Brigham nurses threaten to strike. Paid $106,000 on average, demand more.

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And people wonder why there is so little sympathy for RNs who are striking and complain they aren't paid enough. They are literally in the top 5% of the earners in the country.

106k a year is A LOT, even for a big city like Boston. They really should not be complaining about the wages, considering the average salary in Boston is 72K and they are well above it. Staffing ratios is a big issue though....Man I would trade places with whoever is not happy ahahahaha :DDDD

Salary in Boston, MA | Indeed.com

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106k a year is A LOT, even for a big city like Boston. They really should not be complaining about the wages, considering the average salary in Boston is 72K and they are well above it. Staffing ratios is a big issue though....Man I would trade places with whoever is not happy ahahahaha :DDDD

Salary in Boston, MA | Indeed.com

Exactly, and that is only average pay and doesn't factor in bonuses and benefits.

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Specializes in Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgical.

100K is really not that much in terms of real expense in the Northeast. Housing and property taxes, gas, car insurance if you even can afford to own one, etc.

You'd be better off financially making say, $60,000 in a place like Texas and keeping more real income.

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I don't think where I put my "bank account" is anybody's business but mine. Having been a CVICU nurse for 31 years, I've earned every penny of it. I did not earn it by putting my bank account ahead of patients. Not your concern RockMay.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

Good for them to strike...wage suppression is real, and the wage and status of rich people pushing out well-earning middle wagers IS happening; I can not even get into a lot of the neighborhoods that have TRIPLED property values while others who make far more have tax abatemnts-NOT right at all.

A junior executive can make 650 k and TRIPLE their salary if they suppress labor costs, along with 20 percent stock match and additional stock options (FAR better than my paltry 3 percent match to my 10 percent contribution); this person can live where hue want, vacation time without struggle, and sit at the top while pts are angry at the system that THEY created and ignore our end-user solutions.

I have great credit and make 75k in my market; if I made more so I could have a great place to live with less crime, great schools while having safe ratios, better staffing for the benefit of my patients, and break down this broken system I'm ALL for it.

I know OP is a troll, but sorry not sorry; I'm for economic justice, especially for those who want to change this corporate system.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

You stated your vast nursing experience. You don't feel that's open to comment on?

He?! I am not a PA, no chip, and I am concerned about RNs putting their bank accounts ahead of patients. Comment on the content, please.
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I can confirm that Boston is a very expensive place to live.

At the same time, Brigham along with MGH are known to be the most desirable hospitals to work! In terms of clinical experience, work conditions and benefits.

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Exactly, and that is only average pay and doesn't factor in bonuses and benefits.

I think you (and ann) are thinking that average means adequate - and maybe for some regions of the USA that is true, but a place like Boston I imagine would be akin to NYC where 200K is considered middle class. But that average is due to the numbers of millionaires and billionaires in the city who artificially drive the number that high - it doesn't mean there are exactly half the population of NYC making that much money. So while 106K is higher than Boston's average of 75K, are those 75Ker's really living the good life, or are they merely surviving? If not, then I suspect someone making 106K isn't living that rock star lifestyle that I can only assume you think they are based on how you've spoken about it as if it was a millionaire lifestyle.

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Here's a median for you ;). And by the way no one said anything about a rockstar lifestyle. You know what they say about assuming ;)

Boston Massachusetts Household Income | Department of Numbers

If hospitals are no longer able to sustain the ever growing cost of RNs they will eventually replace those positions with LPNs :). Those RNs can strike all they want but keep in mind everyone is replaceable.One way or another

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106k a year is A LOT, even for a big city like Boston. They really should not be complaining about the wages, considering the average salary in Boston is 72K and they are well above it. Staffing ratios is a big issue though....Man I would trade places with whoever is not happy ahahahaha :DDDD

Salary in Boston, MA | Indeed.com

How much is your patient's safety worth?

How much is your license worth?

How much is your (fully functioning) body worth?

That income may have a different kind of price tag attached to it.

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He?! I am not a PA, no chip, and I am concerned about RNs putting their bank accounts ahead of patients. Comment on the content, please.

You've claimed your position that these nurses are being greedy is because of your personal vast nursing experience; that means your experience is part of the content.

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Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.
In this case it's about the greedy being greedier.

The union is flexing their muscle to get more for the nurses. The hospital is digging in their heals to maximize their profit. What are you so surprised about? Thats what every union and every business does.

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