How much is your pay?

jalease · Apr 4, 2008

Lpn (and proud) making $17/hour. Started working as an LPN 6 years ago making only $10.80 in a doctors office :cry: . Normal base pay here in the N. Alabama is $11.15 for LPN ($10 for new grads if you're lucky for doctors office) $15 to $16.50 in LTC. (Who really wants that stress:uhoh21:) RN pay is base is $18 for both hospitals and MD. office w/ shift diff up to $4/hr.

I am a clinical research nurse, love what I do. Have very little client interaction but a lot of paper work d/t the nature of the job.

In RN school, but making what normal New Grads make in the area. So I'm content :nurse: . Also with my upcoming certification as a research nurse looking to get a $3.50 raise :yeah:

josephmesaaz · Apr 4, 2008

LPN in Phoenix, AZ with 1 year experience. $22 an hour 2p-10p at an independent living facility.

Hospitals here are giving new grad RNs $25 an hour for days with 15-20% diff for nights.

Per diem agencies are giving $40-50 an hour for RNs and $24 an hour for LPNs

Don't know what I will do when I graduate my BSN program in December because I love my job but they do not have any RNs, I am the only nurse in the facility as it is...maybe they will pay me more to keep me who knows...

justmeagain · Apr 4, 2008

Wow I hope when I finally start working that all the nurses will be as nice and open as you all are!! Thanks.

ilstu99 · Apr 4, 2008

I interviewed in a lot of places before accepting my current position, because we were open to relocating after graduation. I was amazed at the differences in wage offerings, as well as the ton of difference options. We eventually chose a location for family issues, but it was interesting.

I ended up accepting a 'middle of the road' position with a lot of potential to earn as much as I am willing to earn. The base pay for a new grad is $24.75 per hour. The 7pm to 7am differential is $3.50. The 7pm Friday to 7 am Sunday differential is $5.25. Holidays are 2.5x the base + any differential.

The hospital also offers incentives for different types of needs. Understaffed days on which you aren't already scheduled - in your own unit - are + $6.00 per hour. Understaffed days - if you are willing to float - are + $9.00 per hour. Weekend-only RN's have a base pay of $42.00 per hour, and that's offered to anyone with at least 1 year of experience.

Employee + dependent health insurance (including dental, vision, and additional life) costs me about $115 per month, with very reasonable deductibles and minimal co-pays. We don't have a certain number of paid days off. We do the "earn your vacation" type of system. In a month of working just my contract base of 36 hours per week, I earn 2.75 days of paid leave.

The COL here is pretty reasonable. Average home (say....2100 sq ft on 1/2 acre) is around $225K, and gasoline was $3.25 today.

Oh, and to the RN who said they should move out of IL....you are getting shafted by your facility! I graduated in IL, and my classmates in east central and central IL started at a base of $21-$23 per hour.

Neo.Nurse · Apr 4, 2008

In the UK all new grad nurses (like me) get just over £10 an hour - round about $20 - although there's a higher rate payable for London nurses because of the higher cost of living. We all start with 28 days paid holiday plus 8 days public holidays. A standard week is 37.5 hours and there is an antisocial hours premium payable for nights/weekend shifts. Each year (if we have met the expected standard) we progress an increment up the pay scale. Last month was my first full pay packet having only started my first job a few weeks ago and after deductions I cleared £1,400 (roughly $2,800)

Future_Nurse007 · Apr 4, 2008

I work in the Dallas area and as a new grad BSN started at $22.85/hr and $3000 sign-on for signing a 2-yr contract. It sure beats the tech pay I was making working my way through nursing school! :nurse:

lvnandmomx3 · Apr 4, 2008

I work in the Dallas area and as a new grad BSN started at $22.85/hr and $3000 sign-on for signing a 2-yr contract. It sure beats the tech pay I was making working my way through nursing school!

Wow that $$ amazes me. I figured Dallas would be higher for pay. I know some places have low RN pay but usually the cost of living is lower. I thought dallas was equivalent somewhat to certian areas of California.

BellaCerraRN · Apr 4, 2008

I make $ 1605.00 for a 64 hour "week" no OT. Plus I get a weeks vacation every other week!

Ok, Ok, I work 7 on 7 off, but vacation sounds better!

lamazeteacher · Apr 4, 2008

cleveland, ohio here. i have just under a year of experience under my belt. my starting wage is $22.50/hr. there is a $1 shift diff offered for any hours worked between 3 pm and 7 am the next day. nothing extra for weekends, and i am required to work e/o with one free weekend/year. on the plus side, i earn about 8.5 hours of pto each pay, which i think is pretty good. they have recently taken away "premium" pay incentives to come work ot when staffing is short. they have also taken away the bonuses for the prn employees who work above their required hours in any quarter. and, they have also taken away the healthy bonuses that the night shift staff used to earn. consequently, we are consistently short-staffed and no one wants to work extra with "only" earning time and a half for anything over 40 hours/week.
oh yeah, and my raise this year will probably be 75 cents/hour.
reading this thread is making me reconsider relocation to somewhere else.

if there's no union at your place of employment, you need one! :nurse:

the tooth · Apr 4, 2008

go to ebscohost.com click "summary report" type in "registered nurses" scroll down to page 6, you will see national wages and employment triends. from there you can select a state.

national wages (2006) $27.54hourly, $57,280 annual

lamazeteacher · Apr 4, 2008

I work in Southern California. I have 4 years of experience. I make $38.50/hr straight pay plus bennies, etc. I work in a Critical Care Unit. Hope this helps.
I agree with the previous emailer. I think Nurses should be more open about their salaries. How else will we make sure we are maxxing out our earning potential? That's one way administators can get us and keep us for cheap - treat us like mushrooms. That is, put us in a dark corner and feed us BS. If we are educated about what our particular set of skills and experience are worth, they have to offer us the max pay for an assignment.
Cheers!

It's so refreshing to write openly about salaries. At the last 3 places I worked (in CA), disclosing your salary to another employee was grounds for termination! No union at those places........ :uhoh3:

RN4PatientCare · Apr 5, 2008

$27/hr, M-F office hours...TX