**POLL** New 1st Year RN Salary

Nurses New Nurse

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Hello all, I am curious to see what the current pay rate is across the country so we can better prepare ourselves and negotiate better salaries! Please try to keep this poll to any graduates after 2010. Thanks!

1) State

2) Hourly Salary

3) Experience, if any

4) Specialty, if any

Here's mine:

NJ

$26/hr new grad, no exp., recently changed jobs $33/hr 1 yr exp.

Only 1 year old RN :saint:

Nephrology/dialysis

1) TN

2) $18.28 with $3 differential for nights and $3.50 for weekends

3) New grad

4) None

Hpy_Vly_RNBSN

75 Posts

DC

$27 with $3 evening $4 night and $5 weekend night differential

New Grad/4 years tech experience

Internal Medicine Inpatient

knufflebunny

103 Posts

1. CA (rural area, far from any city!)

2. $30/hr

3. Started as new grad

4. Labor & Delivery

Mnstn, BSN, RN

54 Posts

Specializes in Pediatrics, Neurology, Public Health Education.

1. Texas

2. $25/hr for days, $29/hr for nights, $1 extra per hr for weekends

3. New grad

4. Pediatric Med/Surg

Bell13, ASN

77 Posts

Knufflebunny. Oh thats sweet. L&d is my dream. Do u love it?

Nola009

940 Posts

OH

New Grad

SNF and LTC 20.48/hr.

I don't get paid enough.

Specializes in Public Health.

Las Vegas, NV

$30.35/hr night shift plus $1/hr weekends plus 4hr bonus.

Neuro/med surg unit

Almost 5 years as a CNA with 1 1/2 yrs acute care exp.

ssaarraahh

87 Posts

California.

Labor and delivery.

when I started in dec 2012 as a new grad, I started at $36/hour. I am currently at $42/hour.

blue_eyedgal

2 Posts

NC

med/surg

started as a new grad in March 2013 at $20.10, currently make $21.60

Bell13, ASN

77 Posts

Oh wow ssaarraahh. Howd u jump $6 in less than 1 1/2 yrs? Teach us!

kacib97

5 Posts

Pennsylvania

$23

New grad/no experience

Cardiothoracic surgery unit

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