2018 Nurse Salary

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I didn't see one of these posted for 2018, so I thought I'd get this party started. Feel free to contribute whatever info you like. Let's compare some stats!

Location: Massachusetts

Experience: Just about 3 years; BSN

Specialty: ED

Facility: Large urban hospital

Base Pay: $33 and some coin

Differentials: Evening, night & weekend = $3, $2 and $3/hr, respectively.

OT: Anything over my regularly scheduled shift is time and a half.

Location: Midwest

Experience: 2 years, BSN

Specialty: Geriatrics

Facility: SNF

Base pay: $27 and about a dime

Differentials: Double pay on holidays

OT: $75-$200 per each shift picked up

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Academics.

Location: Midwest

Experience: 7 years

Specialty: Med/Surg, Tele

Facility: Medium-sized Urban Hospital

Base Pay: Registry 45/hr

Differentials: 3-5 depending on shift and weekend work

OT: Time and half

Experience: 1 year education; MSN

Facility: large nursing school

Base Pay: $85K (plus 4% raise for next academic year!)

Differentials: $1K per SH for overload

Bennies: 3 weeks PTO, off when school is not in session (year-round program), not on-site unless teaching/office hours/meetings, plus all the usual healthcare, 403(b), etc.

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Specializes in ORTHO, PCU, ED.

Location: North Carolina

Experience: about 7.5 years; BSN

Specialty: ED

Facility: small community hospital

Base Pay: 25.25

Differentials: night & weekend = $2.50 and 2.50

OT: anything over 40 hrs weekly is time and a half.

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Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Experience: 1 month roflmao.gif; BSN - stumbled into derm as an old new grad (out of school and without a job for about a year and a half before accepting this position)

Specialty: Derm (mostly derm surgery)/Aesthetics

Facility: Clinic/ambulatory surgery center

Base Pay: $45/hr (94k/yr base, but I work a LOT of overtime, so it's probably closer to 105-110k/yr)

Differentials: No differentials - I work M-F and have weekends and holidays off.

OT: Anything over 8 hours is time and a half.

Definitely not earning as much as some of the people I graduated with, but the trade-off is that I get to live a fairly normal life, with a fairly normal schedule. At this stage in my life, that's worth a lot to me. Looking forward to training in more procedures and lasers in order to start earning more, but that's quite a way off.

I started out in Derm too... but left due to low pay ($23.00/hr). I live in the midwest and Dermatologists here would never pay a nurse that much! Most of them work with MAs for that reason. I guess you DO live in the most expensive area of the country.

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Eastern Mid Atlantic

Assosciate's RN

School Nurse

56k

works 220 days per year

Spring and Christmas breaks off

About 7or8 weeks off during the summer

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Specializes in Public Health.

Location: Las Vegas

Experience: 5 years CNA/PCA, 3.5 years ADN RN med surg neuro unit, 1 yr Nurse case management

Position: Nurse Case Manager for family services

Pay: $34 per hour $70000/yr

Shifts: four 10 hr shifts no nights, weekends or holidays. Time and a half for any hours over the above schedule

Desk job mostly, daily driving to attend appointments.

Paid vacation, holiday, sick time, employer paid pension, etc gov benefits.

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Location: Indiana

Experience: new grad BSN

Facility: Small rural hospital

Base: $22-23 hourly

Differentials: $5 for nights, $3 for weekends, time and a half of base rate for OT. Also $10 extra incentive pay for picking up extra shifts with little notice, but there is rarely any opportunity for this.

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Location: Minnesota

Experience: RN, 6 years, ADN

Specialty: Psych

Facility: Correctional

Base Pay: $35.60/hr

Differential: $1.50/hr for evenings/NOCs

OT: Time and a half for anything over 8 hrs/day

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Location: Michigan

Experience: 2 years, BSN

Specialty: Progressive unit

Facility: Smaller hospital that is part of a larger network

Base Pay: $28.10

Differentials: Roughly $2.00 for evening/night/weekend

OT: Time and a half for any time over 40 hours

Also work a contingent position at a LTACH for $36.00/hr

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Location: Eastern Washington State

Specialty: Acute Surgical Ortho, smaller hospital that is part of a larger not for profit network.

Experience: 2 years, RN ADN (no pay difference for BSN)

Base Pay: $33.50/hr. Differentials: $4 for NOC shift and $3 for weekends.

OT: time and 1/2 for anything over scheduled shift.

Lots of paid vaction, sick leave. Good insurance benefits, $27 bi weekly for a family of three.

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Location: South West Michigan

Experience: Right at 2 years. RN, ASN (required to get BSN within 6 years of hire)

Specialty: Cardiac

Facility: "Large Rural" according to U.S. News. It's about 400 beds - Medical/Surgical Hospital

Base Pay: $28/hr

Differentials: $2/hr for nights and $2.55 for weekends however you don't get both night shift and weekend pay, so essentially you only get $0.55 on weekends.

OT: Time and a half for anything over 40 hours in a week.

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Location: Fort Myers, Florida

Experience: 1 1/2 years with BSN

Specialty: Med/Surg

Facility: Lee Health

Base Pay: $26.50/hr as a new grad. also had to sign a 2 year contract with a $5,000 (prorated) penalty if you break contract. (Associate degrees started off making the same). Residency program starts everyone off as the same regardless of your unit. I know an LPN who went to an RN for $2/hr more, but idr how long she was an LPN for. I got an $0.80 raise after a year LOL

Differentials: $6/hr for nights (7p-7a) No weekend diff.

OT: Time and a half

I LOVED this job when I first started.

HOWEVER!!! New RN's are getting hired at $21/hr, so sad

---Due to budget cuts related to the hospital system getting fined $3million for having hallway beds against regulations. And after they built a brand new childrens hospital, expanded another hospital, and are now working on building a new smaller location with about 180 beds. Oh and the new CEO getting a hefty salary and however many million dollar bonus.

They're also not allowing overtime unless you're in ICR or ER. No more seasonal bonuses. They'll float a nurse before they even think about paying Per Diem float pool nurses (to save money). Also are staffing people to the bare minimum and cutting back on resources. They're firing people left and right. Very uncomfortable work environment. And it doesn't have to be this way because they own basically every health related business in Lee County, they're making plenty of money.

Anyways

Nurses in Naples, Fl. make a little bit more than we do and get better benefits and bonuses. Also they have no contracts. I think PRN seasonal RN's there get pain around $40-50/hr

I also know an RN in Sarasota at a private hospital and she started off at $24/hr during days as a new grad on a cardiac floor.

Cost of living in these areas are reasonable. I pay $1,600 for a 1,000 sqft apartment (on the more expensive side because it's brand new and considered "luxury" but very much so worth it with the amenities). You can rent a 3 bedroom house for around $2k a month. Gas is around $2.70 for regular.

Naples and Sarasota are a bit more expensive.

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