Your Starting Salary?

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For nursing students like myself, I thought it would be helpful and intersting to see what type of salary is out there for graduating nursing students for different area's. Looking around the site, I see different salary threads, but many replies are from nurses with 10 or more years experience, or the threads are years old and the starting salary is long outdated. I thought it would be more helpful to have a thread with nurses who are fresh out of school and what their starting salary is.

List whether you are an LPN or an RN

What your starting salary is/was after you graduated

Whether it's a hospital or LTC

What state you live in

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Women’s Health.

New grad in NY, ADN with BS in non-nursing field. I'm working nights, which is 20% differential for weekdays and 30% for weekends. Depending on if I do 8 or 12 hr weekends and holidays worked etc, my salary will end up being between $57-58,000 the first year. Salary goes up significantly after that first year.

Specializes in Nursing Education, CVICU, Float Pool.

That's fine. I just mention the BSN cause some places want it, others don't care. I just want an idea of where to direct my search mainly. Thanks for the info! :)

Oh I understand. They prefer it here too! All ADJ new hard hires have to sign a contract saying will have our BSN within 3 years to maintain employment.

RN, working at LTC in Tennessee. Starting pay is $25.

A classmate is starting at another LTC at $29.

Another classmate is starting at a hospital in Nashville, starting pay is $20.

BSN New Grad in Portland Area

Starting at $29 in med-surg acute care

Most of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area hospitals pay in the $21-22 pay range, with like $4 diffs for nights and/or weekends. They are new grad friendly, but with student loans, living could be a little easier :down:

Graduated in 2012 with BSN. Starting hourly pay in Austin, TX for new grad in Magnet hospital is low to mid 20s. Night differential, add $4. Weekend differential, add $2. Same pay for new grad ADNs. Good benefits: 403(b), matching, medical, dental, PTO, holiday, tuition reimbursement. RN residency for RNs less than 1 year exp is very competitive. We no longer hire GNs or LVNs. Overall, great place to work. Excellent opportunities for advancement. Recently got 8% added to base pay as part of clinical ladder.

There's also another forum titled, "Nursing salary survey 2014" if you want more information about how other RNs are faring

I like this thread better though because most of the people posting in the other one have been nurses for a while. It's nice to know starting salaries.

New Grad ASN RN

28.50hr- base.

32.50hr - weekends

Oh that's NW INDIANA

Specializes in Pediatrics.

RN BSN new grad.

$24.00, I do not know the shift differential but I think it's like $0.75.

Large teaching hospital and health network.

PA.

RN new grad in June 2013. Starting salary $22.70/hr at large PA teaching hospital.

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