Salary to expect as a new grad nurse

fotografe · Jun 29, 2005

REALLY?!!!!

I had been told at least $5 per hour more plus differentials. What kind of hospitals are offering this wage?

Boston area $23.43 for new grad.

enfermeria · Jun 30, 2005

hello all. just readin different threads and wonderin what does the starting salary look like for a grad nurse? i live the in Atlanta area so any ball park figure will do. thanks!

A friend of mine who is a nurse live in atlanta. As of right now, starting salary there is $19-20/hr depending on the shift. I got almost 21. It depends on the shift you want to work too. For example, one of my friend get $30/hr for weekend-only option... ($20 base pay and $10 differential).

They don't have "GN" over there in Georgia... so they lose the time (1-2 months) that we are supposed to get paid for nursing salary.. too bad.

wonderbee, BSN, RN · Jun 30, 2005

Are the wages all of you are quoting full time staff? What about full time per diem rates and are they available to new grads?

MQ Edna · Jul 1, 2005

Here in Houston LVN's start around 15 RN about 21,

I have one year experience as LVN and just got offered a job $26hr days, $27 days weekends, and $4 shift diff, so around $29-$30

Mandylpn · Jul 1, 2005

hello all. just readin different threads and wonderin what does the starting salary look like for a grad nurse? i live the in Atlanta area so any ball park figure will do. thanks!

Are you an LPN or an RN? makes a big difference in the $$$$$$$$$

Mandylpn · Jul 1, 2005

Here in Houston LVN's start around 15 RN about 21,
I have one year experience as LVN and just got offered a job $26hr days, $27 days weekends, and $4 shift diff, so around $29-$30

Geeezzzzzze, I want to move to Texas! :idea:

LilRedRN1973 · Jul 1, 2005

Here in Houston LVN's start around 15 RN about 21,

I hear that and it makes me want to move back to TX. I will be starting in the ICU at $26/hour, but the cost of living is FAR more than it was when I live in Humble, a town NE of Houston. We sold our house there for $90,000 and it was around 2000sq ft in a great neighborhood, excellent school district, a brand new sunroom addition on back, landscaped with automatic sprinklers, etc. Here, that same house would run around $400,000!!!! :uhoh3: I miss the low cost of living (with the exception of property taxes :eek: and automobile insurance) but the weather here is near perfect....and my old hometown didn't come with snow, either!!!

I still miss "home" sometimes, especially when I hear about how my old high school buddies are buying 3000sq ft homes or building their own....sigh. We won't be able to afford a decent home here and that's with making over $100,000 a year combined. But my hubbie would only make around $12/hour for what he gets $21/hour here, so it's not really an option to move back. It's funny....when I look at the neighborhoods where the "rich kids" lived (home cost around $150-200k), I laugh. I WISH we could find a freakin' house for that little here!!!! It's all the Californians moving in..............

Melanie

MrsStraty · Jul 2, 2005

I live in Poughkeepsie, NY and the starting salary for RN is about $21-$24 an hour plus differentials. However there is a hospital 30 minutes away in Newburgh, NY that starts new grad RN out at $27.92 an hour plus 2.50 night differential which is the shift I want. 3, 12 hour shifts. The union there is 1199-seiu and it is awesome. I love that union...the full time benefit package for a family is awesome and you only pay $25.00 bi-weekly for insurance and free dental. So I will be tarveling the 15 miles each way...no biggie!

MrsStraty

new RN as of 6/30/05

mitchsmom · Jul 3, 2005

I live in a small S. FL town (between Orlando & Miami), our two hospitals start at $17-something an hour. We used to have an ultra cheap cost of living but our real estate has fully DOUBLED in just the last 1 to 1 1/2 years plus most people have higher insurance and power bills post-hurricanes... not to mention the gas prices that everyone is paying (& no public transport in a small town...plus long distances between places too- for example, my kids school is 15 miles away, one way). We got our house in 2001 for $63k & it would sell for over $150 now. We are such idiots for not investing in some property!!

By the way, I wonder how salary.com comes up with their salaries... it says that a lactation consultant in my zip code makes a median of $49k... I happen to know that we don't employ any lactation consultants in this county. I guess they probably have a formula they use to predict based on certain parameters. They said staff nurse ranges in my town supposedly from 25th%percentile=$46,515, Median=$51,135, 75th%ile=$55,250.

jwrightstone · Jul 22, 2005

I graduated from an ADN program this May and started working in the ICU as a GN the next week. All GNs at this hospital make 20.50 an hour to start. Once we are out of orientation we get a .50 raise and those of us in specialty areas will start to see increases as we begin to care for more complex patients. Nights shift diff of 1.50 and weekend diff of 3.00. The hospital paid for all of my schooling (I was not an employee there prior to May - I owe them 2 years now) The are now putting me thought the Critical Care courses and ACLS. I am on orientation for a total of 16 weeks and then on my own. They are also paying up to $15,000 in student loans in $5,000 a year increments. I love it so far it is exactly what I was looking for. I live in South Central PA.

I agree!!!
Carrie, I'm curious too! Like I said in my post. I've been a nurse for over 6 years and am only making 21.74!!! Plus my $3.00 shift diff. for working 12-hour nights! (working in Ohio)
Of course I did forget to mention my $4,000 sign on bonus and my $12,000 bonus for a commitment to working 3rd shift for 2 years. But what stinks about the bonuses is they tax them to death. They even include them in our regular pay checks....the least they could do is cut us a seperate check....so unfortunately we don't bring home the full amount of the bonus.
Sorry....kind of started ranting....oops!! :)
-Cyber

pie123 · Jul 22, 2005

Those of you with salaries in the 16-20 per range, how is the cost of living in your area? What is the living wage? Your wages seem a bit low compared to other areas. From what I have heard, the starting salary in my area (Boston) is about $26.50 not including diffs. That may sound like a lot, but the cost of living in this area is astronomical (average monthly winter utility bill $375). I am wondering if it all averages out in the end. Low salary low cost of living, high salary high cost of living.

I was wondering the same: low salary = low cost of living; high salary = high cost of living. I am moving to Kansas where the starting pay for a new grad is roughly $17.80, from what I have been told. But the cost of living is low. A home with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 2 car-garage, 1600-2,000+ square feet, full finished basement & in a NICE area can be bought for $120,000 & sometimes LESS! I am in Las Vegas and was just watching the news & there was mention of teachers leaving the area because they are able to sell their home here & move to other areas & buy a home outright. Also, teachers from other areas cannot afford to move here. A couple just said that the home they bought for $225,000 is now worth half a million, so they couldn't afford NOT to sell it. Ok, I'm getting off the subject... :)

GEO81 · Jul 22, 2005

Last interview I went to I was offered $23.75 for days with an extra $2.50/hr for weekends. This is in southern NJ. Range in my area is anywhere from $23-$28/hr for new grads.

SO MAIRE......I am grathuathing in august and i am from romania! I had an offer from an imigration incorporation that promised me to give me a 2 years contract in the USA and to go with it the right to become a US resident. But what thei faild to tell me are the salaries for a newly grathuate nurse. I will hawe a GENERAL NURSE DEGREE diploma. I wood like to bring my wyfe with me but she cant worke there just yet! So, what i am interested in is how much may I expect to earn, in how many owers and will it b enough to sustane us both in a rented apartment?