starting salaries

yeah, i posted a question about if minnesota was hiring for nurses and so far, no one answered so wondering about the job market here?

I live in minnesota and i have HEARD (not vereified) that minnesota starts RN's at around 20 bucks an hour.
Probably get more in the twin cities.

According to Salary-dot-com, in the Minneapolis area:
50% of staff nurses earn between 56K to 67K per year. And on the low end 51K; on the high end 71K.

I'm only a pre-nursing student so I can't back any of this up. Hopefully we'll get a bona-fide Minnesota nurse to verify this info.

Hi,

i am also only a pre-nursing student, but according to the statistics of my college (graduate job placement), around here newly grad RNs start anywhere from 16-30$/hour- so i guess an average of 20 sounds about right. i live in the country (mcleod county), though, twin cities metro might pay more.

I know in St. Cloud New grad nurses start at $25/hr which is similiar from what I"m hearing from classmates looking in the Cities.

I just graduate from nursing school and found a job in a hospital even before I graduate. All MN hospital pay new graduates who without any experiences $25 per hour, if you work at straight evening or nights, there will be variable pay. About how easy to find a job, I will say it is not that hard. At least, most of my classmates found job before graduate. Another suggestion, finding a nursing assistant job in a hospital, it helps a lot.

I know the answer to this one! I just talked to a recruiter recently. $26.21/ hour for newly graduated nurses. $30.21/ hour of you work the night shift.

Oh nice! This will be nice to know when i come close to grad!

how nice.....!!