If you can find out what union the hospital nurses belong to you can also google the union and search for the contract and it will show you the tiers of pay that nurses are getting.
In my area most hospitals are pretty open about what the going rate for new grads is. Any time HR folks came to meet with out class that was one of the things they mentioned.
April, RN, BSN, RN
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You could try posting or looking through posts about different hospitals pay rates in your state's forum here on Allnurses.