how much do you make an hour/year?

detroitdano · Mar 12, 2009

As an extern currently I make $15/hr. New grad RN's start off at $25/hr. at my hospital. It seems reasonable being brand new to start off at $25/hr., but some of you guys are making me think that's actually pretty low.

LilyBlue · Mar 12, 2009

Rural south, $31 an hour, same hospital 10 years. RN, BSN

I started out at $14.85 an hour in 1995. New grads now start at $22

annabanana1219 · Mar 13, 2009

high 20's to low 30's in dallas

mykrosphere · Mar 13, 2009

RN in Ohio at an LTACH.

nearing 9 years experience.

base pay 25/hr with 2.50 night shift diff and 3.50 weekend diff.

firstyearstudent · Mar 13, 2009

I am an ADN RN who lives in L.A. but works out of the city. I have been an RN for two years and make $33 an hour. This is on the low end here, but I really liked the hospital I work in, so I made the financial sacrifice. Many of my class makes started out making over $45/hr!

mykrosphere · Mar 13, 2009

is californias cost of daily living double that of midwestern states?!

i cant believe the wages out there.

thats double what i make

Duckyaryj · Mar 14, 2009

Im an LPN in KCMO with 1 yr exp. my Main job is in a peds. office making 14.70/hr, my new part time job as a peds private duty nurse I will start at 16/hr.

Vito Andolini · Mar 14, 2009

This may have already been posted as I didnt read the entire thread---but it doesnt really matter what any one posts because unless you live in that area of the poster it doesnt matter.
I make 27.5 an hour --yet hosp in your area may pay 22.00 an hour--are you going to pack up/buy a house and move here?? Prob not.
Some will say they make 50.00 an hour and we will ohh and ahh at that figure---yet how much is thier house payment? How much are they paying for a gallon of milk? Do they have a big yard with lots of trees or are they haveing to live in an apt?
Nursing is not, has never been a job where you "can get rich" but you can live comfortably. I can live comfortably just off my 27.75 an hour as the ones who make 19.50---prob just as comfortable as the ones who make 38.5. It depends on the location-cost of living-etc etc etc

And on what each person thinks is "comfortable".

I'm shocked that some CNA's are making $22/hour! That's only a few dollars less than I make! And I have tons of experience and am an RN. I'm a #@+= fool!

justjRN · Mar 14, 2009

Wow... i dont think st. louis is paying us enough!!

RN almost 2 years experience 20.86 base, 2.75 night diff. GN's in the area start at $19/hr

Atheos · Mar 14, 2009

CNA (Do staffing as well) 19.35 (Just got raise ) FT + Benes M-F

firstyearstudent · Mar 14, 2009

is californias cost of daily living double that of midwestern states?!
i cant believe the wages out there.
thats double what i make

Well, I guess it depends on where you live in the Midwest. If, for instance, you lived in Chicago, you'd probably be making lots of money and having to spend a lot of money also.

Where I live in LA, it's nearly impossible to rent any kind of apartment for less than $1,000/month, and any place safe and reasonably comfortable you can't find less than $1,800. My mortgage on a $400,000 home is nearly $2300 a month. That home has one bathroom, 1 1/2 bedrooms, wiring and plumbing from the '20s, is less than 1,000 square feet and we have to drive our kids to a charter school in another school district because the local schools are so bad. And did I mention the gangs...

Absolutely, the cost of living varies greatly in this country. I used to live in NY but we had to move because there was no way that my family could afford it any more, even with the higher salaries we were making compared to the rest of the country (over $100,000 combined for my husband and I). I heard that NYC is now providing subsidized housing for lower paid professionals such as teachers and nurses. Of course things may change now that the economy has tanked, especially in NYC where high paying jobs in finance were causing the real estate market to be so inflated.

TennyLPN2B · Mar 14, 2009

Great thread, it's good to get updated and continuing threads so nurses can weigh a fair salary.

While the OP may not garner salary insight from all posts, some of us in the cities/states of answering posters can glean and vet valuable information.