Does the BSNs get paid more than ADNs hold true across the board mostly?

[mell260]

I'm wondering if the small differential for having a BSN vs an ADN is more common in the acute setting or is it the norm everywhere?

[Boog'sCRRN246, RN]

Where I work, having a specialty certification will you get more hourly ($1.50/hour) than having a BSN ($0.50/hour).

[Dixielee, BSN, RN]

Unfortunately, I have never worked at a hospital that gave a BSN differential. It may help get you a job, but don't plan on making much more money because of it.

[tokmom, BSN, RN]

No money for a BSN, but there is a 1.00 more for certification

[CorazonDeOro]

I work in a large urban teaching hospital and BSN get paid exactly the same as me with my ADN. I think thats true for all hospitals in my area, or most of them at least.

[danarooo, BSN, RN]

I have never heard of a BSN getting paid more than an ADN. I am not working but most of my nurse friends are, and most in large hospitals. None of them have a lower pay rate than the BSN nurses, however with a BSN you can get into management i.e. charge nursing. It is certifications that will get a differential in pay, at least that is my current knowledge about nursing.

[Double-Helix, BSN, RN]

Actually, I think in the majority of places, having a BSN vs an ADN doesn't get you any increase in salary. If it does, it's so small that it's practically negligible.

But the value of a BSN is not in the increased salary. It's in the greater marketability for acute care positions, the ability to be hired into outpatient, public health, and non-acute care positions, and the greater ease with which a BSN nurse can move into management positions.

[Whispera, MSN, RN]

Where I've worked, a BSN got you 10 cents more per hour than an ASN or diploma-school degree. Certification got you a whopping extra 30 cents per hour. Considering how much it costs to get a BSN or certification, someone who gets them has to have a personal goal to get them, because they aren't usually financially helpful.

A BSN can lead to graduate school, though, and graduate school graduates have a potential to earn quite a bit more than either an ASN or BSN graduate.

As far as a BSN being a road to management--that depends. I worked in a hospital that used to have a diploma school attached to it. That school's graduates had the management jobs, and BSN graduates were seen as too-educated.

[classicdame, MSN, EdD]

our facility does not pay a differential (hospital) for degrees, but does for certs.

[nurse2033, MSN, RN]

I used to work where you could get an increase for a certification, but they don't have that where I work now. No place I'm aware of locally gives differential for BSN. The pay is the same.

[buytheshoes11, MSN, RN]

The facilities and hospitals in my area prefer BSNs over ADNs when it comes to hiring, but out here an RN is an RN (as far as pay goes).

[brillohead, ADN, RN]

Nothing extra in my area.