Hospital that pays more & is 1 hour away or closer but pays less?

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The pay difference is $11. One is in the city and the other is in a quiet suburb area. I am deciding for a permanent position to help pay off massive school loans.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. TIA!

Specializes in NICU.

If you're working at least some nights, will it be hard for you to make it home safely?

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Honestly, $11 difference is significant. You however have to weigh the other benefits involved. For example, since you are looking to pay off student loans, how is the tuition reimbursement at each hospital? 401k match etc. If all other factors are relatively equal, $11 is enough for me to make the 1hr drive. (Isn't mileage for work tax deductable?)

Good luck on your decision.

Mileage is not deductible in commuting where you are living to the facility, only if you were to go to a second job that day, then you can take the mileage from the first job to the second. And for travel nurses: they take the miles for the initial trip to where they are going, and home; but not for the daily commute to work.

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I clicked on your post to see if you put what the pay difference is an hour...you can more than recover the cost of gas, and I would be taking a serious look at that job.

I have been commuting an hour this summer to school. I drive an SUV that gets 16 MPG...I also live in a mountainous area and that uses more gas. I spend about $42.00 filling my tank and it lasts me about 2 1/2 days.

Yeah...I'll be glad when this ends next week.

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Specializes in Float.

I took a job that is 1.3 hrs away as opposed to one 40 min away. It was an extra $10/hr because it's perdiem..the closer hospital didn't offer perdiem. So far no regrets especially because I feel it's overall the better hospital. That was the most important. It comes out to about $1400 more month, well worth the extra 12 or so hours of driving a month.

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