New RN...Am I being under paid???

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I'm a new nurse working at a hospital in Mississippi. I work full-time and after taxes my take home pay is around $2,600 a month. That comes out to around $31,200 a year. I know that cost of living and salaries are different everywhere but this seems very low to me. I was under the impression that a nurse's salarly was more than that. I have a BSN, lots of student loans, and this is all I'm earning. I was making around $25,000 a year waiting tables part-time while I was in school and now I'm only making a few extra thousand working full-time as a nurse. Something is not right about this picture.

Am I being under paid or is this around what other nurses out there are making??????????

wrote something long and then realized this was from 4 years ago. Oops. haha.

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Specializes in Cardiac.

That seems really low! What type of facility do you work in?? I'm in Ga and make $27 after night shift diff in a hospital setting.

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You should definitely be getting paid more. Waitresses get a 10% tip for bringing water. You should definitely be getting 3x that when managing complex diseases and digging poop out of peoples butts.

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Now I wonder how much is the RN salary rate now in NY and other states mentioned here. I am working in a US territory and it makes no sense to make comparison. The rate here for new grad is $17.37

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Specializes in Peds Medical Floor.

I live in western NY and it's $28-$29/hour for new grads where I work.

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