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 Geriatrics, med/surg, LTC surveyor.

As a Legal Nurse consultant, I made $150.00 an hour. I haven't done that in a while because the money is good but getting it is often times difficult.

I make 66,000 a year. TN, 26 years of experience.

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Specializes in OB, HH, ADMIN, IC, ED, QI.
I work in California (SF Bay Area) we are a moderately paid union hospital. A friend of mine makes $56 for 12 hour night shift. I work night shift as well, but 8 hours. We don't get weekend differential (I WISH we did, that MAY make it more bearable to be there every other weekend!). On the even more positive side, according to our contract for the first 5 years of employment we get a 10%/year (broken down the 10% is 5% step increase and 5% cost of living) raise!!! After 5 years it is 5%/year for cost of living.

As much as this sounds... I often do NOT feel it is enough for what we go through!!!

Also, I should mention that the median house price in my town (NOT San Fran itself) is 500-650k (for a 50 year old fixer upper)...

PS

We are hiring!

I'll bet they are hiring! If the work is as bad as it seems, it could be the only reason for staying would be the pay.......... There are other incentives that HR could bequeath, and management protocols that would make nurses happier to work there. Perhaps your supervisor could think up some, in a meeting with half the staff at a time, when it's less busy (ok, when is it less busy) or have a suggestion box that gets read and answers placed on a bulletin board.

What I read between your lines, is that your workload is very heavy, there's little teamwork (no one helps another nurse), and as soon as you come on duty, you wish you were off duty and count the minutes until you are (and go shopping to spend those hard earned bucks).

I rented a small house in San Francisco many years ago, as even in the '70s it was very expensive to live there. But I loved that city so much, it was worth it! My job was challenging and suited me, as Inservice Coordinator/Infection Control Nurse. So maybe if you haven't got your BScN yet, you could study for that a bit at a time, and get above the mediocrity and things we all dislike about slimy bodies and difficult folks...

Education frees the soul! :)

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Specializes in Geriatrics, med/surg, LTC surveyor.

I lived in Ca recently. I left because of the housing costs and traffic. I made 97,000 as a Nurse Consultant. I don't work in hospitals anymore but I did hear that they paid well.

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Specializes in OB, HH, ADMIN, IC, ED, QI.
I live in NYC, Tottenville, Staten Island, and work in Newark NJ. I get $33-34/hr. that includes my night shift diff, and I don't get a diff. for weekends and the only holiday pay is if you work the night before the holiday...ex..If you want holiday pay you need to work the night of July 3rd to get the holiday pay for July 4th.....yea...., my thought is OK, If I am working July4th and start my shift at 7pm it's still July 4th untill 12am, so why am I not getting paid to work on the actual holiday? never understood that...Anyway. I work 12 hour night shiftson an interventional cardiac/CCU step down unit in an inner-city hosp that is one of the best cardiac hosp. in the nation, but the only downfall is it is located in Newark,NJ the stolen car cap. of the US and right in the middle of the ghetto..no offense to anyone..I grew up outside south Philly so I was prepared ..anyway, My hosp. is part of the largest health system in the North East 30+ hospitals owned by the system. But my hosp. is non-union, and IT SUX..that is the only way to put it. The flagship hosp. for my healthcare system is a UNION hosp. it is also a beautiful, marble floored, cherry wood lined, 24hr cafeteria with a McDonalds, in a wealthy neighborhood type of hosp. I just completed a 6 week Critical Care class there and I was in awe of the flagship hosp. I walked into my hosp. after being at the flagship hosp. and didn't understand why my hosp. dosen't have the same type of system, technology, or nurses union. We are owned by that hosp. infact the flagship hosp. sends all the major cardiac pt's to us...so give us the same treatment. BUT my hosp. has the reptuation that 1 year experience at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center can put your foot in the door anywhere in the US. My parents who still live in PA told me that some of their clients, who have been MD residents at my hosp., said all I need is 1 year and I am golden. YEA, i am 9 months in only a few more to go till 1 year...but as far as Staten Island( Tottenville) NYC, the avg. home goes for $400-900,000 if not more..and like you said a fixer up-er 50+ years old or even the 1000000 newly built houses that look beautiful(but poor construction) out here that are HUGE but with no land go for even more..so can I work in CA? I would love to!!!!!and I mean that!!!!:yeah:

Since your mother(flag)ship hospital has a union, it shouldn't be too hard for yours to get one. Find out from other nurses who go to courses there, and ask questions of other Nurses, how it was instituted. Then do that!

If/when you get to CA, be sure you state exactly what the duties you did in NY were, as that is what counts, and how you solved problems (although organizing a union never endears one to the powers that be in HR). Sometimes the word about higher quality of experience doesn't get all the way across the country, and no one enjoys hearing how much better it is elsewhere..........

Good for you for slogging through the year. You'll always benefit from the experiences you have.:nurse:

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Specializes in OB, HH, ADMIN, IC, ED, QI.
I lived in Ca recently. I left because of the housing costs and traffic. I made 97,000 as a Nurse Consultant. I don't work in hospitals anymore but I did hear that they paid well.

I took a course in CA given by UCLA to prepare nurses to evaluate the SNFs, etc. and I knew I wouldn't enjoy that no matter what it paid! To justify your existance, you'd easily find their faults, then walk out of that one to the next, never knowing what they did right......... and they'd heave a sigh of relief that you were gone, work like crazy to redeem themselves, cursing you as they did it.

Someone has to do it, as profit making facilities will try to get away with whatever they can, to save $$$. You know that as soon as your back is turned they'll find another regulation busting, cost containing thing to undermine your efforts. Do I sound jaded, you betcha.

We have to get the profit making fat cats out of health care, to implement

satisfactory patient care.:coollook:

I hope you found more satisfying work in Memphis.

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Specializes in SNF, and pysch.

23.50 LVN in CA with a year of experience working at a long term care facility, hope this helps.

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I've been working as an RN for the past 6 months in cardiology. My base pay is 27.99/hr plus 5.25/hr night differential and an additional $1/hr for weekends. This is in Oregon.

I just realized I really need to start picking up extra shifts. Not only do we get time and a half but we get incentive pay thats $18/hr extra. That's $65/hr before taxes for picking up an extra night shift which as a new grad I find insane.

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Does anyone know what new grad RNs are making in Minnesota; Also do hospitals count 12 years of experience as a LPN? I have worked plenty of med/surg in the past. I am thinking of relocating to MN. Are the opportunities plentiful? How is the cost of living? I may wait for a little more experience and then come on a travel contract. Please give me some information if you can:bowingpur.

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Providence Hospital, Mobile Alabama

$24.27, for BS/RN and 35 years experience.

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BOSTON Here, seasoned RN 52.46 base pay 6/hr nights. Permanent full time. Not including OT a whole $5/week more for a degree

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Specializes in geriatric, ltc, telemetry, med-surg.
wow, I am DEFINITELY the lowest paid nurse on this thread so far. My base pay is 18.03. Thats with 3 years experience as RN. This doesnt count my 2.00/hr shift diff for working nights and 1.00/hr for weekends. But I get 8 weeks paid vacations a year...which is nice. Im switching to another job soon that is a Baylor plan that pays only .50 more per hour, but I get paid for 3 and work only 2. So it averages out to be more total. I live in Kentucky.

I live in Ky. too, that is really low. I made more as an LPN here. Were are you located in KY. I know of some decent paying places and as a new RN I have been offered low base of $30/hr with great shift/wkend diff., edu reimburs./ loan repayment, ect.. PM me, I'd love to know where your at because it really bugs me that these hosp. get the same money from the pt's. insurance and you see the difference in the pay.

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This thread is great! I graduate in Aug 08' this will help me see where i could stand when I graduate whether I'm in Houston or if I relocate. Thx all!! :lvan:

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