A different kind of Salary question

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I know that us soon-to-be nurses are concerned about salary and folks on the board currently working don't want to get too personal about what the make, and that is totally understandable.

I don't really understand how the shift-differentials, etc, work.

So no one has their privacy violated, let's just assume $20 hr, time and a half for overtime. and I have no idea of what to use as examples for on-call, holiday, evening, night, etc. Feel free to ad lib.

Thanks! This my make the picture clear.

Specializes in Looking for a career in NICU.
No weekend diff.

Nights 15%

Holidays, time and a half plus 8 hours if I work. 8 hours pay if I don't work.

No swing.

If I pick up a float shift, it's double time plus $12.50/hr.

What is a float shift?

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Specializes in Cardiac.
What is a float shift?

I work in the ICU, but if I pick up an extra shift in ER or Medsurg, then I float to that area and make the diff. It's nice!

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Specializes in NICU.

Our base pay for RNs starts at $25 per hour for new grads. On top of that...

Evenings (1500-2300) get you $2.75 per hour more

Nights (2300-0700) get you $3.50 per hour more

Weekends (Friday at 2300-Monday at 0700) get you $2.00 per hour more

Holiday and overtime pay are both time-and-a-half of your base pay, plus shift differentials

So for example, a new grad RN can make $30.50 (25.00+3.50+2.00) per hour if he/she works weekend nights.

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Specializes in NICU.
We get several differentials:

2.00/hour bedside differential (for working at the bedside and not in managment/in class/etc)

4.50/hour diff 3p-11p

4.00/hour diff 11p-7a

4.50/hour weekends

Time and a half for overtime, no holiday pay though (boo)

So basically on a weekend night at the bedside from 3p-11p i can make $11/hour over my base pay. Not too shabby!

Those are some great differntials! Is their base pay competitive also?

And why only $4.00 per hour for nights, but $4.50 for PMs???

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Specializes in LDRP.

any shift worked 6pm-6am gets 3.00 morean hour. friday 6pm-monday 6am is a weekend, gets 4.00 more an hour. holidays are 10.00 more an hour

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Specializes in Progressive Care.

New grad started at 22.28/hr

Day weekend diff= 7.50

night (7-7) = 6.50

weekend night= 10.50

on holidays you get time and a half

the only problem is- lets say you do a saturday and its overtime, you only get time and a half you do not get your diff pay, which sucks.

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I just have a question for Gompers, could you tell me where you are located in the Midwest? That pay sounds excellent!!! I am not a nurse yet but I know from looking up salaries at the local hospital (Iowa Methodist) here in Des Moines it is anywhere from $19 - $25. I'm assuming they'd start a new nurse out at the base salary. Anyway, just trying to compare location and salary. Thanks.

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Specializes in NICU.
I just have a question for Gompers, could you tell me where you are located in the Midwest? That pay sounds excellent!!! I am not a nurse yet but I know from looking up salaries at the local hospital (Iowa Methodist) here in Des Moines it is anywhere from $19 - $25. I'm assuming they'd start a new nurse out at the base salary. Anyway, just trying to compare location and salary. Thanks.

The larger cities in the midwest (Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, etc.) have better pay than Iowa, I believe.

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Specializes in Neuro ICU.

Our hospital pays 15% night diff for 7P to 7A during the week. On weekends pay is 17% for 7A to 7P and 26% from 7P to 7A. Differential is paid on your base pay. New grads start at 20.00. If the nurse is working to her next higher degree she is cap III and earns an additional 5.00 an hour. So it adds up pretty quick.

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Specializes in PCU, Critical Care, Observation.

3 pm - 11 pm = 15% diff weekdays

11 pm - 7 am = 25% diff weeknights

Add an extra 10% on top of those for weekends & holidays. No time & half here unless it's overtime.

Other hospitals in the area are paying 35% diff for 11-7 weeknights & 49% diff on the weekends & holidays. I really should switch hospitals .

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7p-7a= 21% wkday diff

7p-7a= 29% wkend diff

Holiday time and a half plus the diffs if you work; straight time if you don't work it.

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