Current RN Payscale in Colorado

U.S.A. Colorado

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My wife and I have dreams of moving to Colorado. We love it up there!We are still a ways off from being able to do it, but we like to plan our family's future out in advance as much as we can. We have 4 children so understanding the pay there is important.When we move, I will have 1 year exp. and my wife will have 3 yrs.What should we plan on earning per hour??Id love to know your base pay, shift diffs, and location!Thank you fellow nurses!

I'm in western co, grand junction to be exact. We have two good sized hospitals here. Starting pay is around 23$ an hour, can't tell you much more than that as I'm only starting nursing school this fall.. It is a nice sized city, not too big either. We love it here! Moved from Nevada 3 years ago. Its a four hour drive to salt lake city Ut, and four to Denver the other direction.

Specializes in NICU, Pediatrics.

Colorado is great! I work at a HealthOne hospital in Denver. Everybody here says this network pays much worse than the others in town, but I'm satisfied with my paycheck. (Although I did move here from Iowa which is one of the worst paying states for nurses!) I have 1 year experience, and my base pay is $23, shift differentials are $3 after 3pm, $4 after 11pm and $1 on weekends. Since I work nights, that works out to about $50 extra a night. Call is $4 an hour at home, time and half if called in. Let me know if you have any other questions about the state :)

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

When I moved here as a nurse with 5 years of experience, I started at a large Denver hospital at a base pay of $28/hour. So you should figure that your wife, with 3 years, will probably make around $25ish.

I am on the western slope in a smaller town, I have been an RN since 2002, and my base pay is $28/hour. I make an extra $4 for night diff. I am seriously considering travel nursing again at this rate. I miss what I made in MO and TX. But I didn't have these great mountain views..... what a trade off.

I am on the western slope in a smaller town, I have been an RN since 2002, and my base pay is $28/hour. I make an extra $4 for night diff. I am seriously considering travel nursing again at this rate. I miss what I made in MO and TX. But I didn't have these great mountain views..... what a trade off.

delivern, I was hoping to reach out to you and get some info, I don't mean to hijack this thread. I was looking at a relocation and wanted to talk with someone already there. If you don't mind here is my email address: [email protected]

Thanks!

I know this is old but I couldn't help but comment. I live in a small town on the eastern plains and I get paid $29.75 with a $4 shift diff for nights. I am only 2 years out of school, but I have learned negotiate your first wage out of college, it sets the bottom number for the rest of your career! From what I have heard I actually make less than other nurses but I think I still make pretty good money for a ADN RN.

Specializes in ED.

hello I know this is an old post. Does anyone know how much UCH pays.

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

How many years?

Specializes in public health.

I think UCH is on the low end, same as Children's. For day shift, no experience, I would guess no more than $23/hr.

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

FWIW, Children's is lower than UCH. I remember when I went from UCH to Children's, I took about a $1 paycut.

I think UCH's new grad program starts them at around $24/hour, with a raise after they finish the program.

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