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 LTC House Sup/ ER/ ICU.

I have been an RN for 6 years now, my first job in 2005 in the Durham NC area was $18/hr plus diff. I have been traveling for last 4 years and have found that the avg pay is about $35-40 hour nation wide. In CT I made $40/hr as agency house sup and $30 as new grad RN in ER. In CA I have a staff job in the "valley" making $42/hr with $4.80 shift diff for 7p shift. My agency pays me $45/hour now diff. My travel assignment have avg around the $40/hour range also. I took a staff job on St Thomas for $23/hr and the travelers were making $34/hr. While some places (like San Francisco) pay $50/60/70 hr, these jobs are most likely PD with no benefits in a very high cost of living area. As an RN where ever you live you will get paid enough to live comfortably based on your area cost of living. Just like any other profession if you want extra things you will have to work OT. Just like any other profession your pay will also be based on specialty, advanced certifications, and or an advanced degree. For me as a single mom with 2 years of college working ER/ICU bedside, $40/hr is not too bad.:yeah: If I want more $$ then I will go back to school, get my Masters and obtain a few more advanced certifications.

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Specializes in L&D/Maternity nursing.

I am in NH and new grad pay inthe hospital where I was just offered a job is $22/hr. Since I was hired per diem, I get a differential there, binging my pay to $23.10/hr. Then there are shift differentials. $2.25 evening, $4.50 nights and $1.50 weekends.

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Specializes in Intermediate care.

too much information for me. but i work in a not so good area of Wisconsin. So its a hospital with alot of new grads and alot of turn over in employees. the area is basically a dump, but it is actually a really nice hospital. It's what i could get...

So starting salary here is a whopping 19/hour for RN :uhoh3:

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