what's the average pay rate in california?

where in california are you looking to live?

In the Bay area the base pay is between 37 and 44 dollars an hour for Staff Nurse I ( no experience) This is not including differencials or night pay. Many nurses can hit 6 figures with a little overtime. Hope that helps!

BTW it is really expensive to live here before you get too excitied Sac is not too bad for living expenses...

Sacto is about 2 hours northeast of SF. San Jose is 1 hour southeast of SF. The rates for SJ are about the same. Sacto is a little lower for new grads. But the cost of living is lower in Sacto and San Jose than SF. Just do a Google search on the 3 cities and hospitals. Good luck.

I know that Kaiser just decided to pay all of its' norcal RN's the same, so the nurses in SF, SJ, and Sacto will all be making the same $$ within a year or so- that means great! pay in Sac, esp. with the lower cost of living.

wow they pay big $$ for new grad RN's in norcal... here in socal,rates for new grad RN''s are from $26-35 the most excluding night differentials..i recently got hired at long beach memorial medical center and my starting is just 28.33 + 4.50 coz i work at nights.. thats quite low to think im BSN RN. in the LA Downtown area its around $33-35 for new grads..