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.

[Zookeeper3]

Non union, we did get 2% cost of living, which is not related to your performance review. Clinical ladder helps as well, it's an additional 5%

[CannondaleRN]

At our company we are only getting a 2% raise this year. Several years ago it was 5% but those days are over.

[RNperdiem, RN]

I work perdeim and the rates are set. The rates have remained the same for years. Of course, the rates are considerably higher than the full time rates I used to make. My husband's job provides the benefits.

I have not really done anything new to justify a raise anyway. I do not precept new nurses, do teaching to staff, or take the charge nurse role.

[fungez]

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.

Oh, you must work for HCA too!

[jmtndl]

$0.71 this year

[imintrouble, BSN, RN]

Wage freeze the last two years. No thaw in sight.

[morphed]

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

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.

I'm confused about this. I hear this a lot but as someone mentioned before, I thought it messed with your retirement? Do people generally stay PRN at their old facility in order to keep their retirement unaffected? How does it work out so you're not negatively affected by changing jobs every few years?

[cardiacmadeline, RN]

This year our raise was $1.26. Every other year I have worked there, we have averaged $2.00 year. We are non-union.

[tencat]

2% this year. 3% last year. Company made biggest profit ever during 2009.....read that on the internet. Yet, they get to use the economy as an excuse to cut the raises. BUT I'm thankful I even got a raise at all after reading these posts here.

[madwife2002, BSN, RN]

None at my company, I have only been there 10months but am told it has been frozen for 2 years!

[Bobylon]

I Just curious as to what everyone else's is on his/her annual raise.

Got my first year's evaluation and "raise" a few months back .... a whopping 1.5% (hospital wide standard amount, it seems) .... better than nothing,. but.... the base pay isn't the greatest to start with.

[Debilpn23]

At my fulltime job, I got a 2% raise with my annual review. At My part time job I got a 3% raise.