Jax Fl. salary

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I'm moving to Jacksonville, Fl. next month, and just graduated from an Associate Degree program. Anyone have any idea how much the starting salary is for a new graduate with a Florida license is?? Any info is greatly appreciated including which hospitals in the Jacksonville area would be best to work at. Thanks in advance. :nurse:

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Specializes in ICU, Psych.

I am not sure about Jax. However, Florida is in general the worst paid place in the US. Here in NW-FL most hospitals are starting out new grads at about $18 per hour, and thats after a "huge" increase. Two years ago it was $16 at both hospitals in my town.

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oh that is not good news to me. anyone else have any info... i really hope that MichaelFloridaRN is wrong (though i do appreciate the response so thanks).

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical Telemetry.

You prob shoulda posted this in the Florida Nurses forum.

Baptist Hospital (Magnet) will start you at $18.35/hr and in 90-days, its $19.15. Night diff is 3.25. Weekend diff is $5.50. Pt ratio is 5:1.

Baptist is not the pay leader in the local area so you can use those numbers I gave ya as a bottom line. I think either Mayo or Shands is. I don't think ya will be able to get into Mayo as a new RN. Other hospitals in the area are Memorial, St. Lukes, St. Vincents, and Specialty. A bunch of them have websites. Baptist is prob the low-pay leader in the area since its a Magnet hospital and they have a lot of people applying as well as importing a significant amount of (good) nurses from overseas.

I have heard that Shands has a much higher nurse-pt ratio, which is part of the reason why they pay more. I was told by several others that it was 9:1 but I have a hard time believing that any hospital could make a normal assignment like that.

Factor in that there are no state taxes in Florida, if you're coming from out of state. Also, Jax is supposed to be at a lower-cost of living, tho I'm not sure how that is defined -- gas is almost $4 per gallon like most everywhere else in the country. I know that when I was still living in apartments, rent in Jax was significantly less expensive that what I was paying for the same type of unit in S. Florida (Ft. Lauderdale) but who doesn't know that S. Florida isn't more expensive?

Anyway, hope that helps. Good luck.

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In Tampa/St. Pete area it is between $21.50-23.00 in some of the local hospitals. We recently received notice that the rate for RN's starting salary will be going from $20.69 to $22.66 to start. Anyone that has already been hired below that rate will be brought up to it. Keep in mind that larger facilities that offer VERY good health benefits may start a little lower than surrounding hospitals. Good Luck!!!!

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oh that is not good news to me. anyone else have any info... i really hope that MichaelFloridaRN is wrong (though i do appreciate the response so thanks).

My cousin lives in northern Florida and as an RN with 4 years exp makes $18.50 per hour. Florida stinks pay wise.

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Shand has a load of jobs and start out with 24 dollars

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