R.N. pay scale for Colorado - Page 4

i just looked at the list of right to work states and found out that colorado is not right to work state as well as ca, nm, or, wa, mt, mn, mo, il and many states on north-east. those are forced-unionism states. you can check it yourself here: http://www.nrtw.org/rtws.htm

You have to be registered to vote in Colorado before the November 4th election.
http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Colorado_Right_to_Work_Initiative_(2008)

I'm SO confused. I have always been told that Colorado, where I was raised, is a right to work state. From friends and family alike. Right to work weakens unions and allows non paying members to get the same benefits as a unionized member who does pay. Also, right to work state employees, receive anywhere from $4000-$5000 less than non right to work states. Wow...

Colorado is one of the lowest paying states in the nation. How can that be if unions are there? Are they not in action? Have I missed something?

I mean, certainly we all know that a right to work state keeps the wages of their employees, suppressed. It made perfect sense to me that they're a right to work state; hearing how low their wages are.

I apologize for the misinformation, btw

U.S. department of labor statistics, places the mean wage for registered nurses in the Denver area at $34.16 per hour - Please review - http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl1036.pdf. The mean wage in Colorado overall for registered nurses is reported as $29.76. (http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_co.htm#b29-0000)
The mean wage for registered nurses nationally is $30.04. (http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#b29-0000)
The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics web site http://www.bls.gov/ has a lot of useful information on jobs, job market and cost of living. It is a bit awkward at times to find what you want but the information is very reliable, unlike the commercial sites. They even show you how they obtain the data, again unlike the commercial sites.

This is not true for new graduate RN's which is what I was referring too. The pay scale for new grads is $24 to $26 if you're lucky and in the Denver area. It is $21-$23 in Colorado Springs, with a differential of maybe a few to three dollars. MAX pay for an experienced RN is around $35 I've heard. Colorado is still one of the LOWEST PAYING states and comparing it with cost of living, it's not good at all.

"This is not true for new graduate RN's which is what I was referring too. The pay scale for new grads is $24 to $26 if you're lucky and in the Denver area. It is $21-$23 in Colorado Springs, with a differential of maybe a few to three dollars. MAX pay for an experienced RN is around $35 I've heard. Colorado is still one of the LOWEST PAYING states and comparing it with cost of living, it's not good at all."
I don't agree with your figures, but that's O.K. I posted information and a resource for anyone interested in obtaining verifiable facts. I can understand how being in the actual market, looking for a job, can be more to the point.

CO does have unions in it already. They are well established there. I love CO, and would love to move back there, and wish the salaries around Denver were higher for the new grad.

The information you quoted is fine. You don't have to believe me, just call and ask the nurse recruiters yourself. I've been contemplating a move out there for awhile b/c my parents are not so well. I've talked personally and met with nurse recruiters in regards to their new grads.

Memorial hospital has it on their website for everyone to see; $23. Penrose will tell you flat out. I believe it was UC Denver or Boulder that told me close to 6 months ago that new grads make $20! That's appalling.

If you even read back on this thread, others have said the same thing

Your rates, are definitely for a nurse with experience.

Just curious, how many year of experience nurse should have to be considered as "experienced" as we speak? Is there any particular time line, crossing which you become experienced?

Years! I have no idea, really. I have had nurse recruiters tell me that until I have a year under my belt, I would still have to be hired as a new graduate and go into a new grad training program. I cannot wait for that day to come

Who knows what is pay for RN with some experience? For example, 2 years?