Illinois Salary Update

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Just curious what Chicago and Suburb hospitals are now starting new grads at. Looking at our salary grid.

I know in 2011 it was around $27.

Any input, even outside of the collar counties is appreciated.

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While it won't give you new grad salaries specifically, Glassdoor is decent enough for getting a rough idea of what an average nurse at a particular institution's making.

U Chicago is union, so the pay is above average. The rest of the big-name academic medical centers like Northwestern, Rush, NorthShore, and Advocate are pretty close to one another pay-wise; their individual benefits will probably act as a bigger differentiator. RIC/Shirley Ryan trails most of them, although it's rehab and the patients are (supposedly) lower acuity.

Places like Edward and Adventist in the West 'burbs pay well, but they have to considering the cost of living in places like Naperville.

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Specializes in Tele/Med Surg/Psych.

Edward/Elmhurst starts their new grads at $27/hr. Not sure about Adventist and AMITA. Naperville and the surrounding suburbs are expensive, and it's hard to afford on a nurse's salary. I would know :cry:

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Specializes in L&D.

Early 2016 I had 3 new grad offers in the western burbs, and they ranged from $26-29 - 1 offer was 26 and the other 2 were between 28 and 29. But the $26/hr one had some other really nice benefits, like great 401k matching.

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