How much is your pay?

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I'm just curious...

Salaries varies from state to state, as well as the years of experience, and the area of specialty, right? How much is your pay per month? :heartbeat :nurse: :heartbeat

Specializes in ED, Cardiac Medicine, Retail Health.
Hi there!

New grad in MA..major teaching hospital..27.75/hr with $7 nights, $5 for evenings, and $4 for weekends. Always time and a half for holidays.

I take about $4,440 BEFORE taxes and my rent is pretty steep so it makes it about even. And I already have over 4 weeks of vacation and I've been at my place of employment for less than a year.

You must work at MGH. I heard they have a hiring freeze. You guys have the best diffs in the city. BI just gave there nurses a raise and is now top 3 in the city for pay. If you work a weekend night do you get $4 plus $7 for a total of $11/hr for the shift?

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I'm a new LPN-licensed Feb 3 of this year-and as a med/surg float at the hospital, I made $17/hr.....and I HATED IT!! I took a cut to just under $14/hr to work on an inpatient psych/detox unit next to the hospital and I LOVE IT!! I'm working towards my RN and hope to stay within this facility. A lot of people have left this place for "greener pastures" and have all come back because they weren't happy with where they went, even the higher pay wasn't worth it!:nurse:rOBIN

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Specializes in OB, HH, ADMIN, IC, ED, QI.
maybe you should, can you imagine how much you will be making with 15 yrs exp elsewhere. some of our PTC's make 21/hr, their bae is over 18/hr

Another opinion.

If you like your workplace and coworkers, you could get a union in, to make salaries more equitable.:mad:

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In MA 28 years exp in ED make 52.00/hr not counting 6.50/hr/night plus 2.00/hr for w/e

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You must work at MGH. I heard they have a hiring freeze. You guys have the best diffs in the city. BI just gave there nurses a raise and is now top 3 in the city for pay. If you work a weekend night do you get $4 plus $7 for a total of $11/hr for the shift?

I know a couple of people that work at MGH and yes..its 4 plus the 7 so it would be 11/hr differential for weekend night shift. Amazing!

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Specializes in Neuro-Ortho.

I live in Oregon, and as a new grad (working now for 7 mos.), the hospital I am at in So. Oregon pays $26.34/hr, plus differentials of $4.00 nightshift and $1.75 weekends. PLUS, I get lots of calls for overtime and CNI (critical nurse incentive, which gives us $11/hr added on due to nursing shortages at the hospital). We also work 12/hr shifts/week. :nurse:

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Specializes in Neuro-Ortho.

Hi dld ~ I posted about my job as a new grad., but saw your comment and wanted to respond. I think that when you figure cost of living, etc., it probably averages out. Plus, it is so very important to be in an environment where you are happy to go to work. More $ with a lousy place to work doesn't equal in my book. What do you make in NorCal, and what part are you in? I know there is sales tax, etc., and Oregon doesn't have that. I am definitely happy with my job and of course, the wages could ALWAYS be more :chuckle But I love the unit I am on (neuro-ortho) and the people I work with rock!

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Specializes in vir/ccl.

Chicago area as a Vascular/Cardiac Cath nurse and PICC certified about $7500. bi wkly before taxes. that includes overtime and PICC placements.

Our hospital also has a clinical ladder which one can apply for after meeting certain requirements that can give you 1-3 dollars more per hour.

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Specializes in Author/Business Coach.
Chicago area as a Vascular/Cardiac Cath nurse and PICC certified about $7500. bi wkly before taxes. that includes overtime and PICC placements.

Our hospital also has a clinical ladder which one can apply for after meeting certain requirements that can give you 1-3 dollars more per hour.

How much is the cost of living up there in Chicago? How much overtime do you work? $15,000 a month is alot of $$$ no matter how you look at it....

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Not to sound snippy, but I'm a school nurse, and my job's not "easy". I see 40-55 kids a day and there are mounds of paperwork. I work from 7:20 and am required to stay till 3:05 (school is over at 2:25) but am hardly ever out before 4. I coordinate the mass hearing and vision screening for 1st, 3rd, and 5th grades every year, do all the retests myself and send the results to the parents and follow up to make sure they did the appropriate action; keep up with all the immunizations and eye, ear and dental forms...there is way more to it than you would think. It's nothing like the 14 years I spent in the ICU, of course, just a different type of busy and it's frustrating because it doesn't get a lot of respect! I work just outside of Atlanta and my pay is abysmal. I've been a nurse for 24 years and a school nurse for 5 and I just now make 24K a year. And I'm one of the better-paid nurses in the district due to experience. All the schools in our county are not this busy; but a few are even more. One of my friends sees 60-something kids a day. I do it for the schedule (I'm a single mom with school-aged kids), plus people have changed SO much since I got into nursing. They used to really appreciate you...and by the time I got out of the hospital, it was such a different climate. They were so accusatory and it was like they were looking for you to do something wrong. Sometimes I miss using my critical care knowledge but really, I have no desire to go back to the hospital with the way the public is today. The kids love and appreciate me so much--they draw me pictures, come in just to give me a hug and give me presents on Nurses' Day! The parents are very appreciative of me also. It feels so good to have someone tell me that they trust whatever I think or that they know their child is in good hands with me. My son goes to school here with me as well and that is a big plus, getting to be with him. Also, I have diabetic students, students with seizures and tube feedings and renal failure and one child who has a rare disease that has only been diagnosed in 2 other people--some weird rare form of gammaglobulinemia so that's been really interesting. I have 17 daily meds at my school. So it's not like I don't do any nursing.

Although, we (the group of us) always joke that we could write a book about the stupid things kids come to the clinic for sometimes...you have to be an optician, cobbler, seamstress, etc. I'm always gritting my teeth and thinking, "They think I went to Nursing school for this?" I would love to start a thread for school nurses about dumb things they've had in the clinic! (Like a child who came to me because the roof of his mouth itched. I said, "Well, scratch it with your tongue." The teacher actually sent him to the clinic for that. My friend who sees the 60 kids had a kid come TWICE because her belly button itched. WHY???)

But I just wanted to say, it's not "easy"! :nurse:

I am an LPN in northern Illinois and have worked in a LTC for the mentally ill for 17.5 yrs. I make $23.00/hr.

If you think the school kids complaints are irritating try being on the receiving end with a psych pt. Often they can be delusional &/or hallucinatory along with being distrustful. A hang nail can set some into a tizzy and the think they need to be sent to the hospital via 911!

I'd give alot to have kids with itchy mouths or belly buttons. My pt load is currently 72.

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Also my pt load is 70-83. Currently 73.

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I am an LPN in Kansas. I am the MDS Nurse,On call one day a week, every 4 th week-end for a 110 bed LTC. 22.00 hr. I live for overtime.:banghead:

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