What RNs REALLY earn $$

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I have been reading that many feel most RNs make about $60,000. a year, or $25-$30/hr.

Here are the stats on what nurses really earn from The U.S. Dept of Labor:

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Median annual earnings of registered nurses were $44,840 in 2000. The middle 50 percent earned between $37,870 and $54,000. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $31,890, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $64,360. Median annual earnings in the industries employing the largest numbers of registered nurses in 2000 were as follows:

Personnel supply services $46,860

Hospitals 45,780

Home health care services 43,640

Offices and clinics of medical doctors 43,480

Nursing and personal care facilities 41,330

Here's alink to the site:

http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos083.htm#earnings

Originally posted by sbic56

All aspects are equally important. I would never barter for what I considered most important. I can only see myself being the loser and the employer being the big winner, if it came down to those tactics. I want to be paid what I am worth for a reasonable job done.

Ditto. Working conditions, staffing for acuity, etc. are very important. Solid salary & benefits are important too. We shouldn't have to pick one or the other.

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Originally posted by mommajoe

I just hate to hear how teachers complain about making such low salaries. My mom has been a teacher for approximately 20 years and still continues to complain about pay. Hey, my thoughts are why don't you try working all summer long and a whole lot less days off. Don't get me wrong I love what I do and don't want to teach in a public school, but teaching does have benefits as far as time off!!!

mommajoe, good for teachers -- they earn & deserve every penny they get. The entry into teaching is a bachelor's degree, and in my state you are required to complete your master's degree within 10 years -- and teachers are required to complete yearly ceu's. Unionized. The hours are great -- certainly teachers bring home their work, work late, etc. but it can certainly be a very nice life. We shouldn't begrudge teacher's .. it's a different profession. We should, however, expect to be compensated with a solid salary/benefits, & safe working conditions. We chose nursing. Teachers chose teaching. It's like comparing apples to oranges. But ... if I were to do it all over again ... I would have become a teacher in a heartbeat.

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Specializes in Obstetrics, M/S, Psych.

susanmary

ITA! Good teachers are jewels, as are good nurses! We need to appreciate and reciprocate BOTH of these equally important professions for their worth.

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I just found out that the place where I'm doing my externship will be paying the new male nurses more money than they will for their female hires. Is this happening everywhere are just in the south?When questioned they have a lame reason stating male nurses are usually head of households and need more pay, wish I had that one on tape. I know more female head-of-house-holds than male now days espically in nursing !It seems the ones talking big bucks here are mostly males, unless using male names for safety. Anyway it burns my but-- :(

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Specializes in CICu, ICU, med-surg.
Originally posted by Babe

I just found out that the place where I'm doing my externship will be paying the new male nurses more money than they will for their female hires. Is this happening everywhere are just in the south?When questioned they have a lame reason stating male nurses are usually head of households and need more pay, wish I had that one on tape. I know more female head-of-house-holds than male now days espically in nursing !It seems the ones talking big bucks here are mostly males, unless using male names for safety. Anyway it burns my but-- :(

Holy cow! I can't believe that they're actually doing that! While it's no secret that men in general make more than women, I've never heard of a company actually trying to justify the pay differential like that. What about single people? Perhaps they should pay them less since they don't have a family to support? Should people without children get paid less? Totally ridiculous...

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Originally posted by Babe

I just found out that the place where I'm doing my externship will be paying the new male nurses more money than they will for their female hires. Is this happening everywhere are just in the south?When questioned they have a lame reason stating male nurses are usually head of households and need more pay, wish I had that one on tape. I know more female head-of-house-holds than male now days espically in nursing !It seems the ones talking big bucks here are mostly males, unless using male names for safety. Anyway it burns my but-- :(

I'm not surprised by this at all, but it is so wrong. When I graduate and become a nurse I will be the breadwinner in the family, I guess that would make me head of household. Does that justify me asking for more money? I truly believe that they think they can get away with paying women less than the men. If they can get away with paying anyone less (no matter the sex) than they have to, they will. But as a society as a whole, women are taking advantage more often than men (ie buying a car or anything to do with negotiations).

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I also want to add that that excuse to pay men more reminds me that employers used that very same excuse decades ago when a lot of women began entering the workforce.

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Paying the male grads more....that really makes my blood boil. :(

Aren't there laws against this??

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$60,000 a year?? I wish........:)

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One of my charge nurses just moved to here from Canada, We'd love to have you!:)

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Originally posted by Babe

I just found out that the place where I'm doing my externship will be paying the new male nurses more money than they will for their female hires. Is this happening everywhere are just in the south?When questioned they have a lame reason stating male nurses are usually head of households and need more pay, wish I had that one on tape. I know more female head-of-house-holds than male now days espically in nursing !It seems the ones talking big bucks here are mostly males, unless using male names for safety. Anyway it burns my but-- :(

THIS IS DISCRIMINATION AND IT IS ILLEGAL.

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at my hospital we get 10% shift diff (eves and nights) every day of week and ALL shifts get 25% diff for working weekends so if you work off tour and request weekends you don't really need much ot--some rn would lose between 8-10.000/year if they worked straight days mon-fri----the choice is yours--not too many people mind letting someone else work their weekend!!!pay is great working an off tour holiday weekend!!!(oh we get double time for holidays)

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