Name hospital and salary--everywhere

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Hi, everyone seemed to be enjoying the name your hospital and salary thread from NY and I noticed others would like to participate and know about other states. So everyone join in. Name your hospital, starting rate, and how much experience you have and your specialty. :Melody:

Specializes in CNA, Surgical, Pediatrics, SDS, ER.

I work in South Dakota and started out @ 18.50 1.5 yrs ago, now up to 19.33. Only .80 cents noc differential and no weekend differential no sign on bonuses. There is not a lot of demand for nurses where I live but the two bigger cities here have quite a few positions open. I believe at our facility we cap out at $28/hr then it's pretty much nothing unless you get cost of living raises. We really don't have a leg to stand on for increasing our wages. Our facility also has the attitiude that nurses are a dime a dozen so they don't have to offer competitive wages or bonuses. Good thing I work with decent people and enjoy taking care of people otherwise it would not be worth it.

My aunt who works in ND for that last 25 years makes about $30/hr went to interview in Aberdeen Sd and they offered her $27.50 for 25 years of experience. Of course she did not take the pay cut and she would have maxed out at $28 anyway so it would have been a bad move. One hospital in SD has several locations in different towns but I believe that their payscales are all the same. Sorry sooooo long.

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Specializes in MPCU.

S/E Michigan

24/hr new grads

20/hr gn's

I like this thread, the salary sites seem to be inflated.

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I work in South Dakota and started out @ 18.50 1.5 yrs ago, now up to 19.33. Only .80 cents noc differential and no weekend differential no sign on bonuses. There is not a lot of demand for nurses where I live but the two bigger cities here have quite a few positions open. I believe at our facility we cap out at $28/hr then it's pretty much nothing unless you get cost of living raises. We really don't have a leg to stand on for increasing our wages. Our facility also has the attitiude that nurses are a dime a dozen so they don't have to offer competitive wages or bonuses. Good thing I work with decent people and enjoy taking care of people otherwise it would not be worth it.

My aunt who works in ND for that last 25 years makes about $30/hr went to interview in Aberdeen Sd and they offered her $27.50 for 25 years of experience. Of course she did not take the pay cut and she would have maxed out at $28 anyway so it would have been a bad move. One hospital in SD has several locations in different towns but I believe that their payscales are all the same. Sorry sooooo long.

So much for the "nursing shortage". It is really an oversupply of nurses do to the short amount of time it takes to become a nurses. Lengthen the programs to a BSN, and make them wait for the next graduating classs. Look at PTs and OTs. People are breaking down the doors to get into these programs, and they out earn up by at least double, if not triple. It is truly supply and demand.

Even the economic experts are puzzled as to why nursing salaries have actually DECREASED IN A TIME OF SUPPOSED NURSING SHORTAGE.

It is easy to figure out when one calculates how many new grads are coming out of school each year. All they are doing is replacing the experienced ones who leave in disgust. Nursing has become a revolving door career, with no "reward" for the work that we do. It will remain the same until something in the equation changes. Insanity is expecting a differant result with the same behaviors.

Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN

Spokane, Washington

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here is some for upstate new york and one for mass. i live 7 miles from mass border.:specs:

albany medical center 20.50 RNI

Columbia Memorial hospital 21.50

Berkshire medical center Massachussetts is 26.00

plus shift diffs/and weekend diffs.

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Less than they're making over at the other major system in town. But I figure there must be good reason they have to pay more over there. TANSTAAFL.

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night house supervisor in CT. with night diff, $60/hour.

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Specializes in Cardiology.
I didn't exactly quit computers, they kind of quit me.

Glad you have found something you enjoy! My DH was also in IT and got laid off after 9/11. From there he found jobs, but the pay kept getting worse, the hours and travel increased, and it reached the point where it wasn't worth it for him to hustle up work. Funny, because if you listen to the fat cats there is still a "tech worker shortage" in the US.

As you know, the fact is there is a shortage of experienced American IT professionals willing to work 60-70 hour weeks for a pittance. Unfortunately, it easy to outsource computer work (who cares if quality suffers?), and Big Business continues to push for more H1-B visas.

The health care field is far less vulnerable to this stuff, but we are by no means immune. I never kid myself about that and am always thinking of the next step.

Off my soapbox and back on topic -- I work in a specialty office with 3+ years as an RN, $23/hr. It's 40hrs/wk, overtime is discouraged, and no weekends or holidays. OTOH, PTO sucks when you have to burn it on 8 holidays/year off plus sick time. It's a quality of life decision for me right now, but I do expect to go back to acute care later this year, where pay would be $5-7/hour better. Next step after that is MSN/NP.

Oh, and DH is now self-employed in auto repair, and is far more secure than he was as a coder geek. No one's managed to outsource that yet, either

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Oh, and DH is now self-employed in auto repair, and is far more secure than he was as a coder geek. No one's managed to outsource that yet, either

Good for your husband and good for you too, continuing your education.

Now let's hope that shipping doesn't get so cheap that people start shipping cars to India or China for major work. Sounds ridiculous, but look how fast communication and transportation costs have dropped.

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Specializes in Addictions, Corrections, QA/Education.

Maryland new grad RN's start out at about 23/hour. I have 5 yrs exp. I work in corrections and make 38.00 hour.

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LPN in TN LTC, $14-18 new grad

Better facilities pay less

Larger cities pay better...

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Specializes in GI, OR, Oncology.

Northern Calif., small hospital, 2.5 years exp., ADN RN, 36+/hr.

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I think people should also be aware of the pay differences for foregoing benefits esp. if you are covered on a SO's insurance.

ex. Applied for this job, offered $14/hr with 4 years experience

Then I thought, I won't be signing up for medical benes anyway, so what's the pay without bene? 26/hr and I can still accrue sick, vacay and dip into 401k (no match). What else is there to think about? we also get shift diff $2.50 eve $3.50 Noc $3.50 w/e $4.50 w/e noc. Not too bad, but if I did not ask, I would prob be making $14.

Oh, this is in South TX

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