New Grad Pay!!

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I know the 'Nursing Pay' discussion has had the CRAP beat out of it, but this thread is directed to those NEW GRADS that have just accepted their FIRST nursing job with ONLY SCHOOL-RELATED EXPERIENCE behind them. If you will, please answer the following questions:

1) Degree (i.e. Associates, Bachelors, etc.)

2) Starting Salary or Hourly pay

3) CITY and STATE in which you will be working

I am a career changer and I AM NOT going into nursing for the money, but my hopes are to get some REAL figures from this thread in an attempt to 'GUESS-TI-MATE' just what type of pay I should expect.

Any and all HONEST responses will be GREATLY appreciated!!

Thanks!!

In Kansas City, MIssouri, June 2001 - 16.50 was the base for an RN, they paid a 4/hour night diff, a year later the base was 17.50, now it's 18.50, seems to be going up a 1/year?

Specializes in MICU, neuro, orthotrauma.

I'll begin working in Houston at a trauma hospital starting a 21.50/hr for floor work and since I will work 36 hrs one week and 48 hrs the next we get 8 hours every other week overtime which means ill make about 50k a year.

OB nurse shelly, im going to move near lawrence, KS (between lawrence and KC hopefully) as my bf will be finishing school there, in one year. what can a nurse with a year under her belt in neuroscience expect to make in that area? i would like to travel to UMKC med center to work as it has the best trauma center in the area (or so i've heard). is this true? what hospitals would you recommend I look into?

also how difficult is it to get a job in that area?

Originally posted by geekgolightly

I'll begin working in Houston at a trauma hospital starting a 21.50/hr for floor work and since I will work 36 hrs one week and 48 hrs the next we get 8 hours every other week overtime which means ill make about 50k a year.

OB nurse shelly, im going to move near lawrence, KS (between lawrence and KC hopefully) as my bf will be finishing school there, in one year. what can a nurse with a year under her belt in neuroscience expect to make in that area? i would like to travel to UMKC med center to work as it has the best trauma center in the area (or so i've heard). is this true? what hospitals would you recommend I look into?

also how difficult is it to get a job in that area?

Mind if I ask what hospital you'll be working for? I'm in the San Jac ADN program now and am currious about what local salries are running.

I graudated last month (May, 18th). I am making $19.00 an hour base pay I will be starting nights in July so I will be making an additional $3.00 an hour and weekend diff is $4.00 an hour. I am in Kansas City, Missouri and the cost of living is pretty decent. I graduated from a BSN program but at the hospital I am at and MOST of the hospitals here in town they do not pay a difference and that is OK to me.

Specializes in MICU, neuro, orthotrauma.
Originally posted by vettech

Mind if I ask what hospital you'll be working for? I'm in the San Jac ADN program now and am currious about what local salries are running.

I know that many hospitals in town, esp the med center for any ICU position start at 25-27 an hour and then there is shift differential. I want to work at my hospital because I love the floor, the people who work there, and I'm pregnant so I would rather ease into an area I'm familiar with than try and go for more money. But there is quite a bit of money to be made in Houston right now. Especially when you consider the cost of living. c h e a p.

Good luck.

I'll be starting at $21 at a rehab hospital. Just waiting patiently for my license to come in the mail!

Atlanta - mostly researched peds positions.

ADN

18.00-19.00 new grad starting pay

night 3.00 differential

even 2.25

wknd 2.65

One hospital has $3000/$4500 day/night sign on for 1 yr committment. Weekend program 12 out of 13 consecutive weekends (2 shifts) with a $3000 bonus per 13 week cycle.

Specializes in tele stepdown unit.

How do you find out starting base pay at Detroit MI area hospitals? Can you research this info on the net or is this a word of mouth type of thing? I will graduate May 2004 with ADN and really want to know. Is there anyone from Detroit area out there that can give me any info??

Originally posted by geekgolightly

I know that many hospitals in town, esp the med center for any ICU position start at 25-27 an hour and then there is shift differential. I want to work at my hospital because I love the floor, the people who work there, and I'm pregnant so I would rather ease into an area I'm familiar with than try and go for more money. But there is quite a bit of money to be made in Houston right now. Especially when you consider the cost of living. c h e a p.

Good luck.

Are you serious? 25-27/hr for newgrads?!?! Wow, maybe I should rethink my plan to leave the area after graduation. ICU is where I want to be (at least at this point... Ortho looks interresting too.)

I take it you're are one of the outlying hopitals? If you don't want to say which one that's fine but could I at least ask what part of the city? I'm living in Clear Lake now but if I stay here, likely I'm going to head to the NW side (Jersey Village/CyFair - maybe even Tomball or Magnolia).

Where I work, the new grad start rate is $22.50 hourly. If you work in a specialized area such as the ER, you have to get all of your certifications and if you work 3-11 you get a $3.00 shift differential. So once you are certified and off orientation, a new grad can make as much as $28.50 an hour. This is regardless of BSN, ADN or diploma.

Specializes in PACU/Cardiac/Nrsg. Mgmt./M/S.

i am not a new grad, but i have heard from others that the pay ranges from 16.00=19.00 in the greater cincinnati area.

Specializes in MICU, neuro, orthotrauma.

I am at Memorial Hermann in the Medical Center. And they are offering me a position in ICU which I am considering, if the education is up to par. I don't think that new grads should be in ICU, especially Neurotrauma at Hermann unless the preceptorship/education is thorough and of excellent quality.

I know that MD Anderson pays it's staff well and quickly weeds out those who are not up to standard, despite the nursing shortage. Which sounds fabulous to me, but I don't like oncology.

The thing baout Texas that many of you might not be aware of is that we have NO STATE TAX. This means that we take home a good deal more of our paycheck than most of you. I hear Arizona is horrendous. not only is the pay substandard, but the state tax is outrageous. I would suggest anyone considering moving to a new state check out the state tax situation.

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