kind of a personal question but....

[Jay2daq]

if you could help that would be great!!! i know alot of people dont like talking about the money they make. However; i am a student and i graduate this spring. Im very uptight with my money...i watch over it like a hawk! im all about saving money and doing what is financially the best.

What does a nurse make, on average, per month? just a ball park estimate. It would be easy for me to figure out what i would be making if i knew what i was getting paid. I have a job where i had my internship. We will be setting things up this spring so i will know then. But i DO KNOW that its going to be in a bigger hospital, a cardiac floor and i will be working full time 12 hr shift.

i have alot of payments and things to pay when im done with school. (desprate need of a new car!!, house payments, school payments and much more!)

[Jay2daq]

AFTER taxes of course =)

[HM2VikingRN, RN]

What state are you in? If it is a union hospital you can easily find out the pay scales through reading the contract.

[Jay2daq]

Wisconsin...

i want to say the pay is something like 24 an hour?? Again, i will be discussing things with them further this spring. i just finished my internship not that long ago.

[Manatee111]

I work in a suburb of Chicago & I bring home around $2700 a month, but I have insurance for both my husband & I taken out too.

[ohgoodnessgracious]

I'm in Philly. Recent grad started at $28. I'm past my first year now and went on night shift at 40 hours so after all the taxes and deductions (health insurance, pre-tax parking), my biweekly paycheck is ~$2,400? Could be better but I'm still grateful :) Our sick time (we accrue a certain amount per hour we work), vacation and personal days are pretty good too.

[madwife2002, BSN, RN]

I'm in Philly. Recent grad started at $28. I'm past my first year now and went on night shift at 40 hours so after all the taxes and deductions (health insurance, pre-tax parking), my biweekly paycheck is ~$2,400? Could be better but I'm still grateful :) Our sick time (we accrue a certain amount per hour we work), vacation and personal days are pretty good too.

wow I am on my way to Phili lol

I am 20yrs RN and my bi=weekly paycheck is $1650

[bill4745, RN]

Philly suburbs, 15 years experience, about $36 an hour. Great benefits, my cost is about $500 per month.

[NurseLoveJoy88, ASN, RN]

Im a new grad lpn in md and make 22.50 an hr. Bi weekly I bring home an average of 1300 after taxes.

[nursefitzy]

I'm an LVN in Fort Worth Texas. i have worked all types of nursing. med surge, clinic, hospice, nursing homes, homehealth, nurse manager. i dont know much about wisconsin but i have found that home health is where the money is because you generally get paid by the visit so the more patients the more money. i generally bring home around 2500 bi weekly and thats after taxes. i usually have anywhere from 15-20 patients a day and only work 4 days a week. nursing home tend to pay more than hospitals and clinics pay even less. here new grads generally start out around 20 an hour.

[Jay2daq]

Thanks! all that really helps....I will be working night shift, so i think that is a couple bucks extra an hour. I'll probably pick up a 2nd job on the side for a while to help with expenses my first year.

Im in desprate need of a new car, thats the first thing that is happening! lol.

[Jules A, MSN]

Kudos to being watchful over your finances. No matter how much someone makes if they aren't careful they can run into problems. I think the key, at least for me, is to live simply. We don't carry debt and don't buy new things until our old things are dead. Working a 40 hour week I clear about $1,000 after taxes and health insurance fees. There are tons of opportunity for overtime so I often end up making more. Good luck.