Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

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I am interested in what specialties are making 100k. I have 3 daughters in nursing school and can advise them on a lot, but not necessarily give them a big pic of the financial opportunities from across the nation. I am a 25 year RN and have a 65k salary, but double it most years with ot. not much fun working 68-72 hour weeks though. please tell me your specialty, experience , salary, and salary with diff and ot. oh, and where you r in the USA thank you all and hope your practice is professionally and financially rewarding

In the southern states this salary isn't unusual..or less..wages aren't very good here - at least not in Georgia.

Eta--this was supposed to be a reply to above about poor pay and poor ratios.

Worst ratio I took was 11:1. I was new and didn't know I could tell them it wasn't safe. We take 7:1 now.

Tell your daughters to look into Travel nursing after getting a year or two of experience. Try going for the high paying specialties like NICU, ICU, L&D. You can make pretty close to that amount of money while being paid to travel all over and see the country as well.

Weekend option + a shift a week through an agency = $96,000/year.

I'm also a step down/progressive nurse 4 years experience, really looking into travel nursing, hopefully to start contracts by May! yay! Any tips for a progressive travel nurse? Specific agencies you like working with or locations/hospitals that rocked??

Work in the "industry" side of the house for a manufacturer,

9-5 kind of job, no holidays. Highly recommend. Pharma and med manufacturers hire tons of nurses, just no one thinks to look at them.

Specializes in ICU.
I live in the southeast. My base pay is 85k. With overtime I can make around 95k. I work 7am-5pm in an outpatient clinic that's affiliated with a major hospital. No weekends or nights, off on holidays. When I started as a RN seven years ago I made 52k. I job-hopped to get big pay increases. Cost of living is relatively low in my area. I only have an ASN.

You know any Kaiser employees in that area?

Specializes in ICU.
I'm also a step down/progressive nurse 4 years experience, really looking into travel nursing, hopefully to start contracts by May! yay! Any tips for a progressive travel nurse? Specific agencies you like working with or locations/hospitals that rocked??

Get another specialty, not worth it as a stepdown RN. Travelers are usually trying to make money. L&D, OR and CVICU are the hot specialties.

Work in the "industry" side of the house for a manufacturer,

9-5 kind of job, no holidays. Highly recommend. Pharma and med manufacturers hire tons of nurses, just no one thinks to look at them.

What state are you located in this is excellent information? Thanks for sharing!

Specializes in OB, Women’s health, Educator, Leadership.
Making 85k/yr 2nd yr as a nurse. NJ. If I did overtime probably could reach 100k. I work in the ER. Don't want to do overtime. To stressed and starting to feel burnt out.

Thinking of taking pay cut 65k/yr for clinic desk job. Closer to the house better hrs in the day.

It isn't always worth the money.

Where can I learn more about this and how to enter this path? New grad with bsn

I live in a pretty low COL state.

There are manufacturers and pharma companies all over the United States. Bard Access is out of Salt Lake along with Catheter Connections, EcoLab is out of St Paul, Curos used to be out of San Diego.

Working for a manufacturer is far more lucrative but they do hire per-diem educators if you want to get your "feet wet" in industry.

You do not need an MBA nor do you necessarily have to relocate. Generally if they do want you to relocate they pay for packers, movers, and give you money to cover the cost of selling and buying a home (realtor's feed etc).

The best part about industry is that you get to have a real say in healthcare, globally.

You have provided a wealth of information that I had no knowledge of and gives individuals options of utilizing our skills in a different manner than traditionally going into a hospital, so thanks. This isn't of particular interest to me because my ultimate goal is to be a nurse anesthetist after a couple years in ICU; prayerfully.

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