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Hi All,

I was an LPN for 25 years. I am now an A.D. R.N. Please tell me what you make in your part of the country. I am presently on a travel assignment in Philadelphia, and was thinking of staying here. I had one job offer near Sacramento CA. and they only offered me 22/hr! Isn't that extremely low since the cost of living is so HIGH?

Thanks!:rotfl:

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I think it's extremely low. Come to Ohio!

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Specializes in MICU, neuro, orthotrauma.
Hi All,

I was an LPN for 25 years. I am now an A.D. R.N. Please tell me what you make in your part of the country. I am presently on a travel assignment in Philadelphia, and was thinking of staying here. I had one job offer near Sacramento CA. and they only offered me 22/hr! Isn't that extremely low since the cost of living is so HIGH?

Thanks!:rotfl:

Yes, that is absurdly low for Sacramento. Do not take it!

I make 20.75/hr in KC, and my 2 bedroom home with sunroom and den and HUGE yard in the best school district in the area, with neighborhood pools and parks within two blocks was 124k. I pay mortgage, and support my husband, son and Katrina victim brother on just my salary.

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So can anyone give me any advice as to what would be a fair salary?????????

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I live in Los Angeles. New grad rate $24 per hour. Buying a house......? It is a dream to own a nice house, $500000 for a ugly house.

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Specializes in MICU, neuro, orthotrauma.
So can anyone give me any advice as to what would be a fair salary?????????

In San Fran you can expect 32/hr for a new grad.

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Hi All,

I was an LPN for 25 years. I am now an A.D. R.N. Please tell me what you make in your part of the country. I am presently on a travel assignment in Philadelphia, and was thinking of staying here. I had one job offer near Sacramento CA. and they only offered me 22/hr! Isn't that extremely low since the cost of living is so HIGH?

Thanks!:rotfl:

WAAAY LOW! ANYWHERE is better than that!

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

Thousand Oaks is a nice, but pricey, place to live. It would be described as upper middle class to wealthy. The local hospital there, Los Robles, pays experienced RNs $45 per hour.

Of course, many of the RNs employed at Los Robles commute twenty to thirty miles to live in cheaper cities and districts in the Los Angeles area or Ventura County.

I live in Bakersfield (south central California) and paid $146,000 for a fairly nice two-story home on an oversized corner lot in a nice part of town. There are disadvantages to living in Bakersfield, though.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
WAAAY LOW! ANYWHERE is better than that!
The pay in Amarillo, Texas is lower than that. Another member who resides there told me that the average pay for RNs ranges between $11-$16 per hour because the demand for nurses is not that great.
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From Bakersfield to Thousand oak! What a drive!!

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
From Bakersfield to Thousand oak! What a drive!!
I drove 186 miles daily round-trip from my home in Bakersfield to my school in Van Nuys for approximately one year! I'm glad I don't need to do that anymore!
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