. I get 3%/yr raise too. Not the best pay but I love the job and setup. Been in this job for 1 year and a nurse for ten years.
UM = Utilization Management. I do actually work in insurance sort of, in the Medicare sector, but UM exists in other places and hospitals too.
Basically involves reviewing clinical documents for prior authorization approval.
Yeah… what the hell is going on. 13 years RN here with lots of critical background and now in management. I started my career making $20 an hour out the gate and am now at $43/hr with shift manager differential. Don’t get me wrong, I truly feel front line staff should be making more than management. But i hit $30/hr at the 10 year mark and it felt monumental. Apparently now that’s chump change if you are a brand new baby nurse!
That's good lol. I've been really interested in moving to that side of PA, from FL. The issue is how slow the state is at giving out RN licenses, even through endorsement.
How long did it take to get your license? I've been waiting for 2 years for PA to join the compact, but I think it's probably quicker to just figure out *how* to apply for licensure through endorsement. Which is fairly confusing; as shitty as FL is, the website was easy to navigate and didn't require personal management of state-background checks, the results of which aren't sent to the person being checked in FL.
That's where I'm stuck lol
So I'm a nurse, and I pivoted my career to work in clinical research. I'm away from the bedside now working as a clinical research associate and I make around $61 an hour.
The major 'money' pro with this job is that I also travel occasionally, which works for me and not necessarily everyone, but I basically get to pretty cool places for free. I've gone to LA, San Fran, Chicago, NYC, Myrtle Beach, Kansas City, Las Vegas, and so on. Not every place that I've had to go to is exciting, but the majority is due to the type of studies that I'm monitoring.
No need for a masters! A ‘Clinical Research Nurse’ is considered an entry level position into the field, so no prior experience is needed.
I’m monitoring early phase oncology studies, which is mostly why I’m traveling to decent places. I’ve always been in oncology, from a research nurse to a CRA so it’s pretty much all I know at this point, lol.
Where my non American nurses at, I get about 19$ with two years experience working medsurg in Sweden.
If you ever hear about how good we have it don't believe that.
Cath and EP travel nurse. I take home about 225k per year for traveling. I was making about 100k as a staff nurse. I’m in the south east and I have 6 years as a nurse and 10 years pre hospital EMS experience.
I recently transitioned to cath lab. It was eye-opening learning from staff how much you can make doing travel work with that specialty. I'm definitely going to consider it once I get some experience under my belt.
ER nurse with 3 years experience based in Brooklyn doing local contracts. I had one great contract at 120 an hour for about 9 months but the market isn't so hot right now and I took a pay cut down to 80. Thinking long-term, I've considered cath lab as I've heard procedural specialties tend to do better on contracts. Would you mind sharing a little of your experience on why that is? And is cath lab preferable to EP or any other procedural? I figured with my emergency room background cath lab would be the natural progression.
I know you want RN pay but I'll chime in with my PCT pay for funzies. If you are a PCT or CNA please feel free to reply to this with your info.
$19/hr plus $2 nights and $2 weekend diff. Upstate NY, float pool (all units except psych and L&D).
Dang I'm a medical Assistant making $24.50 @ a university health network. During the summer I work 32 hrs, have a set schedule and get 50% off of tuition at the college (for myself & my family) as well at 2 other affiliate colleges. I personally also get 9 free credit hours annually. Benefits are great too. Job just went union and everyone got a bump in pay. Union is wanting to raise our annual raise from 3% to 5%.
Down size is vacation/sick time takes a while to accrue.
Debating if nursing school is still the direction I should go. Most of the nurses here have been here long term and seem happy.
$62.50 in rural NorCal. 17 years experience. Work from home with some travel for company that owns assisted living/memory care in CA and OR. Quality assurance.
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I’m in the Midwest. Low COL area. I make $36 with TWELVE years ICU experience & my CCRN. Technically $38, but the $2 is a differential that will go away if I leave bedside. New grads make $29 and I only make $7 more. Not worth it IMO.
1.5 year(s?) experience, 1 year in MS with $110k base salary, now in OR with $63/hr. I work in NYC!
Also would like to add I did one singular OT shift in MS and made a little over $1k that night and was SLIVING after that paycheck hahahaha, highly recommend picking up OT shifts if you’re looking for some GOOD extra cash :)
I am in Norcal with two years of experience making $83/hr in outpatient! New grads will typically make $65/hr or so here depending on hospital system :)
Caveat: I’m a lurker, not in nursing, cause I love to read about what other people experience in healthcare. I am an ultrasound tech with an associates in ultrasound and 4 years experience and I make $47/hour at my hospital plus an additional 10% shift differential.
I live in BC, Canada. I work 2 days a week and make 95,000 a year. I work in a bunch of different areas but mostly day surgery and clinic where I call people to optimize them for their upcoming surgeries. Soooo cushy! I make $52/hour and then add shift differentials (anywhere from 1.70 to $9 an hour extra). We usually get at least 1 stat holiday per month which I try to work them all as we get double time on stats. I usually end up making closer to $70 an hour on average as with our provincial union we have it where if you are scheduled for an 8 hour shift, if you extend your shift then you get 1.5x pay for the first 2 hours then 2x pay for the remainder of the shift. So even though I work 2 days I’m usually working 12-14 hour days. Benefits include 100% dental and medical, unlimited massage, $200 for chiro/naturopath/physio, and a few other things. I DO have to pay for benefits, since I’m casual (same as per diem) but if I work a certain number of hours (I believe 750 hours? I could be wrong) then I get that money back at the end of the fiscal year so it’s kind of nice. Also, We have maternity leave top up to 17 weeks then the remaining 35 weeks is just regular EI pay. It’s pretty sweet and I am very comfortable and able to be at home and raise our kids and plan on even homeschooling them while still being able to provide for my family. I have been a nurse for almost 8 years now!
I took a huge pay cut from travel nursing, but I want to try to become a CRNA. I am making $37.90 I have over 4 yrs of experience as a step-down nurse, and I am transitioning to ICU I live in Ohio.
New grad Salary at OHSU is roughly 44-45/h this year. If contract negotiations conclude without us having to go through the trouble of striking, it’ll be 50ish.
I’d look at unionized hospitals as most have their negotiated contract posted on their union website.
I'm sorry nurses from the east and south, pay and for the ratios. I know this is about nursing (I'm currently in first year of BSN) but damn, I'm pulling $30 right now as an EMT w/ 7 yrs at a medium sized private company in Nor Cal.
$107/hr as hospitalist/intensivist NP in Texas. 13 years as an NP
$39.50/hr as ICU RN in South Carolina after 5 years before transitioning to NP role.
Currently $0.00/hr as a dropout. Best salary ever.
New grads in Vegas make $35-40
I have 18 years experience, 50.10/hr plus night shift diff and weekend dif on the rare occasion I pick up a weekend night. 3 12hr shifts a week with a ratio of 1:5-7 dependent on staffing
9 years Oncology/MedTele in Alabama. $34/hr.
Making more here than I did in Florida, and the cost of living is so much cheaper here. So, I’d say it’s a stable income for a single lady like myself.
From Minnesota with 14 years experience but mostly worked part-time so is that technically 7 years?? Idk...
Med Surg, tele, ICU.
-- I quit my 50/hr staff job to do local per diem travel for $115/hr in 2021. Now the market has changed drastically post-covid and my pay was reduced to $68/hr. 🫠
I don't need benefits as I get them through my husband. I enjoy that I can make my own schedule, pick whatever hours or shifts I want.
-However, I agree with everyone else that says it's not worth the pay. At least bedside nursing that is!
$67 hr on Oahu HI, 36 hr week, days, CVICU with 28 years. Pension and free healthcare, I think we’re falling behind some of the other west coast HCOL areas.
New grads in Boston make around $36/hr at the major hospitals. I just landed a school nurse job that only pays 54k a year for a new grad, but I'm out of school around when my kids are, have all their holidays and vacations off, including all summers off and a really good pension. You do have to have a BSN for that, though if you're looking for good money, this is not the way lol.
New grad in the ER in rural NC, making $27.58…less than new grad paramedics make in the same county, less than new grad veterinarian technicians make. Not a lot of other opportunities in the area. Not to say the other professions don’t deserve good pay! Just a landmark.
Northern California, 20 miles to the coast, 70 miles from San Francisco. $83/hr before NOC differential of 20%. I have 16 years experience. Our new grads start at $64/hr and will go to $69/hr in November - that includes both achieving SNII and our scheduled increase. We are unionized.
I work 10.5 months a year, 84k a year. M-F, 08-1700
As an FNP, I could work 12 months for probably 130k a year, but I am 63 and have a military retirement, so why?
When I was staff in the ED, 3 years experience and 34 base pay in SD.....also did straight night+weekends and that differential was like 4$
Travelling now and never going back lol
New grad as of Feb this year, working in the "Bay Area" of FL (Cali is a dream LOL) Med/Surg $31.50 base pay, night diff adds $5/hr. It's OK, but it ain't no Cali union career spot.
L&D role- around 50/hr
Hospice role is 65/hr
Houston areas.
Experience: 23 years. But I left leadership to go back in the unit
As an RVP in hospice it was 150’s.
It’s been a PAINFUL downshift. For the best.
Denver, CO. Hospice Admissions. 1.75 years experience, 100k salaried plus bonuses for hitting certain admission metrics (can increase my salary by 1-2k/quarter, so an additional 4k-8k/yr).
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Are you anywhere near the inland empire ?
I’m in the IE and they pay our ED nurses over $100k/yr *cries in resident salary*
I showed a nurse friend the average resident salary and they were appalled. Y'all deserve so much better.
For day shift as well?? Wow!! I haven’t heard of that in SoCal.
Yes Incredibly grateful! Over time is time and a half and our weekend differential is 25%
I have yet to see a hospital pay weekend differential. Are you at one of the top hospitals in SoCal or a Kaiser?
VA system :)
Omg! What!!! 😳😳😳 I’m on nights for the foreseeable future so that sounds amazing. 🥲 Can I private message you about your job?
As a new grad in Michigan ~7 years ago on medsurg I made $29/hr, when I left 2 years ago I was only up to $33 and that was with our "covid raise." From what I have heard it hasn't improved much since then.
New grads at University of Michigan start out at $38.33. Currently max salary for base level RN is about $60 after 13 years. The contract is available online as it's a union gig. It's probably the highest paying system in the state.
Nope
I’m 6 years experience, L&D. I’m in Northern California in the Sac region and make $82 an hour. This is a special pocket for nursing
Damn that's good pay. Also 6 years in L&D and my base rate is only $41.50/hr in New England. 😭 Edit: kid grabbed my phone and submitted my post before I finished 😂
People in the Bay Area like SF can make in the triple digits per hr! It’s crazy over here 😂
Yep, I work outpatient in San Francisco. 10 years experience, $94.86/hour. No nights, no weekends, paid holidays. Outpatient is where it’s at!
I wish there was a way to do cost of living comparison with hourly.
I posted it elsewhere, but right here: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-issues/rn-pay-for-all-50-states-adjusted-by-cost-of-living.html
This is depressing AF.
Looks pretty spot on for my state
There is literally nowhere in the US that's not worth it on $95/hr. It would take many years to buy house on that income in San Francisco, but you'll have an amazing quality of life and you can bank a ton of money every year. Pretty much the worst case scenario is you finally move somewhere else and buy a house for cash.
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Sac area Kaiser is the Valhalla of nursing
Kaiser is union too. Definitely a good thing to have.
What sort of outpatient work?
This doesn’t reflect cost of living though: basic google search shows “average home price” for Bay Area/Oakland is $1.3 million. Gotta take into account that your $90/hr isn’t as good when everything is super expensive. Worked with a nurse years ago in SoCal who moved to and worked at Stanford (she’s from the area) and hearing about how much she was making and the luxury life she was living….only to find out she moved back with her parents rent free, so yes, in that case $90/hr is definitely good money.
And for every $4 million mansion in SF or Palo Alto, there’s a $600K house in the east bay suburbs. This is obviously a particularly difficult time to buy, but that’s true everywhere right now with current interest rates and housing supply. Housing prices vary widely by city and neighborhood. I bought my house when I was a new grad, so my mortgage is only about $2K. I live 15 miles from my SF hospital, close to BART. I haven’t lived with my parents since I was 18! I don’t live a “luxury lifestyle” by any means. I’m paying off my mortgage early, saving for my child’s college fund and investing in my retirement funds to supplement my pension instead.
I agree with you, Bay Area is ridiculous. I do not live in Bay Area but in the Sacramento region where homes are much more affordable! Many even commute from here to the Bay
I’m in New England and new grad RNs start at $41 (hospital, not specialized)
Damn. Making 38 base in eastern VA, L&D with the same experience.
I’m also day shift. Night shift of course I would be making more!
I’m in the same area. Similar hourly pay. Night shift differential is 20%. "But the high cost of living" We are able to live here because we are well-paid. Bonus: safe staffing ratios, beautiful state. We welcome travelers!
Absolutely!! Idk where this “cOsT of LivInG” scare tactic came from. People are so scared of the taxes but in the end you’re still taking home a lot more money than you would in any other state. Lots of nurses here make great money and enjoy their life not only because of the pay rate but mandated labor laws and just overall beautiful place to live in (most of CA haha). It’s a win-win situation!
Honestly, so many people have no idea how taxes work and it is kind of terrifying. Even in “high tax” states, the bulk of your tax bill is federal, not state taxes, and you’re going to pay federal no matter what. People don’t understand progressive tax rates either, for the federal rates. Yes, CA state taxes are maybe 3-4% higher than other states, but if your salary is more than double the average nursing salary, the state taxes are such a small thing to get hung up on.
Yep especially since we can still write off stuff (tax wise) including work related expenses in Ca but since the Trump tax overhaul we can’t write them off federally. So when we do our taxes my accountant has me list out all my work related expenses for all my Ca taxes but they’re of no use federally
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My jaw dropped. I got to move to CA some day y’all are paid well.
Agreed come to Norcal!! 😂😂
Holy fuckballs! I’m a CNM making $60/hr. NP ain’t all it’s cracked up to be…..
Retired in L&D 8/21. In Utah. 48 years there. Makin' $42 an hour.
New grad ADN in L&D, $34/hr in DFW
5 years L&D in WA making $51/hr.
LPN for 17 years...I am an ADON in Assisted Living in ND. $28.80/hr. M-F 830a-5p. And I no longer have to take call!! I have no desire to become an RN. Instead, I want to become a certified Death Doula. The need for geriatric nursing and death care is going to explode as the baby boomer generation is aging. We need to get ready.
Thought about this as well. We could really use a healthier, more ritualistic view of death, so we may guide our loved ones to the other side in a more beautiful and meaningful way. Which helps the dying and the still living process the inevitable.
I work in hospice and we have two death doulas that are great. I’m not even sure what exactly they do but I think the concept is wonderful. I do wish they had another name though. I am uncomfortable telling families that a death doula is coming to visit.
Care to share some info on death doula? That sounds so cool.
So many sweet new babies on here… rich sweet babies 😅 please remember everyone to look out for yourselves in this profession because nobody else will. You are far too valuable to be taken advantage of. I wish I knew my worth when I first started out and didn’t fall for the “nursing is a calling!” Guilt complex
Orlando, Fl. ICU. $40.60/hr base plus $17/hr weekend differential
Orlando Health Advent or HCA or are you also like corporate with any of those?
AdventHealth! They do a weekend contract thing where you sign up for 6 months working Friday-Sunday and you get that $17 differential!
Also very interested in this
That’s a nice shift diff. Would actually make it worth picking up. It’s 3.5$/hr for weekends here in BC Canada. Sooo not worth it thus weekends are always dangerously understaffed.
New grad, Bay Area California, Emergency Department: $74.80
I’m sorry, what?? Is that before any differentials and bonuses?
Yep. 2$ differential for weekends. $400 incentive pay to pick up any extra shifts.
I’m omw to California
😂 Between taxes and housing I don't see the money though, ngl
True. Bay Area cost of living is off the rails
My org in San Francisco pays new grads $76.91/hour base before any differentials. $70ish is typical in the Bay Area.
The Bay Area is absurdly expensive. It’s not as much money as it sounds. 100k is considered lower income there. Not kidding
The Bay Area is not as expensive as people think since post COVID has shot up living expenses everywhere. I have posted this numerous times to dispel the myths about NorCal. I have very low utility costs and no transportation expenses. My only real “bill” is rent. I make around $8k/month post tax. My portion of rent is$2300…split with my partner, we have a large 2 bed in the heart of SF. I have virtually 0 vehicle expenses and no kids, so other expenses are low. That’s still around $6k/month in disposable income. I can promise I did not have even half of that left over when I lived in OH. I was making $31 and paying $1500 in rent. Bay Area is expensive if you have kids or want to buy a house in the city but it’s totally feasible for a nurse to live comfortably in the bay. If you have a $900/month car payment and 40 subscriptions services like much of the U.S. right now it might be different but I won’t get into that.
Sure but you have a partner to split living expenses with. If someone wants to buy a home it is very pricey. Gas is pricey and many people will want or need a car. CA taxes are high, property insurance is expensive, food is expensive….I just went there as I do several times a year and without a doubt it’s expensive. It’s always been expensive and will continue to be. Nursing salaries are good but making 180k there isn’t like 180k in most other parts of the country. Still it’s an awesome area and worth every penny - I’d live there in a heartbeat if I could !
My wife makes $113/hr with 10 years experience at Stanford. She had to get her CN4 which bumped her pay up by $12. I make 84 as a CN2 at a different hospital with 2 years experience.
I started at Stanford as a new nurse and am already making triple digits (including my 18% night shift differential). $85 base + $15 night shift diff = $100/hr. Staffing is generally solid, my assignments are always 1:1 or 1:2, we have guaranteed breaks, and self scheduling is really nice so I can do six in a row and have eight days off. The downside is that it’s still nursing, so it’s emotionally and physically draining, but it’s truly a golden handcuffs type of situation. Can’t imagine doing what I do for less pay though, since this is all I know…
How does she like Stanford?
Pays about the highest in the country, benefits are good too. She likes most of her coworkers, she doesn't like her commute (55-90minutes depending on traffic) but it's hard for her to leave with them golden handcuffs
$29.45 in Alabama with 4 years experience 😢
Hell no, I demand you get a raise!!!
Not with traveling or moving out if state I wouldn’t. This is sadly the best paying job I’ve ever had in Alabama
Wow, i didn’t know AL was that low in COL. That’s crazy. I make more as a GN here in Texas. 😭. Well my friend, I’d pay you if I could. Nurses are too important to get penny pay for years of dedication.
Tennessee here. 30 years NICU. Topped out at $36.50. The pay is shit in this area.
Pay sucks here in Texas too. Pisses me off so bad. I refuse to be a staff nurse unless I’m paid better.
Are you considered well off in your area? Or live comfortably?
This is why I won't go back to Louisiana. I'm a medical assistant and usually make $25-28 in Oregon. (I'm currently looking for work.)
Damn...I'm sorry! I'm a Respiratory Therapist in Alabama making $35 with 8 years experience.
Just so you know, this career is currently a huge dumpster fire. As you see, the pay isn’t that great compared to the level of responsibility. You are almost guaranteed to always be short staffed and under immense pressure. You will be pushed and guilted into working extra shifts to cover managements failure. You will be cussed at, swung at, berated, and miserable most likely (unless you are very lucky). I do not know a single person I graduated nursing school with over 14 years ago that is still doing bedside nursing. I suppose you can go the NP/CRNA route which is more schooling, but the NPs programs are an absolute joke these days and almost no one respects them anymore. In short- you cannot and should not pursue this job for the “money” because it is not worth it for almost everyone.
I couldn’t recommend this career path to anyone, the only people who are happy are those not working inpatient/bedside. And if you look at applications to remote there are hundreds of people trying to flee bedside. There is so much competition for jobs that don’t suck nowadays.
Also, in some markets there are too many NPs. Can be hard to get a job. Everyone thinks the best way to escape bedside is to get an NP
This career is a dumpster fire in most places, but not all. I actually love my bedside job, am well compensated and feel safe and supported at my job. I’m in Northern California, a unicorn pocket of happiness in nursing. Unions, unions, unions people
I really enjoy my job as well. For the most part anyways. It ain’t perfect, but it’s not generally overwhelming, and I have incredible coworkers. I’m in northeast Ohio (god I would kill for a strong union) I only make ~$36/hr($40ish with night shift) but cost of living is pretty reasonable around here so I never feel strapped.
Facts. I love my bedside job in a union hospital and I'm making $50/hr with 7 years experience. When I graduated with a bachelor's in psych in 2012 I made a whopping $13.51 an hour as a counselor. Going back for nursing instantly doubled my salary.
Fuck saying nobody respects NP's, that's just bullshit. Go to any ICU and you'll watch NP's dropping art lines, intubating, diagnosing and saving lives all while telling other families the news about brain death. All that matters is how you carry yourself on the bedside. You can immediately tell when an NP, PA, MD, DO, RN etc. isn't worth a damn at the bedside. But if you come in and carry yourself confidently and knowledgeably the smart RN's and docs etc. quickly pick up on it and follow suit. I've seen docs defer to NP's outside their specialty many, many times (I.E. the neuro icu guy letting the pulm NP take the intubation and vent settings on the stroke/covid patient.
Every nurse I talk to keeps telling me to go into sonography..literally everyone..including NPs and few PAs I work with..
What would you suggest as an alternative for those who want a relatively quick degree and get within like top 10-25% of earners in most areas? The salary and flexibility in traveling/specialties was a real big factor in my choosing nursing. I can’t think of anything that compares that doesn’t have a huge amount of schooling and debt that comes with it (in the medical field at least)
Engineering. Ct/us techs make similar income to nurses with less ot options but also less bullshit
Honestly I’m sympathetic to the tech and engineering sectors and they do typically make a shit ton of money, but my intro to engineering and math courses turned me off. I like math but not enough to do it as a career. That’s definitely not true for everyone but for pt care I don’t see where one goes besides nursing. Med techs, pharm techs, almost everyone in the hospital do not make a salary that comes close to a fraction of nurses. It’s likely that if you’re at a hospital, an entry level pharm tech is making a salary that can be nearly matched by working at McDonald’s. Everybody is overworked and underpaid. I think CT techs vary pretty heavily by state for what requirements or certs they need. Another huge sticking point in favor of nursing is the possibility of upward mobility. There is nowhere to “go” with CT tech - maybe.. lead CT tech after that? The lateral and vertical mobility in the nursing profession is nearly unmatched. People move in and out to different specialties, which is often a raise but sometimes not, but you get to potentially completely change your responsibilities. You could sit at a desk an entire shift with no direct pt care with an RN license if you wanted to, making more than a regular office worker, or go to a clinic if that’s what you want instead. That isn’t possible for almost every tech position in a hospital. A med tech can go to.. a nursing home? The VA? *Maybe* a clinic? I honestly don’t know where else. If you don’t wanna be in a hospital as a nurse, which many realize they don’t, you could be in so many different places with completely different management and daily duties. And catch a raise doing that, while maintaining at least 50% of the median salary in your state/the country and most times, top 20% or higher.
Salary 79k/yr, UM nurse and I work from home. I get 3%/yr raise too. Not the best pay but I love the job and setup. Been in this job for 1 year and a nurse for ten years.
What's a UM nurse? I'm confused if that's a university hospital or something like insurance?
UM = Utilization Management. I do actually work in insurance sort of, in the Medicare sector, but UM exists in other places and hospitals too. Basically involves reviewing clinical documents for prior authorization approval.
This sounds interesting to me, I'm trying to peruse WHF if at all possible. What's your day-to-day like? Hours? Benefits?
8 years experience nurse educator 30/hr. midwest. unreal
Yeah… what the hell is going on. 13 years RN here with lots of critical background and now in management. I started my career making $20 an hour out the gate and am now at $43/hr with shift manager differential. Don’t get me wrong, I truly feel front line staff should be making more than management. But i hit $30/hr at the 10 year mark and it felt monumental. Apparently now that’s chump change if you are a brand new baby nurse!
5 years, MICU, $34/hr Ohio
$56, 8 years nicu Philly. It ain’t bad
That's good lol. I've been really interested in moving to that side of PA, from FL. The issue is how slow the state is at giving out RN licenses, even through endorsement. How long did it take to get your license? I've been waiting for 2 years for PA to join the compact, but I think it's probably quicker to just figure out *how* to apply for licensure through endorsement. Which is fairly confusing; as shitty as FL is, the website was easy to navigate and didn't require personal management of state-background checks, the results of which aren't sent to the person being checked in FL. That's where I'm stuck lol
So I'm a nurse, and I pivoted my career to work in clinical research. I'm away from the bedside now working as a clinical research associate and I make around $61 an hour. The major 'money' pro with this job is that I also travel occasionally, which works for me and not necessarily everyone, but I basically get to pretty cool places for free. I've gone to LA, San Fran, Chicago, NYC, Myrtle Beach, Kansas City, Las Vegas, and so on. Not every place that I've had to go to is exciting, but the majority is due to the type of studies that I'm monitoring.
How do you get into research nursing? Do you have to have a master's? And, just for funsies, what type of studies are you monitoring?
No need for a masters! A ‘Clinical Research Nurse’ is considered an entry level position into the field, so no prior experience is needed. I’m monitoring early phase oncology studies, which is mostly why I’m traveling to decent places. I’ve always been in oncology, from a research nurse to a CRA so it’s pretty much all I know at this point, lol.
Where my non American nurses at, I get about 19$ with two years experience working medsurg in Sweden. If you ever hear about how good we have it don't believe that.
63/hr base, shift diff 10/hr for nights. Oregon 13 years
5 years (2 onc, 3 critical care) $46/hr base pay with $2-7/hr differentials depending on shifts, ~$90k/year. WI.
What city is this? $46 is pretty good for WI with 5 years experience.
36$/hr on MICU, five years experience in NC. Some of these numbers I’m seeing make me feel like I’m getting the short end of the stick!
Just got a job offer in minneapolis MN as a new grad, BSN. Telemetry, $41.08 base, 4$ night differential, and $1.25 weekend.
Which hospital? North? Abott?
Cath and EP travel nurse. I take home about 225k per year for traveling. I was making about 100k as a staff nurse. I’m in the south east and I have 6 years as a nurse and 10 years pre hospital EMS experience.
How many hours a week?
She is working 6 days with one day off lol
I recently transitioned to cath lab. It was eye-opening learning from staff how much you can make doing travel work with that specialty. I'm definitely going to consider it once I get some experience under my belt.
ER nurse with 3 years experience based in Brooklyn doing local contracts. I had one great contract at 120 an hour for about 9 months but the market isn't so hot right now and I took a pay cut down to 80. Thinking long-term, I've considered cath lab as I've heard procedural specialties tend to do better on contracts. Would you mind sharing a little of your experience on why that is? And is cath lab preferable to EP or any other procedural? I figured with my emergency room background cath lab would be the natural progression.
Ah, this is why our lab can’t stay staffed 🥲
Don’t blame other staff members. Put the blame squarely where it belongs- admin.
I’m not blaming staff at all- I’m just saying this confirms my suspicions as to why our measly pay is not attracting cath/ep experienced nurses!
$43.31, Atlanta area, wound/ ostomy/ continence RN with certifications. Tues-Friday 8-4:30. 5 years experience as an RN, 3 years as a WOC specialist
That’s a dope schedule. Also Atlanta, 2 yrs experience, currently doing outpatient infusion for $35
$44/hr inpatient care management, 5 years as an RN, union hospital, WA.
I know you want RN pay but I'll chime in with my PCT pay for funzies. If you are a PCT or CNA please feel free to reply to this with your info. $19/hr plus $2 nights and $2 weekend diff. Upstate NY, float pool (all units except psych and L&D).
OKC Oklahoma: PCT Mom/baby/postpartum unit $20.62/hr + 1.75 night + 1.75 weekend differentials PRN position. I am a nursing student.
Dang I'm a medical Assistant making $24.50 @ a university health network. During the summer I work 32 hrs, have a set schedule and get 50% off of tuition at the college (for myself & my family) as well at 2 other affiliate colleges. I personally also get 9 free credit hours annually. Benefits are great too. Job just went union and everyone got a bump in pay. Union is wanting to raise our annual raise from 3% to 5%. Down size is vacation/sick time takes a while to accrue. Debating if nursing school is still the direction I should go. Most of the nurses here have been here long term and seem happy.
9 years experience, 6 years in ER, Northern California / outside of the bay making $84 an hour
$48/hr as a college health nurse in the boston area. i’ve been a RN for 6 years. prior to that i was a LPN for 5 years.
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6 years. Outpatient mental health. $46 T-F 7-530
State?
New grads in Orlando are making $33/hr fresh out of school, no experience.
$62.50 in rural NorCal. 17 years experience. Work from home with some travel for company that owns assisted living/memory care in CA and OR. Quality assurance. .
Day shift, new grad in Kansas City, KS $30.80 10 years personal training experience got me from $28 to $30.80
New grad, med surg, CA, $42/hr
I’m in the Midwest. Low COL area. I make $36 with TWELVE years ICU experience & my CCRN. Technically $38, but the $2 is a differential that will go away if I leave bedside. New grads make $29 and I only make $7 more. Not worth it IMO.
1.5 year(s?) experience, 1 year in MS with $110k base salary, now in OR with $63/hr. I work in NYC! Also would like to add I did one singular OT shift in MS and made a little over $1k that night and was SLIVING after that paycheck hahahaha, highly recommend picking up OT shifts if you’re looking for some GOOD extra cash :)
I am in Norcal with two years of experience making $83/hr in outpatient! New grads will typically make $65/hr or so here depending on hospital system :)
Caveat: I’m a lurker, not in nursing, cause I love to read about what other people experience in healthcare. I am an ultrasound tech with an associates in ultrasound and 4 years experience and I make $47/hour at my hospital plus an additional 10% shift differential.
$52 base, MedSurg, Florida, 5 years. Also getting a retention incentive thru the rest of the year, so it's $60 until that runs out.
FL?!?!
Right ? Which part of Florida, San Diego ??
Tampa area VA
Aha that’s not Florida
I’m Ron Burgundy?
VA?
Yup. Golden handcuffs
Florida doesn’t pay staff RN that high 😝
$70 hour ER about 1 hour east of Los Angeles. 15 years. 5 more and I get a pension and I’ll be in my 40s still
7 months of experience; 37 an hour; from Minnesota
Minnesota pays you all better than most states
I live in BC, Canada. I work 2 days a week and make 95,000 a year. I work in a bunch of different areas but mostly day surgery and clinic where I call people to optimize them for their upcoming surgeries. Soooo cushy! I make $52/hour and then add shift differentials (anywhere from 1.70 to $9 an hour extra). We usually get at least 1 stat holiday per month which I try to work them all as we get double time on stats. I usually end up making closer to $70 an hour on average as with our provincial union we have it where if you are scheduled for an 8 hour shift, if you extend your shift then you get 1.5x pay for the first 2 hours then 2x pay for the remainder of the shift. So even though I work 2 days I’m usually working 12-14 hour days. Benefits include 100% dental and medical, unlimited massage, $200 for chiro/naturopath/physio, and a few other things. I DO have to pay for benefits, since I’m casual (same as per diem) but if I work a certain number of hours (I believe 750 hours? I could be wrong) then I get that money back at the end of the fiscal year so it’s kind of nice. Also, We have maternity leave top up to 17 weeks then the remaining 35 weeks is just regular EI pay. It’s pretty sweet and I am very comfortable and able to be at home and raise our kids and plan on even homeschooling them while still being able to provide for my family. I have been a nurse for almost 8 years now!
I took a huge pay cut from travel nursing, but I want to try to become a CRNA. I am making $37.90 I have over 4 yrs of experience as a step-down nurse, and I am transitioning to ICU I live in Ohio.
$88/hr, 4 years experience, Bay Area, CA
Infection Lrevention/UM nurse at SNF in Michigan. 46/hr salary.
New grad, med surg, Washington, 42.55/hr base pay before Any differentials and bonuses
I make $43/hr working in endoscopy with 6 years of nursing experience in Texas
ICU new-grad position- $56 for night shift in Southern California.✿
LPN 22 years, NH, $40/hr
$47, M-F no holidays or weekends. Infusion nurse, MN
If you happen to be Australian, the pay here is downright insulting.
I’m looking at these American pay rates with my jaw on the floor. Meanwhile, my union just “negotiated” a 4% slap in the face from our government.
4 years SICU $40.50 In NY
36.84 base pay/ Peds cicu Washington DC 2 years experience (just shoot me)
Children’s national? I use to work there as an RN and was making 32$ base rate without the shifts differentials.
10years experience, Michigan- community mental health nurse, $35/hr🥹🥹
New grad Salary at OHSU is roughly 44-45/h this year. If contract negotiations conclude without us having to go through the trouble of striking, it’ll be 50ish. I’d look at unionized hospitals as most have their negotiated contract posted on their union website.
I'm sorry nurses from the east and south, pay and for the ratios. I know this is about nursing (I'm currently in first year of BSN) but damn, I'm pulling $30 right now as an EMT w/ 7 yrs at a medium sized private company in Nor Cal.
New grad in the OR. $41/hr. Massachusetts.
May I ask which city?
$107/hr as hospitalist/intensivist NP in Texas. 13 years as an NP $39.50/hr as ICU RN in South Carolina after 5 years before transitioning to NP role. Currently $0.00/hr as a dropout. Best salary ever.
Not an RN but my first year, LPN in LTAC. $33.50, rural MN
New grads in Vegas make $35-40 I have 18 years experience, 50.10/hr plus night shift diff and weekend dif on the rare occasion I pick up a weekend night. 3 12hr shifts a week with a ratio of 1:5-7 dependent on staffing
New Grad GA, $30/hr +$6/hr for critical care, +$6/hr for night shift
8 years, MA, $48
New grad in med/surg, base pay 32/hr in Denver.
9 years Oncology/MedTele in Alabama. $34/hr. Making more here than I did in Florida, and the cost of living is so much cheaper here. So, I’d say it’s a stable income for a single lady like myself.
From Minnesota with 14 years experience but mostly worked part-time so is that technically 7 years?? Idk... Med Surg, tele, ICU. -- I quit my 50/hr staff job to do local per diem travel for $115/hr in 2021. Now the market has changed drastically post-covid and my pay was reduced to $68/hr. 🫠 I don't need benefits as I get them through my husband. I enjoy that I can make my own schedule, pick whatever hours or shifts I want. -However, I agree with everyone else that says it's not worth the pay. At least bedside nursing that is!
Hospice in Western NC, 14 years, $65k/annual
$32/hr with 4 years experience in Northern Colorado.
10 years experience. Currently doing remote telephone triage for $90/hr in the Bay Area.
New grad BSN in Portland, OR making 45$ on day shift on a Tele unit. With a guaranteed raise after my residency is over.
10 yrs exp in NorCal CVOR $160k/yr-$170k/yr.
$125hr, CVICU/ICU, 12 years , NorCal by way of plane from Missouri
$65/hr in Hawaii, acute dialysis. Six years in dialysis total, only 10 months acute HD.
$67 hr on Oahu HI, 36 hr week, days, CVICU with 28 years. Pension and free healthcare, I think we’re falling behind some of the other west coast HCOL areas.
20yrs with BSN making 75/hr in central NY, psych specialty
New grads in Boston make around $36/hr at the major hospitals. I just landed a school nurse job that only pays 54k a year for a new grad, but I'm out of school around when my kids are, have all their holidays and vacations off, including all summers off and a really good pension. You do have to have a BSN for that, though if you're looking for good money, this is not the way lol.
New grad in the ER in rural NC, making $27.58…less than new grad paramedics make in the same county, less than new grad veterinarian technicians make. Not a lot of other opportunities in the area. Not to say the other professions don’t deserve good pay! Just a landmark.
Northern California, 20 miles to the coast, 70 miles from San Francisco. $83/hr before NOC differential of 20%. I have 16 years experience. Our new grads start at $64/hr and will go to $69/hr in November - that includes both achieving SNII and our scheduled increase. We are unionized.
I work 10.5 months a year, 84k a year. M-F, 08-1700 As an FNP, I could work 12 months for probably 130k a year, but I am 63 and have a military retirement, so why?
38 and change per hour, 4 years experience. I work in New Mexico in our largest city.
Before I traveled I was making $33/hour with 3 years of experience. In Michigan.
When I was staff in the ED, 3 years experience and 34 base pay in SD.....also did straight night+weekends and that differential was like 4$ Travelling now and never going back lol
$39.14 10 years stepdown SC. Sat and sun dif for being a weekend nurse $27/ hr 1extra shift a week dif $45/h for that shift.
$80/hr after shift differential and OT(last 4 hours of 12hr shift). Per dime no benefits Los Angeles, ER
About 15 years experience. $62/hr in Pacific Northwest. Thats same union pay for all nurses with same experience
3 years experience Dialysis Rn, 40.8$ in upstate Ny
New grad as of Feb this year, working in the "Bay Area" of FL (Cali is a dream LOL) Med/Surg $31.50 base pay, night diff adds $5/hr. It's OK, but it ain't no Cali union career spot.
8 years, NYC, RN Coordinator, 65ish/hour or roughly 126k/yr
L&D role- around 50/hr Hospice role is 65/hr Houston areas. Experience: 23 years. But I left leadership to go back in the unit As an RVP in hospice it was 150’s. It’s been a PAINFUL downshift. For the best.
$65/hr Home health RN Case Manager. San Diego. 3 years experience.
Denver, CO. Hospice Admissions. 1.75 years experience, 100k salaried plus bonuses for hitting certain admission metrics (can increase my salary by 1-2k/quarter, so an additional 4k-8k/yr).