Dallas Area Nurses

Med/Surg
Assoc.
new grad
$21.50/hr
shift diff--$3.50/weekends, $5/nights

I have heard of other new grads in this area starting out between $21.50 to $23-something an hour. I believe Parkland pays slightly higher than most other DFW hospitals.

The Dallas-area job market is generally low-paying for RNs due to the masses of nursing programs in the area that churn out hundreds of warm bodies into the job market every 6 months. Schools such as El Centro, Brookhaven, TCC, Southwestern Adventist, TCU, TWU, Hill, Navarro, Collin County, UTA, Trinity Valley Community College, and others are saturating DFW with new RNs, which keeps pay rates low.

Rather than negotiate with an experienced nurse for a higher salary, it's easier in today's business climate to hire a new nurse and pay him/her less money.