Maryland Hospital Starting Salaries

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I have noticed that some other states are naming their hospitals and the starting salaries for each. Let's chime in Maryland!

This is a really late reply........4 years later. But just to give perspective from 2015. UMMC just re-established pay raises this year in our NICU. While I am a student nurse, I have gotten very friendly with a travel nurse from Southern VA. She states they are paying her 3x what she could make at home, hence why she is traveling. I assume the pay rates for Southern VA are lower for nurses then our general pay rates, but still the fact that the nurse is getting 3x that much, on top of what UMMC is paying the Travel Nurse Agency is crazy.

I confirmed with another travel nurse, this one from Alabama, that she, too, is getting about 3x her pay to work in our NICU.

They have hired approximately 15 new grads and we have many travel nurses as well.

This is my 2nd career, and this is all is very strange to me.

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Specializes in NICU.

Hi Vigor,

What is the starting salary currently for CN II at UMMC if you don't mind me asking? And also how do you like working there in the NICU as far as scheduling, patient-nurse ratio, etc..

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I recently listened to a presentation put on by someone working on recruitment and retention at UMMC; she indicated that all new grads make $28 and change/hr, and that this is not a secret. I believe they also make holiday/night/weekend differentials. I don't get the impression there is any room for negotiation, but all in all, it seems like a decent wage relative to the other major employers in the area, and the benefits (particularly for tuition) are pretty good imo.

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I am not sure who gave you this info, but I interviewed for a position several months ago at UMMC as a new grad and the base pay was lower than that....unless you get more for having a BSN. But it was more in the 26$/range and then you have to pay for parking which is not cheap. I still probably would have taken it if they had offered, but the unit was actually very old and very few private rooms. They also were still doing paper charting but were supposed to be transitioning to EMR, which was very surprising since they have such a good reputation!

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Jan 2016, new grad offers- RN

Medstar Union Memorial: $25 plus differentials

Davita Dialysis at Hopkins: $29 NO differentials

University of MD Medical Center: $28.XX plus differential

St. Joseph Medical Center: $25.65 plus differential

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Specializes in Neurosurgical ICU, Emergency, Psych, Art Therapy.

@sparky605 Any of these places open to hiring a new grad w/ only an ADN (with plans on starting BSN program in about a year)

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thinking of moving to Rockville, in Arizona (compact state), as a new grad with RN/BSN ... i would love to get any tips, thoughts, location with kids 8 and 5 any of your personal thoughts and likes I'd love to hear or maybe blog posts or social media to follow in that area?

thank you!! please send me a private message if that is better, would love to make contacts in Maryland :)

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Rockville has great schools. Probably one of the more expensive areas to live in Maryland.

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Sorry if this is redundant or anything, but does anyone have updated salaries for a new grad in MD? I'm also in AZ, looking at possibly moving to MD because the hubs is going to grad school online through Georgetown and wants to work on getting a job out there and go to school in person. I'm currently working as a new grad here in AZ getting a base pay of 27.24/hour and I'm hoping there is somewhere out there that's comparible, though I'm sure MD has a higher cost of living than AZ....

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Mkjamo90 said:
Sorry if this is redundant or anything, but does anyone have updated salaries for a new grad in MD? I'm also in AZ, looking at possibly moving to MD because the hubs is going to grad school online through Georgetown and wants to work on getting a job out there and go to school in person. I'm currently working as a new grad here in AZ getting a base pay of 27.24/hour and I'm hoping there is somewhere out there that's comparible, though I'm sure MD has a higher cost of living than AZ....

Graduating in May but have begun looking at possible places to work. UMMC still starts off with 28 and some change. Overtime pay is killer there if you work several OT shifts in a specific period of time.

Hopkins is salaried as mentioned before and starts PACE nurses off at about 61k (includes nights, holidays, weekends), and now they offer a 15k bonus (paid out over 3 yrs) for having a BSN. 7,500 if you have an ADN. So with a BSN you'll get about 66k for the first three years. Not sure if you have to stay on the same unit or not but I do know you have to pay it back if you don't stay. Not sure how much though.

GBMC I believe starts you off at 25 ish.

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sparky605 said:
Jan 2016, new grad offers- RN

Medstar Union Memorial: $25 plus differentials

Davita Dialysis at Hopkins: $29 NO differentials

University of MD Medical Center: $28.XX plus differential

St. Joseph Medical Center: $25.65 plus differential

Thank you for this information! I have been trying to find any online New Grad information for Med Star Union Memorial Hospital for this coming year but nothing shows up regarding Nurse Residency Programs. Do you know if they have one and where I may be able to find that information?

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Virginia Hospital Center new grad pay 2017 $26.10 plus diffs for evening and weekends. :)

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