what am I missing?

[Idaho Murse]

Starting wages I was told around 60k a year new grads... however hourly its like 20. Which is about 36k a year. Am I missing something? Starting as a bsn by the way.

[Blackheartednurse]

Start from bottom and then work your way up..As a new nurse I would rather work in a hospital (maybe for a lower wage than I would make at another hospital) where I would get a top training...I recently moved from one of the highest paying states for nurses to a state with the bottom nursing pay just for the sake of experience.The hospital is a teaching based facility and it is accustomed to new nursing grads,residents and etc...Yes the pay aint awsome (I'm making 21 for the first three hours of my work,and then for the rest of the evening I make 24_ but the place has a friendly attitude toward new grads,and that I think counts when you are a new nurse and just starting in this field.

[lmazz]

In Pa after 3 years I make about 54K.

[Up2nogood RN, RN]

Here in Portland metro area a new grad does make close to $32 an hour plus shift diff in the hospital. My first year I made $76k with a bit of OT.

[tencat]

If you are looking at Idaho, the wages are going to be a lot lower because the cost of living in most places is going to be a lot lower. The only places in Idaho I can think of where you'd have a chance to make more money are Sun Valley, Coeur'd'Alene, maybe Sandpoint, possibly Boise. Anywhere else it's going to be a lower wage. But the cost of living in these areas is much higher than the average.