Highest nursing salary

[Nursebarebari]

After reading many starting nursing salaries in different states, I have come to realize that nurses are under paid in many states. That prompted me to ask what state pays the highest rate and have good benefits.

I think NY rate/benefit is pretty decent. My job base is 67k, 6k for night diff, 1.2k for BSN diff, 1k for every experience, 1.2 for certification.

Four wks vacation and 5 after 5yrs, 12 sick days, 8holidays, 4 personal days, 16 credits tuition reimbursment regardless of the cost after probation (3months), free health insurance for you and your family after 60 days of employment, free pension, free life insurance- 1 yr base pay, 1.2k for ce a yr. We are fighting for a free parking.

What do you think?

[bill4745, RN]

I'm at a small hospital just outside the Philadelphia border. After 12 years exp, my base is $36.30/hour. With differentials, 3 twelves a week is over $70k. With 4 twelves a week the overtime and occasional bonuses total $110,000. I have great health, Rx, life insurance, and disability. Good staffing, also.

[treysdaddy08]

After reading many starting nursing salaries in different states, I have come to realize that nurses are under paid in many states. That prompted me to ask what state pays the highest rate and have good benefits.

I think NY rate/benefit is pretty decent. My job base is 67k, 6k for night diff, 1.2k for BSN diff, 1k for every experience, 1.2 for certification.

Four wks vacation and 5 after 5yrs, 12 sick days, 8holidays, 4 personal days, 16 credits tuition reimbursment regardless of the cost after probation (3months), free health insurance for you and your family after 60 days of employment, free pension, free life insurance- 1 yr base pay, 1.2k for ce a yr. We are fighting for a free parking.

What do you think?

I think Im gonna move to NY

[Jo Dirt]

I think Im gonna move to NY

And be taxed to death?

[vm369]

Which city in NY?

[Zookeeper3]

A per diem job that I have pays on night weekend $62 per hour. No bennys.... you're in the float pool, ER, tele and ICU must be skilled to do all 3.... but it's a low level 100 bed type thing and it's the easiest $$ I've ever earned. Supplemental jobs are around like this... take home almost $600 for 12 hr. shift. I think it's not too bad.

[SICU Queen]

I get 75K a year (36.05/h) as base, with diffs thrown on top. I work in New Orleans in an SICU as a Clinical Coordinator (i.e. Charge Nurse with extra paperwork duties ). The cost of living has gone up since Katrina and I dream of PRN jobs in CA, lol... but I know the grass is always greener, etc, etc... lol...