RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

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Greetings!

After reading past informal survey posts on allnurses, I wanted to pose this question for 2013. The intent of this post to to give myself and others a good range of pay for nurses across the US right now based on experience and location. This will be an informal guide for me to start a masters paper on (Subject: area cost of living and nurses salary). Several years ago I believe Houston was voted for best place for a nurse with cost of living adjusted, but I think this might be changing.

Things to note while reading other's salaries:

-Generally, high paying locations relate to high cost of living (SF, NYC, etc). The reverse seems to be true as well (lower cost of living=lower pay). 65$/hr may be the norm in San Francisco, but the average 1br apartment is $2800 without parking and a house costs well over $1 million. Please take this into account. We live in a big country and cost of living varies widely (especially housing costs)

If you post, please state your:

1. State you work in

2. Years of experience

3. Specialty/unit and work setting (clinic, hospital, prison, etc)

4. Hourly Pay (base rate) or salary

5. Differentials (if any)

6. Union?

Current job:

1. CA (SF/Peninsula)

2. 3 years

3. SNF/LTC/Short term rehab

4. 62/hr

5. Charge Nurse = 7.5%/hr, PM = 10%/hr, NOC = 20%/hr (percentage of base salary)

6. Yes, but no benefits aside from holiday pay and differentials. I am a float pool on call, but fortunately get anywhere between 80-110 hours per pay period.

My previous job looked like this:

1. CA (East Bay)

2. 3

3. LTC/SNF

4. $30/hr

5. NONE. And overtime was a very huge no.

6. None for RN's

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Specializes in Anesthesia, ICU, PCU.

Must be nice to be a nurse in Cali...

1. PA

2. New RN/BSN

3. Stepdown

4. $30/hr

5. 10% for nights, 10% for weekends

6. No union

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Specializes in Infection Control, Employee Health & TB.

1. TX

2. 4 yrs

3. Large academic public hospital (I cover 2 ICUs & 5 other medicine units)

4. 69,550

5. N/A- we don't work nights/weekends/holidays(paid off:))

6. Never

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Specializes in Cardiac, PCU, Surg/Onc, LTC, Peds.

1. Oregon

2. 6 years

3. Cardiac, Magnet :( hospital

4. 42.25

5. Nights 5.30, weekends + $2.00

6. Union

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1. Northern California (Bay Area) 2. 2 years, Clin 2 3. CCU 4. $58/h 5. 15% nights 6. CNA

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Specializes in ICU.

1. GA

2.

3. ICU

4. $20/hr

5. Evenings $2.25, nights $2.75, I forget what weekends are

6. Not a chance in the world!

Rent plus my utilities comes out to right around $1100-$1200/month, so I'm definitely not able to save as much as I want to. Housing is really cheap here, though, but the housing market is really bad and houses are almost impossible to sell for a good price, so rent is really inflated. :/

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Specializes in ICU/PACU.

1. California (as a travel nurse)

2. 8 years

3. ICU

4. 42/hr plus free housing (which is >2K/month in LA)

5. N/A

6. No union

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1. NE PA-1hr from Philly-large magnet hospital.

2.

3. MSICU

4. All new rns start at 24/hr. Just got a raise though so I'm at 24.48. 4k/ tuition reimbursement.

5. 0.75 for nights. Nothing for weekends unless you do weekend only program

6. Nope

We just bought a 4 bedroom single family home on 1.5 acres for 300k. Taxes are 5600/yr. cost of living is pretty high, but compared to the immediate philly suburbs (where we are originally from), we got a good deal on our house and property.

Seeing everyone's rate and cost of housing kind of makes me want to move. I absolutely LOVE where I work though, and I can't imagine being somewhere else. Looking forward to going to work means more than money to me.

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North FL 3 years

Surgery $21.00/hr, just got raise

Not sure on shift differential

No Unions here

Expensive to live here and insurance for me and my new baby costs me $400/month. Struggling to survive and support my family. My rent is $900/month not including utilities. Gas and food also not cheap either. Considering moving because I'm struggling to make it.

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1. State you work in : IL

2. Years of experience : 2 years ADN RN and 5 years LPN in same Rehab /LTC healthcare center

3. Specialty/unit and work setting : Rehab /LTC healthcare center

4. Hourly Pay (base rate) or salary :$26 /hr

5. Differentials (if any) 1st shift none; 2nd shift $0.75 ; 3rd shift $0.50

6. Union? : NO

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1. North Carolina

2. 0 (5 months)

3. Home health

4. $24.00/hr

5. $1 weekends, time and a half holidays, vacation bonus

6. non-union

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Specializes in Inpatient Oncology/Public Health.

1: State you work in: NY, Capital region

2. Years of experience: 6

3. Specialty/unit and work setting (clinic, hospital, prison, etc) : med/surg Onc , large teaching medical center

4. Hourly Pay (base rate) or salary: $25

5. Differentials (if any): $6 weekend night, $4 weekday night, $4 evening, time and a half holidays, PEP pay if full time and no tardies/call ins($200/paycheck.)

6. Union? No

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