Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

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

Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).
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

I work in acute psych and depending on how much overtime I choose to do I make around $80,000.00 a year. I could make more if I finished my BSN but I'm 54 and mine is the second income for our family. My husband's job pays the bills and mine pays for all the other stuff that comes up. It took some time to pay off all my debts related to my Diversion Monitoring program so this is the first year we are thinking about a real vacation. Has anybody here been to Spain?

PS I live and work in California. Cost of living is very high here so salary is relative to that.

Hppy

Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis.
You have twenty-five years of experience and only make 65k/base? Where on Earth do you live?

It's all about location, location, location. I am an experienced RN and that's about what I make. It's considered a darn good wage around here. I also make that working a 36 hour week instead of the traditional 40 and working 12 hour shifts which means I only work 3 days a week. If I picked up OT with bonuses I probably could break 100k a year, if I was willing to do nothing but work which I'm not.

Travel nursing?

Specializes in Med/Surg.

I make six figures without any OT or supplemental income/jobs. To maximize pay I would suggest working nights and joining the float pool. I have 12 years experience and get differentials for BSN, certification, nights, and floating. Granted, I also work in a high COL city.

Specializes in Progressive, Intermediate Care, and Stepdown.

I'm a progressive care travel nurse. I can tell you it's relatively easy to make 100k per year without significant overtime. And, you don't have to work in California which usually has the highest paying contracts. No matter what specialty you're in.

I've been in Acute care for about 2.5 years. I don't work ICU or any fancy specialty. I work nights. I work 36 hours/week. I rarely work overtime. I do get floated ALOT. Med-surg, ortho, medical, cardiac, etc. My first year as a travel nurse was about 80k with little overtime.

I travel nurse with my wife whom also is a step down nurse. We work the same floor and schedule together.

Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

A little job hopping every few years has not hurt my bank account.

I topped out at 65K last year. I live in Southeast Georgia and have been an RN for 30 years!! Don't really have the potential for overtime where I work, however, I love my job!! Not many nurses I know can say that.

I dropped my CAPA last year - the hospital only pays $250.00/year bonus for certification. It's not about the money for me. It's now about lifestyle. Less stress, less commuting, more time for family and friends.

Depending on the facility you work at obtaining certifications such PCCN or CCRN can give you a small differential in hourly pay.

Specializes in Emergency, Trauma, Critical Care.

Sacramento area RN, I make 110k base but with holidays, education hours and misc classes, I make closer to 120k. That's working 7 8 hour shifts in 2 weeks. I was a 10 hour employee and that had me at 130k. These do not include overtime. I have coworkers who work so much they prob break 300k, but their kids also rarely see them

Some people say our cost of living is high but it's much cheaper than most of the state and when you consider income I think we do pretty good.

I work in the ER.

Specializes in Float Pool - A Little Bit of Everything.

Float pool or WEA, make about $50 an hour in the Mid Atlantic. Cost of living eats it up!

Until recently, I was making 100K/year in an area near the mid Atlantic area in a very well known teaching hospital. I have 27 years experience - 3 years of ID (mostly HIV units) and 24 years of Oncology (earlier on, med/surg onco, then hematological malignancies and BMT). Until nine months ago, I had only an ADN degree but have now obtained my BSN. I started in small community hospitals and worked my way up as a traveler nurse. I have worked in five of the top rated 15 hospitals in the nation, along with the NIH, and received job offers from each one. I was either on rotating shifts or weekend option plus for the last eight years. My pay dropped recently d/t taking a desk job secondary to some medical issues, but I will still probably be over 90K with a limited amount of OT - not bad for 8-4:30, Monday-Friday. But I worked my butt off to earn it.

Bay Area/San Francisco, CA, with ample amount of experience, one can start between 110-130K per year without OT. Again, consider the cost of living and "living" in the City.

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