Comparing A Nurses' Salary

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According to Indeed, Registered Nurses (RNs) earn between $55,726 (< than 1 year experience) - $72,833 (10+ years of experience) per year in 2021.

Forbes reported back in 2019, that top hospital CEOs were making $1 million+. Payscale currently lists the average Hospital Chief Executive Officer salary at $153,479.

How do you feel about your salary compared to other professions?

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30K to 60K is such a wide net, which means this is nothing more than a recruiting drive. I predict starting wages to stay frozen, if not actually decline. Its all about supply vs demand. There is too much supply; I remember the good-old-days, when one would be offered $5000 sign-on bonus.

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During my first year as a new grad I made just under $90k working 32hrs/week on the evening shift. My second year I made just under $110k. I live & work in the Bay Area & these types of salaries are why nurses from all over the world are trying to work here. Those out-of-staters who do land jobs here unfortunately do not spend their money in Bay Area communities but instead spend their paychecks in their home towns. California is bankrupt, people! If you want to continue being paid these good salaries, be sure to support your local businesses - these are the people who are our patients/paying clients. I am not against non-Californians being hired in Bay Area hospitals, but it is important to "give back" instead of taking, taking, taking...

Don't get me wrong - I have so much love for my fellow nurses who fly in from other states regularly for work here in the Bay Area to support their families back home, but my heart aches for my other fellow nurses who can't get jobs. The situation is not helped with all these "nursing schools" pumping our new grads every semester. California, what is happening to us?

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Specializes in LTC, Agency, HHC.
nursie_nursie_415 said:
During my first year as a new grad I made just under $90k working 32hrs/week on the evening shift. My second year I made just under $110k. I live & work in the Bay Area & these types of salaries are why nurses from all over the world are trying to work here. Those out-of-staters who do land jobs here unfortunately do not spend their money in Bay Area communities but instead spend their paychecks in their home towns. California is bankrupt, people! If you want to continue being paid these good salaries, be sure to support your local businesses - these are the people who are our patients/paying clients. I am not against non-Californians being hired in Bay Area hospitals, but it is important to "give back" instead of taking, taking, taking...

Don't get me wrong - I have so much love for my fellow nurses who fly in from other states regularly for work here in the Bay Area to support their families back home, but my heart aches for my other fellow nurses who can't get jobs. The situation is not helped with all these "nursing schools" pumping our new grads every semester. California, what is happening to us?

Yep. I was born and raised in Cali. Went to nursing school in Santa Clara. I hear ya.

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Specializes in Mental Health, Hospice Care.

yikes!.....30 G per year?....I am not boasting but as a new LPN grad in Colorado I am looking at $65,000 per year, and I am not in LTC....I am in corrections nursing, best gig ever....:specs:

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Wild Irish LPN said:
yikes!.....30 G per year?....I am not boasting but as a new LPN grad in Colorado I am looking at $65,000 per year, and I am not in LTC....I am in corrections nursing, best gig ever....:specs:

Wow, that's great! I am in CO, too. Interviewed in NoCo for a corrections position. Changed my mind. I made $65K in LTC. Took about a 10K pay cut to do private duty. MUCH less stress!! I really enjoy it.

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Specializes in geriatrics.

30,000 is extremely low, even for a new grad. Where I live, new grads average 68-80,000 gross. My gross pay at the end of my first year was 85,000. I'm very content with my pay.

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Our new grads earn $100K first year. But I happen to live in a very high cost of living area.

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which state do you live in needshaldol?...100k?..what department does a new grad can make that much?..new grads with an ADN OR BSN?...THANKS FOR SHARING!

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I live in iowa and as a new grad make 41,000/yr. I just have my adn but my pay is comparable to other new grads that are bsn's at hospitals. Low end ive seen new grad rns in clinics being offered $17/hr to new grads in ltc starting at $25/hr. Cost of living here is pretty cheap. I paid $650/mth for a 2bdrm that was nice and not in the bad part of town. I live in a city that has 6 nursing schools so finding a job is hard for the new grad here.

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Specializes in CVICU.

New grads in my area starts at around 19.80. Pretty low and sad actually. New grads here are also having a hard time finding jobs. Having a job , anywhere, right out of school, is a blessing right now. Only the few and far actually manages to work in the unit "of their dreams".I will most likely move out of state after graduation. Colorado sounds decent, or Florida.

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nursie_nursie_415 said:
During my first year as a new grad I made just under $90k working 32hrs/week on the evening shift. My second year I made just under $110k. I live & work in the Bay Area & these types of salaries are why nurses from all over the world are trying to work here. Those out-of-staters who do land jobs here unfortunately do not spend their money in Bay Area communities but instead spend their paychecks in their home towns. California is bankrupt, people! If you want to continue being paid these good salaries, be sure to support your local businesses - these are the people who are our patients/paying clients. I am not against non-Californians being hired in Bay Area hospitals, but it is important to "give back" instead of taking, taking, taking...Don't get me wrong - I have so much love for my fellow nurses who fly in from other states regularly for work here in the Bay Area to support their families back home, but my heart aches for my other fellow nurses who can't get jobs. The situation is not helped with all these "nursing schools" pumping our new grads every semester. California, what is happening to us?

. Oh, how I'd love to move back to California again, as a nurse this time. It beats the village state I live in now.

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Where do you live?

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