Average starting pay in PA?

[mummer43]

I will be starting a job at Lehigh Valley Hospital and to be honest, I thought the pay would be better.

What's the average for a new nurse?

[dawngloves, BSN, RN]

quick question about salary.....if a nurse doesn't work the weekend night shift, do they still make decent money? what would be the round about salary of a nurse who didn't work weekends or nights? i guess what i'm trying to ask is if the only way nurses make good money is if they work weekends.

thanks

I don't know any nurse, that doesn't work for an agency, that doesn't work weekends. And depending on where you work, you will be rotated to nights as well.

What pay boils down to is where you work, what hospital, what department and what shift. There will be a a wide range of pay in PA as it is a big state with many rural and urban areas.

And an hourly rate isn't everything. If you make $19/hr day shift and you get great medical, 401K, lots of vacation and sick time, free parking and cafeteria discount, then it evens out. If you make $30/hr and the befefits stink, it's the same.