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

I live in Portland Oregon. If you work as a resource nurse you make over 100k a year but it requires at least 2 years experience and you work at all the hospitals in the system wherever you're needed that day.

She has been a nurse for 25 yrs is what she meant

They may want to look into clinical research nursing. I currently live in California, work with a small medical device company and clear over 80K. I tend to work 40-45 hour weeks, no evenings, weekends or holidays. The cost of living is high here, but with stocks, bonuses and benefits, you can make over 100K as a research nurse, CRC or CRA with a company.

If that amount of salary is very important to you, then advice them move to NY after graduation. Tell them to be prepare for the high taxes, rent in a decent area of Brooklyn in Brooklyn about 1700$ For 1 bedroom excluding utilities. My co-worker did few ot's and made 156 last yr, she paid back an additional of over 5k in taxes. I stopped doing OT's and enjoy my days off window shopping, at the beach, or take short vacations. My son is 21 and started working as a respiratory therapist, his salary including night differential is 71k and change, much less stress than nursing.

Specializes in ICU.
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I live in WI in a city with multiple hospitals and with 1.5 years of experience post-residency, my base is ~69,000 (so ~$33/hour). I work full-time and rotating day/night shift (more night than day). With shift differential, holidays, and occasional OT, I hit close to 85,000 this year.

It's 100% dependent on location though. People I know in TN are making ~$20/hr with a bachelor degree (new grad) before shift differential.

Specializes in hospice.

I am working as a travel nurse. The money is great, benefits are available, and I get to see and work in places that I have never been before. It has its challenges, as all positions to, but in terms of monetary return I am making over $100,000 a year as a staff nurse.

I have RN friends working night shift in ICU (Vermont)....that's 3 12hour shifts a week making $95,000+/year without OT. I am a 35y RN doing school nursing making 65,000/year, no nights, no weekends, no holidays and one month off every summer. It's a nurse's dream job! Best of luck to your daughters.

If you want the big bucks as an RN you will need to travel and be in a specialty CVICU, OB/GYN and dialysis all pay over 100K if you travel. If money is a top priority and I could do it all over again I would have done medical school not nursing.

Specializes in ICU.

^highest paying travel jobs are L&D, OR and then CVICU in that order. Cedars Sinai in LA was offering crisis rate of $4094 a week gross for an L&D RN to work 36 hours for 17 weeks. That's 69,598k, makes you already more than halfway to 100k, working just 30 % of the year. The job was quickly snactched up.

^highest paying travel jobs are L&D, OR and then CVICU in that order. Cedars Sinai in LA was offering $4094 a week gross 36 hours for L&D, for 17 weeks that's 69,598k.

Holy sh*t! Time for me to switch specialties!

Specializes in ICU.

I tried L&D, it was not for me.

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