How much do Nurses really make?

U.S.A. Georgia

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Now, I'm not into nursing just for the salary. I'm in this for the long haul, and I want to do this for my career but I've heard from several sources about how much money nurses make. Some say they don't make a lot, some say that they do. I'm not expecting to make half what surgeons make in a year, but honestly, how much does an RN make? I wonder how many people perceptions of 'a lot of money' plays into the answers, and I just want the facts...

If possible, could ya'll list specific fields of nurses salaries, too? Thanx!

In southern GA, hospital-based new grads RN's start out between $19.00-21.00 an hour depending on your facility. LPN's start out at $12.00-$15.00 an hour. Shift diff helps out it you work nights and weekends.

Some hospitals allow unlimited overtime which, if you're willing to put in the hours help out the check quite a bit. And of course the cost of living down here is nothing compared to the metro areas. A fantastic house with acreage costs about 1/4 of what a house with less sq. footage costs further north.

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Jessy_RN said:
I graduated from a CT school in 2007. I was offered 25/hr at the time. Many of my classmates three years later only make about 30/hr so unless you have lots of experience, 40/hr is exaggerated, imho.

LPN's in CT do not make $29 an hour that the starting

rate for RN at some of the higher paying hospitals...RN's with 15 +yrs

Of experience is bearly making $40/hr. Most hospitals in CT no longer hire

LPN, they are also forcing the ASN nurses to go back to school. The state has even

Close down their LPN program.

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LPN in Ct do nottt make $40hr they start out at $18hr and R.N's make anywhere from $26 to $27 hr so please stop fibbing, I should know I just move out of Merident, Ct to Lorain, Ohio. my son's godmother sister is LPN and her girlfriend just graduate about the time I moved out and she's making 26.00 hr at a hospital. so as for Jessy_R.N she is say the truth about everything including about the state shutting down thier LPN program cause right about that time my wife was excepted into the Surgical Tech program which the same school, but we had moved when she got excepted.

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I live in northeast tennessee and its so crazy to see all these different salaries. A hospital position for an RN with 13 months expereince pays $18.11. In LTC you can make around $23-24 as an RN.

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I was offered $21 at a hospital and $23 at LTC and $25 for home health in Tennessee

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I live in GA, south of Atlanta making 22/hr. I have 2 yrs of experience and working in Med Surg. With shift diffs and wknd diffs, I make between $24.50-$28. I work 12 hr shifts 3-4 days a wk. This yr, I will gross around $55,000 but only bring home $40,000 net with taxes filing single with no dependents.

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(curious to see what nurses are making now in 2015)

I am a new grad in the Bay Area and was just offered a Full time position. I am getting paid 54$/hr, so roughly 112k a year. The cost of living here is really high. A two bedroom costing 3k a month.

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bayareaFNPstud said:
(curious to see what nurses are making now in 2015)

I am a new grad in the Bay Area and was just offered a Full time position. I am getting paid 54$/hr, so roughly 112k a year. The cost of living here is really high. A two bedroom costing 3k a month.

Try Dublin, Emerald Park, the yellow apts not the brown ones. 2BR should be about 2000.00 I know that is a ride if going into SF but these apts are right by the highway and bart. These are luxury upscale, everything you need in an apt.

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Market update. I've been a nurse for nine years at a hospital outside the Atlanta perimeter working on the floor and I just broke $30/hr, with shift diffs putting me maxing at $42/hr. Cost of living is a 2400 square foot home on 4 1/2 acres cost $110k at foreclosure purchase in 2008, may be appraised at $155k now as of 02/25/2017.

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