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

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.

I work in AZ for the federal government as a staff nurse and make 100,00/yr. I work 84 hours per pay period.

Specializes in Med/Surge, Psych, LTC, Home Health.
You have twenty-five years of experience and only make 65k/base? Where on Earth do you live?

Probably near where I live. I have 13 years and currently do not even make anywhere close to that, nor will I likely be making that at 25 years, so actually that poster probably does NOT live near me.

Where I live, the cost of living is pretty low, so I'm in good shape.

Specializes in Nursing Home / Prison / Hospital.

Stay out of debt and work the minimum amount of hours needed to get by. Which do you look forward to the most? Payday or your days off?

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

True, but it proves the point that those kinds of salaries rarely happen without significant higher education. That's particularly true in Texas. Congrats on seeing the fruits of your hard work.

Specializes in Cardiac (adult), CC, Peds, MH/Substance.
I'd wager they were somewhere in the South. That income sounds about right.

Keep in mind all "South" is not equal. Salaries in Fort Worth are typically higher than South Carolina, for example

One nurse i worked with in a moderate cost of living area worked as a night "weekender" in a hospital. She picked up a lot of extra night shifts....overtime adds up. She has been in six figure fange past few years but little life outside of work. Best bet is to find what you love. As corny and cliche as it sounds The money will come and the joy matters so much.

Specializes in ICU.
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

So you're 25 with 3 daughters in nursing school? I find that hard to believe.

I know plenty of 100k jobs. One is California prison.

Probably best to change their career if they won't work in a prison. I would advise them to work in a field dominated by men not women.

Nurse anesthesis

So you're 25 with 3 daughters in nursing school? I find that hard to believe.

The OP said a 25 year RN, not a 25 year old RN. Big difference.

Specializes in ER.
So you're 25 with 3 daughters in nursing school? I find that hard to believe.

I know plenty of 100k jobs. One is California prison.

Probably best to change their career if they won't work in a prison. I would advise them to work in a field dominated by men not women.

I think he meant 25 year experienced RN, that would clinically correlate the most in this situation... but it is possible that he enrolled 1 yr old, 2 yr old, and 3 yr old daughters to online program at some college with 3 letter acronyms... They would respectively be around 5-7 of age when they become RNs, this is compliant to Bond of Nungthing in all 50 states including Somalia.

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