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?

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[TD]Battle Creek

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[TD=align: right]$74,000

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[TD=align: right]1,030

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[TD=align: right]+11%

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[TD]Bay City

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[TD=align: right]$65,000

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[TD=align: right]730

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[TD=align: right]+31%

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[TD]Detroit

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[TD=align: right]$68,000

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[TD=align: right]18,160

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[TD=align: right]+33%

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[TD]Flint

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[TD=align: right]$65,000

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[TD=align: right]3,780

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[TD=align: right]+50%

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[TD]Grand Rapids

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[TD=align: right]$60,000

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[TD=align: right]7,550

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[TD=align: right]-1%

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[TD]Holland

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[TD=align: right]$60,000

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[TD=align: right]1,130

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[TD=align: right]-38%

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[TD]Kalamazoo

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[TD=align: right]$63,000

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[TD=align: right]3,290

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[TD=align: right]+25%

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[TD]Lansing

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[TD=align: right]$66,000

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[TD=align: right]3,440

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[TD=align: right]-13%

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[TD]Monroe

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[TD=align: right]$63,000

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[TD=align: right]480

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[TD=align: right]-24%

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[TD]Muskegon

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[TD=align: right]$59,000

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[TD=align: right]1,780

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[TD=align: right]+76%

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[TD]Saginaw

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[TD=align: right]$66,000

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[TD=align: right]3,040

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[TD=align: right]+98%

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[TD]Warren

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[TD=align: right]$68,000

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[TD=align: right]19,430

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[TD=align: right]-12%

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

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.