Best City to Work/ Have a Career in

[Junebug0710]

Several coworkers and I were talking tonight about places around the US that are the best places for nurses to live (in regards to pay/ cost of living and ratios). A new nurse came here to Portland, OR from North Carolina and said our job situation was the best he has ever seen. A traveler said she thinks she agrees. New grad pay is $33/hr, $1.00 weekend diff, $5.60 night diff. Ratio for med surg telemetry is 1:5-6 on night shift. I'd love to hear from others all over the US and see what it is like where you are at! Maybe someday I'll end up in your area :)

[alc0550]

I know this is an old thread, but I was wondering if you would share where you work? My husband and I have been looking to relocate but can't seem to agree on a location. I'm shocked that nurses with 5+ years of experience can make that much without OT. I usually check the BLS website for mean annual salaries and for RNs in Minneapolis it states about $76,000 a year. The cost of living around there, at least as far as real estate, seems high.

[alc0550]

The two very best places for nurses I have found, in terms of COL vs pay are Madison Wisconsin and Minneapolis MN. Minneapolis has a slight edge. With 5+ years of experience nurses in my hospital make well over $100K NOT counting working OT. Plenty of inexpensive houses. If willing to drive a little ways outside the city plenty of reasonably priced homes in the country. We got a 12yo 4 br, 2 ba, house on 43 acres with fields, a stream and woods for a little over $100K. I have looked into many, many areas and nothing I found comes close to those two cities. Of course we have long cold winters, but they just keep a lot of rif-raf away.

I know this is an old thread, but I was wondering if you would share where you work? My husband and I have been looking to relocate but can't seem to agree on a location. I'm shocked that nurses with 5+ years of experience can make that much without OT. I usually check the BLS website for mean annual salaries and for RNs in Minneapolis it states about $76,000 a year. The cost of living around there, at least as far as real estate, seems high.

[gilue]

Text me your hospital's name please.

[digiward]

I spent two years in Australia, which was awesome! The city life is great, and there's so much going on. Here's a cool website I found that helped me get started. After finishing my diploma, I went straight on to being a RN. You'll love it.