RN salaries in NM?

U.S.A. New Mexico

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Hi Guys:

Can anyone tell me how much are the hospitals paying to nurses in NM? There's many people talking about it in Florida. They said about $45/h? It is true?

A pay of $27 in NM sounds good to me considering the low COL down there !

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Specializes in ED, Flight.

In Santa Fe I get $28 and change after a year and three months. Nights and weekend differential bring it up into the thirties somewhere. We also get Below Minimum Core (understaffed per contract terms) nearly every shift since we're so short-staffed. That last bit was negotiated by the union. Smart move.

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Specializes in Trauma, Teaching.

Okay. Also Santa Fe. I am one of the ones that gets $45. That is after 28 years of nursing, being a CNIII on the clinical ladder, get all the add ons for national certifications that I can, having a degree (BSN, it won't go up with the masters), etc. I also pay union dues on a percentage, and its worth every penny. It hasn't been that high for long, only since the last contract negotiation. Most make far less at my hospital.

My first year as a grad nurse, I made $9.13 an hour.

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As a newly license RN, which hospital is the best to start off in Albuquerque? I keep hearing to go with UNM, however it is very intimidating to me. Does anyone know the pay for graduate RN w/o experience? Anyone willing to share the ratio of nurses to patients at Pres, Lovelace and UNM?

Thanks for your help. Trying to make the right decision

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As a newly license RN, which hospital is the best to start off in Albuquerque? I keep hearing to go with UNM, however it is very intimidating to me. Does anyone know the pay for graduate RN w/o experience? Anyone willing to share the ratio of nurses to patients at Pres, Lovelace and UNM?

Thanks for your help. Trying to make the right decision

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