How much do nurses make?

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This is something me and my classmates have been debating about so I thought I'd ask here. I know it varies with where you live and setting, but I'm just trying to get an idea. I'm going for a 4yr degree and planning on applying to hospitals. As a new grad, was your salary what you expected? If you're willing to tell me, could you provide your current salary, state you live in, and years of experience?

Specializes in hospice.

2001- new BSN RN- San Antonio hospital= 14.75 an hour.2012- Home Hospice -San Antonio= 32.00 an hour + mileage @ 43 cents a mile.

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Specializes in Hospice.

Wisconsin. New grad started at 29.70 base...now with 2 years experience I'm at 33.5. Base but I switched jobs to get that increase.

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The hospital I work at in NY state, not NYC. new grads start at 27.20/hr, for days, evenings. night shift is 30.20/hr including the differential, and the weekends another 3.00. so 34.00 an hr, The cost of living here is very cheap, so its nice income. Im from NYC and would love to work there, as they pay much much higher, but the cost of living in NYC. LOL. is so high your money is already gone before HR processes your hous for your pay check.

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Specializes in Surgical/Stepdown, Home Care.

New BSN grad (July), hired on at South Jersey hospital at a rate of $31/hr plus 10% shift diff between 7p-12a and 15% shift diff between 12a-7a working night shift.

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New grad in the Midwest made $19.70 in 2008. Now in Florida make $40. BSN and BS in another area.

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Specializes in Public Health, Women's Health.

New grad in FL $16-21.50. I have a friend who is making $18 at a doctors office, offered $21 at the hospital and a home health agency offered $16-18. The highest I've seen it was $21.33. If I get a position I applied for it will be roughly $20.50 per hour.

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This is something me and my classmates have been debating about so I thought I'd ask here. I know it varies with where you live and setting, but I'm just trying to get an idea. I'm going for a 4yr degree and planning on applying to hospitals. As a new grad, was your salary what you expected? If you're willing to tell me, could you provide your current salary, state you live in, and years of experience?

New grad in the Pacific NW (Oregon to be exact). Base $32/hr plus $7 differential for night shift. The pay is good here and cost of living isn't bad...not as cheap as you might think but much less than the east coast or California.

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i doubt a new grad is making nearly 90 k ...

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Specializes in Critical Care, Med-Surg, Psych, Geri, LTC, Tele,.

Depends on your state. My state pays RNs $39 per hr new grad RN. SNFs pay as low as $25. (I saw his new hire paperwork, lol)

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Specializes in Public Health.

Las Vegas New Grad ADN- 30.25/hr base +2.00/hr night shift diff+1.00 per hour weekend schedule. My rent is 400/month with a roommate in a nice neighborhood.

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Specializes in Inpatient Oncology/Public Health.

Capital area NY, 6 years experience, $25 an hour plus $6/hr night/weekend diff. I have an Associates degree RN with unrelated Bachelors.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, High-Risk L&D, Antepartum, L.

PA suburb, BSN, certification, 5 years at same hospital....$23/hr. Yeah...not right.

And to think our teachers complain about their $65,000+ for a job with all holidays and weekends off, vacation and summers off....

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