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Hello, I have a question. I am an ADN RN with 2 years experiance. I will be relocating to Sacramento soon but I cant find any reliable salary info. I need to know what RN's in the Sacramento area are making.

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For ADN I didn't find much but I found highest pay under the BLS.GOV site in which most of California jobs for nurses are requiring BSN or higher from what I have been finding. Not many ADNs but I'm sure there may be something. Be prepared to return to school for your BSN if you find an employer accepting ADN.

Here is a website

http://www.bls.gov/oes/2011/may/oes291111.htm

Good Luck.

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I am from the Bay Area and Sac area. nurses with BSN degrees are running around $40 plus and hours so ADNs may run alittle lower than that. I would try looking up the positions at local hospitals such as Sutter Medical Center, UC Davis, Mercy San Juan Medical Center, and Kaiser Permanente. They should have pay information on their job announcements and whether they accept ADN Or higher. I know there are skilled nursing facilities that will.

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I am from the Bay Area and Sac area. nurses with BSN degrees are running around $40 plus and hours so ADNs may run alittle lower than that. I would try looking up the positions at local hospitals such as Sutter Medical Center, UC Davis, Mercy San Juan Medical Center, and Kaiser Permanente. They should have pay information on their job announcements and whether they accept ADN Or higher. I know there are skilled nursing facilities that will.

You'll want to make sure that these places will take ADN nurses. I know that UC Davis won't, and most at least prefer BSN. With tons of nurses with BSNs available, ADN nurses often find themselves in HH or LTC. Just be forewarned, and don't move without a firm offer.

Additionally, few places offer a differential for BSNs anymore (because they don't have to), so you'd be making the same as a BSN nurse wherever you'd be working. I know that new grad salaries can vary anywhere from $20+ to 70 an hour, depending on the position, facility, etc.

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You'll want to make sure that these places will take ADN nurses. I know that UC Davis won't, and most at least prefer BSN. With tons of nurses with BSNs available, ADN nurses often find themselves in HH or LTC. Just be forewarned, and don't move without a firm offer.

Additionally, few places offer a differential for BSNs anymore (because they don't have to), so you'd be making the same as a BSN nurse wherever you'd be working. I know that new grad salaries can vary anywhere from $20+ to 70 an hour, depending on the position, facility, etc.

You pretty much said the same thing I said just in different wording. About California hospitals not taking ADNs like they use to and you have to look the hospitals up and research to see what they take. If you get lucky enough to get into a hospital they are making their ADNs return to school to get their BSN. Pretty you will start in a Skilled Nursing Facilities and get your BSN to be able to get hire for anything higher than that.

I agree with RunBabyRN. Don't move until you are hired and set for employment. ADNs are finding it hard these days because of the demand BSNs now. Especially in California.

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I am from the Bay Area and Sac area. nurses with BSN degrees are running around $40 plus and hours so ADNs may run alittle lower than that. I would try looking up the positions at local hospitals such as Sutter Medical Center, UC Davis, Mercy San Juan Medical Center, and Kaiser Permanente. They should have pay information on their job announcements and whether they accept ADN Or higher. I know there are skilled nursing facilities that will.

40 is quite deflated for a non new grad in the bay area in an acute setting.

Region and demand vary greatly in this large state of California. Try to be specific in your searches op. Ucsf pays 50 percent more than Ucsd for the same step. Region, major city, demand for nurses, quality of life are all to be considered.

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Just depends where you can go with your adn.

UCD shows openly shows how much you would get paid but they'll hire BSN or if you're in a BSN bridge program. Cost of living isn't unreasonable though.

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40 is quite deflated for a non new grad in the bay area in an acute setting.

Region and demand vary greatly in this large state of California. Try to be specific in your searches op. Ucsf pays 50 percent more than Ucsd for the same step. Region, major city, demand for nurses, quality of life are all to be considered.

Remember that the Bay Area extends beyond SF. I know a hospital not far from SF that pays $35/hour for SNI, and not much more for SNII.

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The website I included has all the stats. I just offered the info based on what I read for the average in Sacramento as well as being from there and having family still back home.

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High 40s to low 50s hourly, not including differentials. However it is a very challenging area to get a job as the others have said. UC Davis posts their pay ranges, they pay the lowest, I am at 52/hr, you'd be around 49/hr, but they won't hire you without a BSN. I just got a job at Kaiser in South Sac, and my base is mid 60s plus 6$/hr swing differential. I have 5 years experience.

Not having a BSN will definitely make it challenging and because people across the country apply to jobs in Sac because of the high wages and low cost of living they will do anything they can do "weed out" the numbers. The more likely places to get a job are Mercy and perhaps a few of the Sutter hospitals. Don't move here without a job, unless you have tons of expendable income.

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High 40s to low 50s hourly, not including differentials. However it is a very challenging area to get a job as the others have said. UC Davis posts their pay ranges, they pay the lowest, I am at 52/hr, you'd be around 49/hr, but they won't hire you without a BSN. I just got a job at Kaiser in South Sac, and my base is mid 60s plus 6$/hr swing differential. I have 5 years experience.

Not having a BSN will definitely make it challenging and because people across the country apply to jobs in Sac because of the high wages and low cost of living they will do anything they can do "weed out" the numbers. The more likely places to get a job are Mercy and perhaps a few of the Sutter hospitals. Don't move here without a job, unless you have tons of expendable income.

I know you stated that you just got a job at Kaiser, but can you compare your experiences between there and UCD when you get the opportunity? I'm not vested yet but wondering if it's worth moving on elsewhere when going back up north.

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Hopefully after I get my BSN I will be able to relocate back to Sacramento myself. I miss being home.

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