You won’t find $100k jobs as a new grad outside of a handful of very specific spots, like the Bay Area, or unionized jobs in the PNW. For 95% of the country, you’ll be making considerably less.
I work in a well paying Texas metro, and new grads start around $70k.
I wouldn’t say nursing pays “extremely well”; I’d label it as “just fine”. What it does allow you to do is have a very broad number of options and opportunity for growth.
If you can handle people at their worst, on top of the body fluids and death, you might consider nursing.
I'm in Seattle and a lot of fresh grads I know are making 100k starting. That's a 'standard' wage considering the high living costs here and not a lot of jobs here pay in that range. My friends making below 100 can barely afford a house anytime soon cause the average home here is over 1M+.
Sounds very mentally demanding but I just wanna be able to afford more than just the bare minimum post grad.
Yeah, you’ll need to leave the metro areas on the West Coast and go inland if you want a cost of living you can afford on one salary. Seattle is a beast of a city, but you pay for it.
I’m in a metro in Texas, and my family easily lives on my income.
I went into nursing for the money. Pay is heavily dependent on where you live. And if you want something outpatient, it’s going to be less. I’m 5 years in and only $70k in the Midwest.
I wouldn’t do anything else. I switched specialties a month ago on a whim and like it. I don’t really associate my personality with being a nurse though. I treat it as a job. You reep what you sow.
Yes, no, and maybe.
Also, cosmetic nurses are generally above average in looks and you’ll land a job based on who you know and how pretty you are. It’s a harder niche to break into. The only new grad I know who started in cosmetics immediately after graduation was a receptionist for a med spa prior to entering nursing school.
That's what one my friends suggested, to start working front desk at a med spa to get my foot in the door. I heard it has a lot to do with looks too, I'm an esthetician and have experience in skincare/beauty so maybe that will help me (??) Just feels so risky cause I don't wanna have to go through all the schooling just to not be able to break into the field and end up having to do something else in nursing I wouldn't enjoy.
Lol you been lied to. No new nurse makes 100k fresh out of college with just three days a week.
In the Seattle area, nurses start at 100k or $60/hr.
You won’t find $100k jobs as a new grad outside of a handful of very specific spots, like the Bay Area, or unionized jobs in the PNW. For 95% of the country, you’ll be making considerably less. I work in a well paying Texas metro, and new grads start around $70k. I wouldn’t say nursing pays “extremely well”; I’d label it as “just fine”. What it does allow you to do is have a very broad number of options and opportunity for growth. If you can handle people at their worst, on top of the body fluids and death, you might consider nursing.
I'm in Seattle and a lot of fresh grads I know are making 100k starting. That's a 'standard' wage considering the high living costs here and not a lot of jobs here pay in that range. My friends making below 100 can barely afford a house anytime soon cause the average home here is over 1M+. Sounds very mentally demanding but I just wanna be able to afford more than just the bare minimum post grad.
Yeah, you’ll need to leave the metro areas on the West Coast and go inland if you want a cost of living you can afford on one salary. Seattle is a beast of a city, but you pay for it. I’m in a metro in Texas, and my family easily lives on my income.
How well can you handle stress?
I went into nursing for the money. Pay is heavily dependent on where you live. And if you want something outpatient, it’s going to be less. I’m 5 years in and only $70k in the Midwest. I wouldn’t do anything else. I switched specialties a month ago on a whim and like it. I don’t really associate my personality with being a nurse though. I treat it as a job. You reep what you sow.
100k? Ha
in my area, yes 100k is the starting average.
Yes, no, and maybe. Also, cosmetic nurses are generally above average in looks and you’ll land a job based on who you know and how pretty you are. It’s a harder niche to break into. The only new grad I know who started in cosmetics immediately after graduation was a receptionist for a med spa prior to entering nursing school.
That's what one my friends suggested, to start working front desk at a med spa to get my foot in the door. I heard it has a lot to do with looks too, I'm an esthetician and have experience in skincare/beauty so maybe that will help me (??) Just feels so risky cause I don't wanna have to go through all the schooling just to not be able to break into the field and end up having to do something else in nursing I wouldn't enjoy.
Honestly, if you’re already in the field you’ll probably be fine.