How much do new BSN nursing grads make?

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Hi everyone! I am just wondering how much fresh nursing grads with a BSN degree make. I started a post earlier asking what nursing students make and from the responses it seems like they dont make much at all. Makes me wonder what a nurses salary really is.

And you clearly don't know what you are talking about, what is above upper middle class?....wealthy...very few BSNs are wealthy...only those that make it into management and often times they are not wealthy...just middle class-upper middle class.

I give up. Asking about potential salary is completely appropriate, and just about everyone in this thread (including myself) has pointed out to the OP that it will vary based on location. I'm utterly confused as to why you have a problem with the OP asking this question.

I don't have a problem with it...but its a redundant question.

And you clearly don't know what you are talking about what is above upper middle class?....wealthy...very few BSNs are wealthy...only those that make it into management and often times they are not wealthy...just middle class-upper middle class.[/quote']

Low middle class is 25,000. Upper middle class is 100,000. Many areas new grads can earn somewhat close to 100,000 with overtime and nights. No need for argument, just reemphasizing that it is an appropriate question for someone to ask.

I don't have a problem with it...but its a redundant question.

Do you know what "redundant" means?

Do you know what "redundant" means?

Superfluous....what I said makes perfect sense...good try though

25k is damn near poverish. Look at our economy and not a 1998 statistic.

Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.
Why are you concerned about how much nurses make. A new grad BSN is typically going to earn lower middle-class or middle class paychecks. If money is what you want you should have gone into investment banking.

Seriously?? Your salary has no bearing on your life?

Anyone who considers the earnings potential of a career is not worthy to be a nurse and should be a banker?

Well then, I guess it will be OK with you if your employer decides to change your salary to minimum wage because after all, the money doesn't matter to you. If it did, as you said, you'd be an investment banker.

I think you've managed to slam both careers - nursing AND investment bankers.

Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.
25k is damn near poverish. Look at our economy and not a 1998 statistic.

Wait....... So salary (if it's "poverish") DOES matter?

The redundancy of the question elicited my sarcastic remark. Don't get so worked up over it. And money matters to an extent...but it has no intrinsic value. I have taken my financial situation into my own hands so I can omit your hypothetical situation, as I don't earn a salary.

25k is damn near poverish. Look at our economy and not a 1998 statistic.

Actually poverty is 11,000 for 1 person by today's standards.

Yes, why I used poverish...that is just more than double poverty... Taking into account all of the economical costs of just keeping yourself alive with a roof over yourhead....i mean do i really need to explain this...I think its pretty obvious what 25k a year can buy...and its not much....an apartment for 600 a month will cost you over 1/3 of your take home on 25k...

Specializes in ICU.

I just accepted a job in southern Georgia that pays $20.00 base pay, $2.25 diff 1500-2300, and $2.75 diff 2300-0700. They made no mention of weekend diff in my offer. I am a little unhappy with this because it is less than the nursing pay where I currently work as a CNA, which is in central NC where $21.25 is base pay, $4.00 diff 1900-0700, and $2.00 diff for weekends, but I didn't get hired as an RN at my current hospital so I'm just going to have to deal. In summary: top of the bracket south GA: $22.75, maybe more if there is a weekend diff they didn't mention. Top of the bracket central NC: $27.25. I could get up to five bucks more if I could just stay where I am... stupid hiring managers!

Honestly, I can't complain too much because I landed my dream unit with perfect experience in south Georgia and I will have such diverse experience that I can go anywhere afterwards (landed a decent-sized adult MSICU that also takes really sick peds; have to be both ACLS and PALS certified within a year for this job), so in this case moving is worth sacrificing $5. I'm really hoping I can rack up some overtime after I'm out of orientation, though - I was planning to go to grad school within the next five years and I'd hoped to pay for it out of pocket, but $20/hr is not exactly the kind of money you can successfully save 20-30k per year making and I'd really want at least 100k in the bank before tackling grad school. It sucks.

Also, I totally get why OP is concerned about salary. There is this misconception that nurses make a lot of money. And maybe they do, compared to minimum wage jobs, but I don't consider anything in the $20/hr range to be a lot of money. I feel like I have put so much work into my education (previous bachelor's and then nursing BSN, so 7 years of undergraduate, and I just graduated with a 3.86 so I busted my butt with both degrees) that I am really disappointed with my starting rate.

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