San Diego Hospitals

New grads at my hospital and my husbands start anywhere between $24-30 per hour. They work 12 hour shifts (3 per week) and are paid 12 hours of straight time, not 8 hours at the $24 rate and time 1/2 for the last 4. Does that make sense? A two bedroom apartment here can cost anywhere from $1500 in a decent area to $2200+ in a very nice area. Craigslist always has much better deals on rent than rental companies. Of course if you are well off enough to purchase a home, prices have gone down significantly and you can get a very snazzy 2br for under $350 k in many places. Hope that helps.

I worked at Sharp back in 2003-2004 and at the time, new grads made $24 and up so I am sure it has gone up significantly since then.

Great information. Just curious about being paid 12 hours of straight time, as you put it. I'd thought, incorrectly I guess, that the labor laws in California required employers in the state to pay overtime for any time worked over 8 hours in a single day. So a 12-hour shift would be paid 8 hours at the normal rate and 4 hours at time and a half? That's not the case?

Thanks again....

Well it depends. At my hospital, Scripps, we get 12 hours of straight time, so they must be applying the "anything over 40 hours per week" law. Either that or I'm just getting screwed, lol.

Ick at the pay! I'm in Houston right now and as a new grad I made 25/hr. I'm possibly moving to SD in 1-2 years and by then I'd have 2-3 years experience in NICU. What abouts would that make?

Also, which hospitals have level III NICUs, preferrably with ECMO? Anything near La Mesa?

Hello, Kaiser Permanente pays more than the rest of the community, if that is most important to you. Things are affordable now as far as housing is concerned but you may consider moving up to the Southern Riverside County area (1hr away) where lots of RNs have relocated because homes are even cheaper. If you like peds, Rady's Childrens is a good place......I have worked with many Canadian travelers there and as a matter of fact one of the supv in the ER is from Toronto and the Chief of Orthopedic Surgery as well.....good luck