Hello, new to forums - need help from the midwest

Published

I live in the mountains of Colorado and have a great job in a great hospital, however we (Wife and 2 kids) do not live near any family. We are considering a move to Michigan to be closer to family, but I can't get any hospitals to quote me a pay range for RN's. I have 7 years experience in Ortho and Med/Surg, am the charge Nurse on a Med/Surg floor now, and have a little cross-training in CCU. We are looking at Mid-Michigan and Western Michigan, anyone have a ballpark pay range for the Grand Rapids area, or Midland/Saginaw areas?

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Moved to the Michigan state forum

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

[TABLE]

[TR]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Battle Creek

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]$74,000

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1,030

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]+11%

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Bay City

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]$65,000

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]730

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]+31%

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Detroit

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]$68,000

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]18,160

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]+33%

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Flint

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]$65,000

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]3,780

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]+50%

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Grand Rapids

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]$60,000

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]7,550

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]-1%

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Holland

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]$60,000

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1,130

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]-38%

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Kalamazoo

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]$63,000

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]3,290

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]+25%

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Lansing

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]$66,000

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]3,440

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]-13%

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Monroe

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]$63,000

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]480

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]-24%

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Muskegon

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]$59,000

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1,780

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]+76%

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Saginaw

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]$66,000

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]3,040

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]+98%

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Warren

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]$68,000

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]19,430

[/TD]

[TD=align: right]-12%

[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

source....Nurses Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in CICU.

I am not going to go into detail about where in Michigan I work, in the interest in preserving what anonymity I can. However, the listing Esme posted appears reasonable based on my area..

My hunch is that jobs would be a bit more plentiful in the GR area as opposed to Saginaw. Can't really back that up, other than it seems I've heard alot about the medical complexes in GR lately.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion