Any bedside nurses making over 100K ?

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Hi all,

I would like to know if there are any nurses who make at or over 100k per year just working as an RN - not CRNA, Advanced Practice etc., just bedside nursing... and how do you do it, overtime, premium pay etc. or any other combination that works for you and where are you located? I know east and west coasters tend to make more. I'm asking because I want to increase my income so that I can knock out some student loans before going back to school and piling more on. Thanks for any and all replies.

Well is this new job a nursing job? If you are going to be brand new what kind of job is paying that much and where? I don't see how a new nurse would be paid that much. Here they start at $15/hr in the hospitals. $17 for nights. And they make it so you can rarely get overtime.

Uhmmm...I would move out of there. like stat.

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Yeah, right. More like less than $30000 full-time in a hospital. Which is why I quit.

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Specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN.

I'd be lucky to pull $60,000-I cannot imagine earning $100,000

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In the Texas Panhandle, new grad RNs make about $15.-$17. LVNs $10.-$12./hr. My best friend's mother has been an LVN for over 30 years. She has 17 years of ER experience. She currently earns $11.hr as a home health nurse

I'm an RN- 14 years as a nurse, 6 as an RN, the rest as an LPN. The most I've ever made in Texas is $24./hr, per diem, no benefits. This was in 2004.

However, because of the nursing surplus here, it's very hard to even get a low paying job. Because of the scarcity of jobs as well as the low pay, every nurse and dialysis tech I know from this area have all become travelers, including myself.

Jump to 2008. North Texas. RN 17 years OR Circulator. Outpatient Surgery Center. $32.00 Base pay with additional bonus and raise each year. 40 hours. No call. No weekends. No holidays. Texas has improved.:yeah:

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It is DEFINITELY POSSIBLE to make over 100K. (And with benefits) I work in a position that the hospital can cancel if patient census allows, which is why my base pay is higher. Though canceling does not happen often. This does not require too much overtime maybe a shift or two every couple months. I also work night shift, so there is about a 7,000 dollar/year difference between day and night shifters. You need to live in the right area, which usually requires a higher cost of living. So, it's a trade off if you can make it work. Travel RNs tend to make more money with bonuses, incentives, etc. If you play your cards right and want to make it work, you can.

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I know several bedside nurses that worked in hospitals as staff nurses that made over $100k. They did work a lot of overtime with shifts that were double bonus shifts. I would love to make that one day because my student loans are about to kill me in a couple of months.

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I make about 75k a year. I do very little O/T as the taxes kill it.

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I seriously doubt that new grads in San Francisco are typically making $46 an hour, unless it's without benefits.

The average pay for RN's in San Francisco across the board is $38-$39 an hour. The highest paying area in California is actually the San Jose area (Silicon Valley) at $42 an hour.

http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcma.htm

If people want to look at the data on this, check the link above. Look up your state and then your town. Go to healthcare practitioners and technicians, and you can find RN pay from there.

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New grads in the SF bay hour do make $45/hr with benefits at some facilities.Then they also get shift differentials and weekend differentials.

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not too difficult in southern CA, working some overtime but not alot, but again with cost of living not that much leftover.

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New grads where I live start out at $15.65/hr...

This is RN, not LPN.

The bigger cities in AL pay maybe $17-19 an hour for new RN grads.

Cost of living is much lower, but it's still grossly underpaid...

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Specializes in acute care then Home health.

I live in So Cal. It is very possible to work OT and make that much. But the nurses on my floor warned me. "Do not make over 90K or you will get reemed on taxes". I guess that pushes you into a higher tax bracket, So be careful!

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Hi all,

I would like to know if there are any nurses who make at or over 100k per year just working as an RN...

lol

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