Am I being offered a fair pay?
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1Aug 6, '12 by AussiRNHi
I am a Registered Nurse and have 3 years of ICU experience. At an interview for ICU RN position, I was much appreciated for my ICU experience but I was offered a pay rate of $24.60/hr in Austin, Texas. Is this ridiculously low pay
or this is the usual pay rate here 
. I used to make way more than this but that was in Australia.
Can you all lovely nursing friends guide me. Should I accept this pay and start or should wait for a better pay. So confused and upset with the pay rate.
help help help....
Cheers...
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0Aug 6, '12 by nurse0626i am a LPN and work home care and make 25.50 hour.. so i would consider that low pay for a RN with critical care experience... (michigan) and get offered bonuses and triple time some times... and home care is easy compared to other nursing... i also work in LTC and make 23.95 hour.. (crazy, because that is more work then home care) -
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1Aug 6, '12 by gypsyd8Where I work approx. $45 is the going rate, but that is with 8 years experienceROGER ALONSO likes this. - 5Aug 6, '12 by traumaRN1986I work as a RN in Houston and my pay as a graduate nurse was a little over $26. After a year under my belt, I am getting paid a little over $29/hr. You should REALLY negotiate your pay. I'm not sure what starting nurses get over there in Austin, but I know in Dallas, graduate nurses start at around 24-25, either negotiate your pay or find another job willing to pay you what you deserve!
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1Aug 6, '12 by inacopinayeah with 3 years experience (especially in ICU) I say you should definitely negotiate for more! I am a new grad in AZ and we start at $25+ here .... so with 3 yrs experience $24.60 is a bit low.Hopecascade likes this. -
2Aug 6, '12 by Ruby Veewhat is fair pay depends upon where you are living and working. i make twice that, but then i'm not in austin, tx. (for which i am grateful!) over the years and across the country, i've found that what you make and what you have to pay for housing/utilities/groceries is usually correlated -- the more i've been paid, the more i've had to pay to live. i've also found that most of the hospitals in town pay relatively the same.
icu experience is great, but only if you're going to work in an icu. home care isn't going to pay more for icu experience.Hopecascade and OnlybyHisgraceRN like this. - 0Aug 6, '12 by nurse0626i am in the process of obtaining my RN and on to my bachalors in nursing and the pay doesn't seem that much more then what i am making as a LPN..... i know the opportunities will be greater... but now i am starting to worry about paying back my student loans once i get my RN.... any suggestions...
- 1Aug 6, '12 by Michell464That's less pay for what we hire our new graduate nurses in at here in Fort Worth! However, I work at one of the major hospitals in our area and I know the smaller, less than desirable hospitals pay a lot less. I would shop around and call HR departments to ask what graduate nurses are generally hired on at...that will give you a general idea.Cute♥Nurse♥Unleashed likes this.
