How much are nurses making? 2015 Salary Survey results available soon.

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allnurses conducted its first annual Salary Survey to find how various variables such as education level, licensure, experience, geographic location, and even gender affect nursing salary. More than 18,800 respondents provided some very interesting and credible data. Thanks to all of you who participated. We are happy to tell you that the results to the survey will be published in 2 weeks. Since much of the data will be displayed using interactive charts, you will be able to customize the data to help you find things that are pertinent to you.

The attached infographic gives a glimpse of some of our findings. We will be releasing some of the general data during the next couple of weeks. Feel free to ask questions and add your input.

What do you think the average nurse is making?

What do you think is the most popular incentive for nurses?

What's the average BSN salary in your state?

Where's the highest nursing salary for my specialty in the US?

Is it worth getting an MSN?

Here is a list of related articles with some of the general data from the 2015 Salary Survey:

Although women dominate the nursing profession, do men make more money?

BSN and Associate Nurses are Neck and Neck. Will this change?

Where Do Most Nurses Work?

I've been an RN since 1985 in KS. I'm certain you'd all laugh if you heard my wages after all these yrs. I took a small cut in wages when I changed from LTC nsg to the local, rural hosp. recently.

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Specializes in Med Surg/PCU.

Hopefully the info will include base hourly salaries without shift diff or OT figured in.

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Specializes in Float Pool - A Little Bit of Everything.

I am interested to see the results. But I bet it could be summed up by "Not Enough".

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Specializes in Utilization Review.

Hmm... I make less than nurses on the low end of the spectrum :/... how is this possible?

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Specializes in Peds, Med-Surg, Disaster Nsg, Parish Nsg.
Hmm... I make less than nurses on the low end of the spectrum :/... how is this possible?

These figures are average full-time salaries of nurses of all degrees and licensure levels. Are you full-time? These salaries just reflect full-time annual pay.

You will be better able to compare your salary with others who have the same years of experience, geographical location, hourly salary, degree, licensure, etc. by using the interactive charts when the full survey results are released next week.

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Specializes in Med Surg, Ortho/Neuro, Hospice..

Regarding gender pay differences.

Men tend to make more money based upon the hours they work, both amount and time of day, as well as being willing to leave one job for a better paying one, women tend to work fewer hours and will stay in a job they like for less pay rather than risk their comfort for what's behind door number three. This has been well documented in several studies.

Even in my personal life this is true, my wife wants 5 shifts per pay period in exchange for a guarantee of steady work but lower pay, I work relief where I can self schedule, I get a higher base pay but am also the first to be called off for low census, even with my call offs I still take home substantially more money than she does. I also am willing to go in on days off if we are short staffed. She isn't.

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Specializes in Neurology.

Quite the generalization....

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Specializes in Peds, Med-Surg, Disaster Nsg, Parish Nsg.

The original post has been updated with links to related articles with some of the general survey survey results. More will be added over the next several days.

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Specializes in ICU, Postpartum, Onc, PACU.

That seems about right. Right out of school, I was making about $75,000 a year in Northern California. If I just did one contract after another as a travel nurse instead of having 1-4 weeks off in between assignments (sometimes unwillingly), it would be much more.

xo

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Specializes in ICU, Postpartum, Onc, PACU.
Hmm... I make less than nurses on the low end of the spectrum :/... how is this possible?

It also depends on where you live and the cost of living. The Bay Area nurses (and other nurses in expensive cities like Manhattan) make a TON more money than us regular folk, but the cost of living in those cities is INSANE. I had a friend who was a teacher (I know, different career) in Missouri and she made next to nothing compared to what she would have made here in California, but her rent was also $400/month. It's supposed to even out and if it doesn't, then you have a problem.

xo

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Nursing salary has not gone up like other professions, reason being from 2000-2012 was the best time to be a nurse pay increased alot more than other professions and now the last 2 years has started to slow down, and will stay and hover around these areas. It may even dip a little. Many people think that nursing is gonna be a high paying job but there are a lot more better professions for money. If you got into nursing for the money and not about the life impacts you have on people and helping those who need it, than you wont last as a nurse, and if you do your not gonna be a good one. I think i read 20 pct of nurses find a new career after a few years.

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Specializes in LTC, Med-surg.

LTC RN in NJ with a Bachelors degree. I have

making about 30 an hour

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