Compare my pay rate to yours!

NedRN · Sep 24, 2015

Well, having thousands of such real compensation details would indeed empower travelers.

The problem is that individual agencies may have different bill rates and different gross profit margins required to run their business. Those two confounding variables alone make offers difficult to figure out if you don't have an agency name (which you do when you collect your own offers). Bill rates can also vary depending on demand rather fluidly from week to week, all the way up to rapid response or crisis rates which are also determined by need. Then without the hospital name, Northern California is not a single location. San Francisco and Santa Rosa and Ukiah and Eureka to mention a few cities are very different in pay rates (and housing costs). Experience counts. A five year ICU nurse with two years of travel is a very different risk proposition than a never traveled one year ICU nurse. A CVICU nurse may be worth much more than a medical ICU nurse.

So a noble effort indeed, but even armed with just that limited information, it probably won't really help other travelers. Experienced travelers know what they are worth, and new travelers will become frustrated that they do not get similar offers.

I am that I am · Sep 24, 2015

NedRN is like the voice of reason on this specialty lol

pinktermite · Sep 24, 2015

If you can get 2500 weekly on a 36 hour week please post the details of that when it happens. God bless you if you can get that but on 36 hours I have my doubts. Concerning posting all this, I am all for it. Regardless of the inside baseball details of bill rates and profit margins that Ned mentioned all this information helps the rest of us as we drive for the highest possible compensation. Include company name, city, facility and everything else you can think of.

Entravel · Sep 24, 2015

Comparing compensation packages, especially for similar areas of work and specialty are great starting points to educating ourselves about the traveling industry.

But like NedRN stated, there is more depth to this industry than what we see as on our end. It's like the ice berg effect. While you might not care about the bill rates and company profit margins, if you want to start making demands about pay rates you'd be wise to educate yourself on the business side first. As nurses we know that "politics" is truly what dictates our pay whether as a traveler or fulltime staff. At some point there simply is no "negotiating" because like NedRN pointed out, companies have overhead and other expenses that we essentially pay them to deal with so we don't have too. So that all we have to do is show up and get paid a premium to do what we would do as a fulltime staff. So just take those factors into consideration with your next assignment proposition.

cblauv20 · Sep 25, 2015

wowwww.....Yes I'm well aware of everything mentioned here. But if I were to go into that it wouldn't be "short and to the point" would it? This post was SIMPLY going to be a comparison of pay rates, nothing more. Looks like ya'll over analyzed this one. Strong work! To any travelers out there who simply want to compare rates, this topic remains open. If there is anything else to be said besides that. Please don't post.

NedRN · Sep 25, 2015

Not sure how you can stop members from posting in a public forum. That is kind of the whole idea.

But if you would like others to follow your example, you might provide more information that will make your compensation details more useful. That would include hospital and agency name, the type of ICU you worked in, and ideally the number of years experience as a nurse and how long you have traveled.

applewhitern, BSN, RN · Sep 25, 2015

So you only pay around 124 per week in taxes? That is less than half what I pay! By the time Uncle Sam gets thru with me, and by the time I pay for food and housing, I do just as well staying home.

cblauv20 · Sep 25, 2015

So you only pay around 124 per week in taxes? That is less than half what I pay! By the time Uncle Sam gets thru with me, and by the time I pay for food and housing, I do just as well staying home.

Bout $177 per week in taxes

cblauv20 · Sep 25, 2015

Not sure how you can stop members from posting in a public forum. That is kind of the whole idea.
But if you would like others to follow your example, you might provide more information that will make your compensation details more useful. That would include hospital and agency name, the type of ICU you worked in, and ideally the number of years experience as a nurse and how long you have traveled.

:banghead:

NurseLexx · Sep 27, 2015

@cblauv20 I am looking to travel but to a smaller location closer to home to begin with... The agency sent me a pay package however I'm not exactly sure what it means as far as the pay. This is for a position in TN.. Please help explain! Anyone. Thanks.

This is what the recruiter sent me...

Estimated Weekly Compensation:

PAY (FULL STIPEND OPTION)

Gross Pay Weekly: $1,368

Take Home Weekly: $1,267 (assuming 20% taxes)

Breakdown

Housing Stipend: $13/hr = $468/wk (nontaxed)

Meals Stipend: $11/hr = $396/wk (nontaxed)

Hourly Taxed: $14/hr (taxed)

Total Hourly $38 (including stipends + hourly taxed based on 36 hours per week)

+ travel reimbursement

*BENEFITS: medical plans start at $16/week and you may choose to add on vision, dental, short term/long term disability, etc. You will be deducted weekly for the benefits you choose. Please refer to the benefits packet.