What's Your Salary?

1. I am just curious to what everyone gets paid. I am debating if I should move after nursing school to a different state the get paid more.
   I live in Louisiana and I think the pay rate for a RN is 23/hr.
   
   Whats Your state??
   
   LeAnn
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   About debbie54

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   Nov 27, '07

   Occupation: ~Charge Nurse LTC Specialty: Critical care, Pediatris & Geriatrics ; Joined: Aug '06; Posts: 361; Likes: 18

   Here in Northern California (near Sacramento) you can get between $20 - $26 for LVN. RN's clearly make between $38-$42 an hour. If not more. Depends on specialty and experience. Good luck!!
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   Nov 27, '07

   Occupation: Urgent Care Joined: Feb '04; Posts: 1,740; Likes: 49

   Here in southeastern WI, LPN ranges from $15-19 an hour and RN from $22-28 to start in the hospitals.
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   Nov 27, '07

   Occupation: RN Specialty: 7 year(s) of experience in Psych, LTC, Nursing Management, WCC ; From: US ; Joined: Nov '05; Posts: 792; Likes: 519

   In northeast Wisconsin RNs start at $21-$22 an hour. Subtract $1-$2 and hour for working in a clinical vs hospital.
   
   The hospital systems in my area all have an agreement to pay similiarly... so there is no bidding war. It is keeping the wages down.
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   Nov 27, '07

   Occupation: RN Specialty: Chiropractic assistant, CNA in LTC, RN ; Joined: Feb '04; Posts: 262; Likes: 146

   Hospitals in Winston-Salem, NC start new grads at a minimum of $20.45 an hour. Differential for nights is approximately $4.00 an hour. Critical care areas pay a little more I believe.
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   Nov 27, '07

   Occupation: Hospice Case Manager Specialty: 5 year(s) of experience in hospice, ortho,clinical review ; From: US ; Joined: Jun '05; Posts: 551; Likes: 217

   Western Pa ...my particular hosp sys (there are 2 major sys here) starts GN at 19.00/hr I believe RN's are 22.00 or 24.00.

   Last edit by sirI on Aug 9, '10
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   Nov 28, '07

   Specialty: SICU ; Joined: Oct '07; Posts: 18; Likes: 14

   My friends (RN new grads) will be making $25/hr on step down units, add $1 for shift differentials here at a hospital in NE Ohio, I think that's actually a little high for this area however.
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   Nov 28, '07

   Joined: Nov '05; Posts: 522; Likes: 161

   I'm in Northern VA, and we were told at one of the hospitals I did a clinical rotation in that they start at $24/hr.
   
   Kelly
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    Nov 28, '07

    Joined: Aug '05; Posts: 1,744; Likes: 533

    I moved from Louisiana to Florida, and despite the higher cost of living here, RNs make about $10,000/year less according to salary.com (comparing Tampa and New Orleans). Tampa does start at around $23/hr from what I've heard, but rural Florida pays <$20 for RNs.
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    Nov 28, '07

    Joined: Dec '06; Posts: 73; Likes: 12

    In Mississippi they start new grads at 18.50per hour with $2-$4 shift diff. They pay stinks, but the cost of living is much better than other states sooo I think it equals out.
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    Nov 28, '07

    Occupation: Labor and Delivery RN Specialty: LDRP ; Joined: May '02; Posts: 1,595; Likes: 201

    Missouri/Kansas pre-liscensure (GN) makes around 20.50/hr plus shift diff. That goes up to around 22/hr w/ diff once you pass the NCLEX. (I'll be around 24.50/hr working nights. More if I go weekend option.)
    
    Best wishes!
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    Nov 28, '07

    Occupation: Student/mother/wife! Joined: Jul '04; Posts: 816; Likes: 67

    I'm in KY. New grads make between $18-19 base pay in the Western KY area, plus differentials which avereages to about $20-22 an hour.
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    Nov 29, '07

    Joined: Feb '06; Posts: 116; Likes: 12

    I'm in central Ohio, about an hour north of Columbus. RN's start at $19.95/hr here. BSN will get you a quarter more. Shift diff is $3. We have one hospital in my town, so you have to drive about half hour to get to others... there are about 3 within a half hour and they all pay about the same.

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