Salary questions for AL nurses

Mommy TeleRN, RN · Mar 10, 2007

I checked into Florence, AL - new grad base pay $15.50....OUCH! I think Bham is like $18. I hope you all get a much deserved raise soon!

dansamy · Mar 10, 2007

Hospitals in Mobile range from $17.xx to $19.xx for day shift. Night shift diffs vary from $1.00/hr to $2.xx/hr. With the cost of living in Mobile, you could work night shift and do 4 12s per week and decently support a family. Not much in the way of frills, but if your husband is going to school, then you won't be *expecting* to live high anyway. Live like broke college students and you'll be fine.

12breakfree · Mar 10, 2007

Are these ranges based on for what kind of nurses, do you know? I'm trying to get into an RN program and will be an RN as you see in a near future. From my old perspective, I thought I would make more than that.

military spouse · Mar 12, 2007

Are these ranges based on for what kind of nurses, do you know? I'm trying to get into an RN program and will be an RN as you see in a near future. From my old perspective, I thought I would make more than that.

Hi,

You really need to consider that certain areas in the country pay well and others just don't. I was working in AL in around year 2000. I was making $14 as an RN and they offered me $15 to go full-time. We left shortly after that and moved to El Paso, TX and I immediately made $19.50 an hour (I was severely underpaid for the area but didn't know it since we had just moved from AL). I left that job about 1.5 years later and started at $25 with the world's best boss and working conditions. Friends were making close to $40 an hour, but I didn't want those kinds of jobs. Then we moved to AZ and I was making $31.50 per diem. The col is low in AL, but seems to be going up. Just be sure you research wages and COL. I do miss AL, but not the wages.

Mommy TeleRN, RN · Mar 12, 2007

12breakfree..the rate I was quoted was for a new grad RN. I don't know what part of the state you are in but some people choose to commute or travel nurse to bigger areas like Atlanta (if you are on the eastern side of AL)

student_nurse_8700 · Mar 16, 2007

I am (or will be) a new grad in May...I've accepted a position that starts at $19.50 plus 4.75/hour diff at night.

Snickett · Mar 20, 2007

I am (or will be) a new grad in May...I've accepted a position that starts at $19.50 plus 4.75/hour diff at night.

Where is this kinda money?

Aimee03, BSN, RN · Mar 20, 2007

new grad pay around the birmingham area is from about 19.20-19.56

12breakfree · Mar 21, 2007

Approximately, how long does a new grad expect a pay raise? I've read many posts mentioned about new grad versus senior pay, but there was never a clear cut to how long one needs to wait.

Aimee03, BSN, RN · Mar 21, 2007

I'm not sure about what actually takes place, cause I am still a student. However, almost everyone who has came to talk to us from the hospitals told us that, our performance waslooked at every year and our pay raise was based on that.

healingtouchRN · Mar 24, 2007

I believe my area starts new grad RN's at $20-22/hr for fulltime on a med surg floor. I am topped out at my grad after 18 years in the system, a BSN, & Board cert in my area of expertise. NOT even $30/hr base rate. But I stay not because of the money but because I like my boss & co-workers alot & really like my job.