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

Specializes in Anesthesia.

I'm in Southern California. I've hit at least 100k every year with the exception of my first year. I think I made 127k or so last year. Of course it's all relative to where you live, but I live in an area that doesn't have crazy high COL. We have plenty of travel nurses here from Texas, Georgia, Florida, etc. They come here to make their $, and go back home to enjoy it. I do hope to move to Sacramento as a CRNA though since the city seems to have the highest pay in comparison to cost of living. Sure, it's not SF, SD, or LA, but it's all good.

Specializes in Critical Care.

Get away from bedside and consider management or education. Unfortunately, both require advanced education (BSN, MSN) to be considered for promotion (management) or tenure (education). If staying at bedside; traveling is always an option (specially in San Francisco, CA).

I made 104K/yr for years in an affordable part of California. 3 BD/2BR newer home in safe area rents for $1,300. Mon-Fri (though potentially a weekend/month that rarely was required). No OT. Flex schedule.

Specializes in School Nursing, Pediatrics.

I easily made over 100K, working at a major Boston hospital, outpatient clinic. However, I had over 20 years nursing experience, a masters degree, and we were union. If I was still there I would make almost 165k. But I chose happiness over money! A lot of pressure in that environment and I realized I did not want that anymore.

That sounds more like Nurse Practitioner income numbers to me. They'd have to specialize in a masters in nursing to get paid well.

Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

The 100k + jobs that don't seem to require breaking your back with scads of ot tend to be in management. I was eyeing up an impressive salary posted for an administrative job for a VA hospital. But who am I kidding, I'm dug in here.

$172K 2nd full yr out of CRNA school in Texas. That does not include OT. Doesnt get better than this.

Specializes in Critical Care.

You hit the nail on the head. The average salary for RN's is around $65,000. Sure with overtime you could make a lot more, but who wants to work their life away! Other than the coasts where cost of living is insane I don't know of RN's making $100,000 without doing lots of overtime or agency/pool where they float from place to place with no guarantee of steady hours.

Some FNP's may make that but I read on here all the time FNP being offered $70,000-80,000 starting and then may have to pay for their benefits insurance and own retirement, unless they work for a hospital organization.

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
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 am surprised that as a seasoned RN that you think that nurses in specialties get paid more money. Specialties only make more money with certifications like CCRN and CEN etc. and with seniority. There are not really any new grads that make that that kind of money especially right out of school...unless you live in an area with a high cost of living.

There is still a tight squeeze on nursing positions but it is improving. Your daughters best bet will be to get that year of experience under their belt and go from there. It is difficult to get hired in specialty positions and make the "big bucks" right out of school. They will have an easier time getting a job if they have a bachelors and more if they obtain a masters.

My daughter is in nursing school as well and that is what I have told her. I have also told her her BSN will not be her terminal degree.

Specializes in ER.

Floatpool (resource RN) + Night + Weekends + few OT here and there = easily exceed 100k. Easy.

That's my friend's situation in DFW in TX, and you can live really well with 100k in TX in my opinion. I work at salary position at a desk, but I much rather prefer to make less now and maybe climb up the corporate ladder than to work at a humiliating job where I can't people what's wrong is wrong, and just take in all the crap they throw at you. Couldn't do that for money.

Independent consultant practice, cases all over the country, >$250/hr. Gives me a lot of flexibility to work shorter hours, worth more than money to me.

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

I'd wager they were somewhere in the South. That income sounds about right.

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