How much of a yearly increase in pay do you see?

[missie988]

In my area new RN's start out at about 18.00 an hour. There is not a very high annual pay increase. Just curious as to what everyone else's is on his/her annual raise.

[newohiorn, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

Both of my jobs gave no raises last year. Now one gave a 2% raise to everyone January 1 and the other is giving a 3% raise. Prior to this, at one of them, we used to get a cost of living raise July 1, usually a bonus in September and a performance raise on your hire anniversary date. This year they are tying the 3% raise to your anniversary date, which means some have to wait a long time to get it instead of getting a bump in July like we used to. I'm fairly new with the other employer so I don't know what they used to do.

[pielęgniarka, RN]

No pay raise for past 1 1/2 years. When I submitted a letter to my administrator with a request for a raise (with a list of the things I do extra) he told me I am making more or equal to other RN's in the place I work at so no raise. Economy blah blah blah. I wish I had the cajones to ask the other nurses what they actually make. I'm sure in 6 mos when I get another review there will be no raise either. I'm glad to have a job and I'm glad it's not paying really crappy. I just wish it could be better since I feel like I'm bustin my butt every day. There is no cost of living raise where I work either.

[marilynmom, LPN, NP]

For the past two years we have gotten between 3-4%....and I thought that was bad (my husband has gotten more raises at Walmart than I have as an RN)! I am so sorry to hear others are getting NO raises at all!! So for me this year (at 3.5% raise) was about 0.87/hr. Even when the economy was good and nursing jobs were plentiful the RNs I worked with averaged a raise of about .50-0.90/hr every year (depending on your units performance). My department is considered one of the best in meeting our "goals" (patient satisfaction, employee satisfaction, overtime, etc) and that is where our raise comes from, we all get the same % across the board, nothing is based on your own job performance at all just fyi. I work in Psych as an RN if that makes any difference.

Raises seem to come when you switch hospitals about every 2 years....which is what a lot of nurses do just to get a bump in pay Ive noticed.

[Selene006, BSN, LPN]

$0.62 this year. I work in LTC, though.

[Work in Progress]

We have had salary freezes for the past two years. No one in any department has gotten any COL increase or performance based raises. They say this will go on indefinitely. At least they were straight forward and told everyone before they didn't give any pay increases. It is really silly to keep having 6 month performance reviews when there are no rewards or consequences for how you perform. I also like when they send out memos- "Remember, you are required to come to 6 meetings a year." "Remember, you can only call in 3 times in a year before it effects your performance review." So what? You won't give us a raise? People never get fired for anything on my floor, so I doubt anyone will get fired. Only people who are self motivators are playing by the rules still. Most people on my floor are hard workers, but there are a few slackers around. And they get the same raise that the good people get- $0.

[GM2RN]

For the past two years we have gotten between 3-4%....and I thought that was bad (my husband has gotten more raises at Walmart than I have as an RN)! I am so sorry to hear others are getting NO raises at all!! So for me this year (at 3.5% raise) was about 0.87/hr. Even when the economy was good and nursing jobs were plentiful the RNs I worked with averaged a raise of about .50-0.90/hr every year (depending on your units performance). My department is considered one of the best in meeting our "goals" (patient satisfaction, employee satisfaction, overtime, etc) and that is where our raise comes from, we all get the same % across the board, nothing is based on your own job performance at all just fyi. I work in Psych as an RN if that makes any difference.

Raises seem to come when you switch hospitals about every 2 years....which is what a lot of nurses do just to get a bump in pay Ive noticed.

I find it ironic that you all bust butt to meet your goals, part of which is to keep OT to a minimum, and are rewarded with a whopping $0.9/hr. when you could work the OT and make much more money. I know that not everyone wants the OT, but still...

I agree about switching jobs. If I were to quit the one where I got no raise and rehire to the same hospital, I would get a decent bump in pay, at least a couple of dollars. Go figure!

[CJMR]

It is very unfortunate that a lot of employers don't get it with the whole raise thing. I mean, why let a good employee leave when it would probably be cheaper to give the raise? And then they won't hire but they will pay a ton of overtime. The last place I worked had me working 60-70 hours for 2 years straight along with 5 other coworkers. It would have been way cheaper just to hire extra help. Obviously if it went on for 2 years, it wasn't a temporary thing. I quit last fall and last I heard it is still the same.

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Homecare employer been averaging 3% past 3 yrs; just told it is 2% for 2010. Hospitals did not get raise last year.Third hospital closed in my area over past 2 years with 500+ RN's looking for new jobs.

Most hospitals in area stopped employee match to 403b retirement plans ---ours continues to match u to 5%, continues with tuition reimbursement. Few hospitals lost 1 holiday + vacation cut for managers. Our employee health cost increased only $2.00 biweekly so overall we're ahead of the curve.

HR met with me today and reviewed salarys--some of my staff were out of alignment with years of service so 3 more will get $1.00 + 2%. My relief Mgr getting $1.25 + 2%; when I reviewed with my boss she felt $2.00 more indicated and is contacting HR about salary hike.

Now I just have to keep referrals up to help maintain revenue.

[heathert_kc]

I am looking foward to my annual review, then we're awarded 2-4% increase in our hourly wage; for my LPN wage that equals $0.40-0.80. Could be worse I suppose, at least I get something.

[pers]

For the last two years we've had no raises and no employer 401k matching.

Raises seem to come when you switch hospitals about every 2 years....which is what a lot of nurses do just to get a bump in pay Ive noticed.

That's my plan if there are no raises next year. I will remain PRN at my current hospital since that will allow me to keep my seniority. I'll lose benefits but that won't matter with another job. I'll also switch to premium pay as a PRN employee and if I decide to go back to full time status later I can negotiate a better rate provided it's been at least a year. We've had a few folks leave and return but if it's been less than a year they are always hired back in at the same salary they left with.

[txredheadnurse, BSN, RN]

Zilch. Nada. Zero for past 4 years. 1 bonus in 10 years. Health insurance premiums have increased almost 75% in 4 years. They axed the buy back program for PTO and capped how much you can carry forward each year.

Meanwhile they have posted profits in excess of a billion per year X 8 years and have steadily expanded over the country and even into 3 foreign countries. Oh yeah, the administrators and higher average 5-10% bonuses quarterly for meeting goals. Those get passed onto us in the form of a free hot dog lunch once a month.

[GadgetRN71, ASN, RN]

We are unionized and up until year 10 you get a yearly step raise of about $2.00..per our contract, everyone in the union also gets a 3% raise. For years 10 to 15, no step raise but longevity raises kick in after a point.