[medsurgrnco]

I was offered a job at a detention facility that would pay more than $3.50/hr less than my last hospital job (between the salary and shift differential) and the paid time off is also less. But I'm considering it as I believe it would be a better work environment than the hospitals around here. I tend to wait for clear interest from the employer before asking about pay.

[Promin]

Originally Posted by diveRN

US Penitentiary at Merced was hiring a year or two ago. Beni's looked nice, but pay was only $34.00/hr. New grad RNs are starting at considerably more than that in hospitals around the valley.

That's exactly what hospitals pay to new grads in Central Valley.

[ibnathan]

I just got hired on at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. My starting pay is 42.02 an hour. I just left the ICU were I was only getting paid 26.50 an hour plus shift differential.

[Promin]

26.50 in California?


Where did you work and how many year of experience do you have?

[ibnathan]

I worked in one of the local hospitals in Bakersfield CA. It's funny in Kern County (Bakersfield is largest city in Kern County) we have the greatest shortage of nurses in Cali. ,but we are the lowest paid in the state. Our cost of living isn't as high as other parts of Cali but it is getting close to southern cal. One of the reasons why I left ICU was because I felt that out licenses were on the line to much. I loved it but the hospital would not back its nurses. So my friend who started in the ICU with me went to the CDCR he loved it and told me to come out and take a look at it. Since the CDCR raised there wages condsiderably there is a 3000+ waiting list.

[aloevera]

I wish I hadn't have read these posts, now I am depressed.......

I am in the South, have been a RN for 22 yrs. + and make 22/hr at a psychiatric hospital....

I wish there was a prison around here !!! I do know that cost of living is lower here than on the West Coast, but still, your salaries are fantastic !!!!!!

[Promin]

Originally Posted by ibnathan

I worked in one of the local hospitals in Bakersfield CA. It's funny in Kern County (Bakersfield is largest city in Kern County) we have the greatest shortage of nurses in Cali. ,but we are the lowest paid in the state. Our cost of living isn't as high as other parts of Cali but it is getting close to southern cal. One of the reasons why I left ICU was because I felt that out licenses were on the line to much. I loved it but the hospital would not back its nurses. So my friend who started in the ICU with me went to the CDCR he loved it and told me to come out and take a look at it. Since the CDCR raised there wages condsiderably there is a 3000+ waiting list.

I live in Central Valley. I don't think that cost of living here is higher then in Bakersfield. New grads here make $34+/hr.

[Promin]

Originally Posted by aloevera

I wish I hadn't have read these posts, now I am depressed.......

I am in the South, have been a RN for 22 yrs. + and make 22/hr at a psychiatric hospital....

I wish there was a prison around here !!! I do know that cost of living is lower here than on the West Coast, but still, your salaries are fantastic !!!!!!

With so much experience you can make 50+/hr in many states.

[Spidey's mom]

At a prison locally - $10,400 a month.


steph

[ibnathan]

Sweet 10+K a month. We start at 7285 and top out around 8400 a month.