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?

Washington

New grad (ADN)

Large rehab hospital

$23.17 base (with ACLS)

$3.25/hr night shift differential and $3.00/hr weekend differential

non-union

Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

1. South East Michigan Metro Detroit area

2. 12 years

3. Rapid Response Nurse Community Hospital

4. 37.50/hr Just got a raise

5. 7% nights/afternoons and $2/hr on weekends

6. Non Union

1. Washington

2. 2 years

3. OR

4. $29/hr

5. $2.5 evening, $3.5 night, $4 weekend

6. Union.

1. ND

2. 6 mo

3. LTAC

4. 22.43

5. nights 2.00 weekends 4.00 - 200 to pick up extra shift

6. non-union

Specializes in ER.
1. Indiana

2. 2 years

3. ICU

4. $21.47

5. 15% nights and 10% weekends

6. Nope

GREAT diff!

Specializes in ER.
1. KY

2. 8 months

3. ER

4. 18.94 flat rate, 12% shift diff for evenings and 15% shift diff for nights

5. No unions

holy BEEP! That is worse than Florida new nursing rates!

Specializes in ER.

1. Maine

2. 11 years

3. ER

4. $30.90 - maybe $4 for evenings and $6 for nights, not sure since it is not much and I don't pay much attention

5. hoping!

COL: mortgage for 2700 sf house - about $1800. Taxes are high, groceries are high.... gas is high.... sigghhhh

1.Michigan

2. 3 years

3. Med/Surg and ER

4. 25

5. Night shift is 10%

6. No union

Specializes in General medicine/geriatrics.

1. Minnesota

2. 2.5 years experience

3. Med/Surg, large hospital

4. $32 base pay, $1.90 eve diff, unsure of night shift. $2.00 weekend diff

5. No

OP.. I have to agree with your user name :)

Specializes in Quality Control,Long Term Care, Psych, UM, CM.

1) New Jersey

2) 8 yrs

3) Case Manager for HMO

4) $71,000/yr (salaried)

5) Yearly bonuses/raises

6) No Union

Specializes in Cardiac/Telemetry.

1. CA

2. 6 yrs - ADN

3. Cardiac Tele

4. $44.75 days 12 hr shifts

5. $5 NOC, $1.25 weekend, $3 float (ICU step down, observation, ER), rent is $700 for 1 BR apt, $1,200-2,200 3 BR house depending on location, homes are $150-300k average.

6. No union

1 South Carolina

2 10

3 Neuro ICU

4 Hourly pay 24.10

5 Night shift diff $3.50, weekend $5.50/hr

6. no union

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