ER RN salary

mwboswell · Aug 4, 2011

People still aren't getting it... you can't just say how much you make per hour, because that doesn't tell the whole story....

50$ an hour base, but with no education money, no annual bonus, a high med insurance co-payment, no pension, state income tax, high property taxes, high sales taxes etc etc etc - isn't worth much over $20-$25 an hour.....

20$ an hour base with education money, annual bonus (not your annual raise), low/zero med insurance copays, a retirement plan (not 401/403), low property tax, low sales tax etc etc etc - "could" be worth nearly 50$ an hour

Again, you have to compare apples to apples.

studentinnursing · Aug 4, 2011

People still aren't getting it... you can't just say how much you make per hour, because that doesn't tell the whole story....
50$ an hour base, but with no education money, no annual bonus, a high med insurance co-payment, no pension, state income tax, high property taxes, high sales taxes etc etc etc - isn't worth much over $20-$25 an hour.....
20$ an hour base with education money, annual bonus (not your annual raise), low/zero med insurance copays, a retirement plan (not 401/403), low property tax, low sales tax etc etc etc - "could" be worth nearly 50$ an hour
Again, you have to compare apples to apples.

I think we all understand that as well as cost of living, and most benefits in this line of work aren't too expensive, but we all know there are other things to consider; we just want to know the base to add to our other estimations. I know about what I'll pay for health insurance, I know about how many vacation days I will get with certain health systems, etc. We understand that there are lots of things to consider, but I don't think we expected everyone to do a breakdown (yours was great, by the way) for each thing they consider to be a benefit or extra income (for example, education allowance doesn't mean much to someone who has their MSN and doesn't plan on going any further with education; some may be covered by spouse's health insurance and won't be paying for any). We can all do that part/all the extras on our own, what we know to be worth $ or peace of mind, along with the approximate pay-scale of the state, if that makes sense.

I'd love to hear some wages for Florida?! If anyone get's a chance. Thanks!

Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN · Aug 4, 2011

I think we all understand that as well as cost of living, and most benefits in this line of work aren't too expensive, but we all know there are other things to consider; we just want to know the base to add to our other estimations. I know about what I'll pay for health insurance, I know about how many vacation days I will get with certain health systems, etc. We understand that there are lots of things to consider, but I don't think we expected everyone to do a breakdown (yours was great, by the way) for each thing they consider to be a benefit or extra income (for example, education allowance doesn't mean much to someone who has their MSN and doesn't plan on going any further with education; some may be covered by spouse's health insurance and won't be paying for any). We can all do that part/all the extras on our own, what we know to be worth $ or peace of mind, along with the approximate pay-scale of the state, if that makes sense.
I'd love to hear some wages for Florida?! If anyone get's a chance. Thanks!

I don't know about now. About 4 years ago, before the bottom droped out of the economy, my husband had a job opportunity in the West palm area and we went down there for his interview. I went down there very serious about moving and I set up interviews at several facilities as well as did some house hunting in the area. I found the pay poor and housing outrageous.

I live in MA and our housing is VERY expensive too. To buy a comparable home in size, atributes, and land......the properties were out in the boonies or $800,000.......and I'd have to put my kids in private school to equal their education and school rankings. Considering the sales taxes on everything to benefit the tourist commodity everything was expensive.

What shocked me the most in comparison was the salary, or should I say the lack thereof.......In MA at the time I was making $58.00 base per hour the BEST offer was $36.00 for the same position. (excluding benefits) The weekend, night, holiday differentials were also VERY different and much lower. When I mentioned this to one of my interviewers they stated they didn't believe me, so I showed them a pay stub.........she stated "Maybe I should move up north...".

All things being equal for a supervisor of a large Acute Care/non academic hospital and experienced RN, down there was around $36.00.....4 years ago. I know it's not exactly what you are looking for but it's a guideline. Of course right now just to have a job is a bonus....... :smokin:

penny112 · Aug 7, 2011

Salary.com does not really give an accurate pay rate for the SF bay area. In CA SF Bay area starting pay ranges from $40-$50/hour for new grads. The VA here starts at $40 and they have a lower salary, places like Kaiser and others generally start at close to $50/hour. We do have one of the highest costs of living though...

TMartinez_ER_RN · Aug 8, 2011

new orleans area:

starting: $22.50-23.50/hr, $4.00-$5.00/night diff, $4.00- $5.00/weekend diff

hiddencatRN, BSN, RN · Aug 10, 2011

I work in Philly and new grads in city hospitals start at $27-28ish an hour. There's more variability once you get outside the city but that's the rate I was quoted by Jefferson, Penn hospitals, Tenet, etc.

EDNurse74 · Aug 15, 2011

Two years ED exp in Los Angles: Base $31.28, mid shift differential: $4.25, wknds $3.00. Its straight pay for first 8 hrs of shift, then 1.5 time for the last 4 hrs. So basically I get paid about: $36.50.

Last place I worked at base was $28, plus $10 for ED pay (some contract ED worked out w hosp) and $5 differential, so $43 an hour but TONS of politics!

thelema13 · Aug 19, 2011

central florida.....

$20/hr base, plus shift diff and benefits. I turned down insurance benefits and got $30 extra per biweekly check. PDO accrues at 6%, increasing by 1% every year with the same hospital.

hospital matches up to 4% contribution to your retirement, but you have to stay with hospital for minimum of 5 years to keep money. if you work for 4 yrs 11 months, you lose all that bonus $$.

also, they just did away with bonuses for picking up shifts, but before they were ranging from $150-$375 to pick up an extra shift, plus your time and a half if you were working overtime. i think they will bring it back once season is back, because we get slammed with snowbirds like crazy. they just expanded and remodeled our ED, getting rid of all hallway beds. now we have 32 private rooms including 4 trauma, 2 peds and 2 psych beds. we also have RME chairs, will know more once renovations are complete in Nov. the "no more hallway beds" wont stand once the northerners are back.