New Grad Pay Rates

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I've been a nurse now for about 11 months. I find it hard sometimes when looking for a nursing job in a hospital to find out the starting pay until the interview. So, why don't we use this post to list the name of the hospital and the starting pay for a new grad.

So question...there was all the info about WEO and an additional $11-12. Is that only in addition to base or does that include the night and weekend shift diff? Either way its a great start to the career, but I was confused by the wording!

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temacrn, I agree with you that the pay isn't very good in comparison to our roles. However, I wanted to give you a little bit of a comparison in pay and cost of living. I am from Indiana and am familiar with the cost of living and the pay. 19-20 dollars per hour starting out may not seem like much but I now live in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia and will be graduating in May from an RN program. The cost of living is much higher (we pay $1200/month mortgage on a 3br/2ba 1400 sq ft house with a small yard and it's right in town. But I will most likely only be making around $24 tops when I start working. The one thing that I will say we do have going for us pay wise is that our shift differentials are pretty significant. But pay is all relative to your area. So 20 bucks per hour in most parts of Indiana isn't all that bad. For the cost of living here, nursing wages are pretty low when compared to other regions of the U.S. with comparable cost of living.

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I work at st francis and i recently graduated in may. after our "cost of living increase" i make 22.05 straight pay plus i make 4 for night shift diff. but when i first started here before the raise i made about 21.00 i believe!

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I jusy revisited this forum. Update about pay in my area of Hampton - $20/hr. I'll be getting the same amount of money in an area with a higher cost of living.

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Specializes in LTC, Assisted Living.

I am a recently graduated LPN in northern Indiana and I have 2 jobs in LTC. At one I make $13.50/hr, plus $1 on 2nd and 3rd shift. I knew the pay was low going into it, but wanted the experience. I work in a dementia/ALZ SCU. My other job is at the LTC I have worked at as a CNA for the past year. I make $17.00/hr, plus $1.50 on 2nd and 3rd shift. I think I might also get an extra differential on weekends there as well.

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Is that VA Medical center. sir?

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That's what I was thinking.

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Specializes in Trauma, Critical Care.
Do any of the big hospitals around Indy still offer Tuition payback?

Yes, IU Health and St V's both do

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Yes, IU Health and St V's both do

So you know, this thread, seemingly like all the IN salary threads, is ancient. The particular question you were replying to is over 4 years old. A mod should really close these threads.

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As of February 2012, new grads get paid $21 at St. Vincent in Indy. I left after four months and I'm now getting paid $32 in Vegas as a new grad. I understand the cost of living is lower but that pay is ridiculous and the benefits weren't very good. Older nurses told me that they received a 2% raise last year. Umm, what am I gonna do with $0.42?

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I'm a May 2012 new grad and just thought I'd share some new grad rates. I was offered at all of them with the exception of Wishard, but know of someone who just got hired as a new grad there.

St. Vincent $21.00

IU Health-$22.00

St. Francis-$21.50

Wishard-$20.75

Community-$22.25

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