2018 Nurse Salary

SpankedInPittsburgh, DNP, RN · Jan 23, 2018

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Experience: 14 years; BSN

Specialty: ER

Facility: Large Hospital

Base Pay: 41.00

Differentials: 10% off shift; 25% weekend; stackable (35% weekend off shift)

OT: Time and half; Double Time on holidays worked

Vacation Time (5 weeks per year); Sick Time ( 2 1/2 weeks per year)

DnCali · Jan 23, 2018

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Experience: 10 years LPN, 13 years RN, BSN

Speciality: Oncology

Hospital: mid size community, union

pay: $56 hr

differentials: $4.25 night week day/$6.60 night weekend

alleeRN · Jan 23, 2018

Location: Massachusetts

Experience: 2 years, ADN

Specialty: Psych inpatient and Eating Disorder inpatient

Facility: small 2 unit facility located near Boston

Base Pay: $33

Differentials: Evening, night & weekend = 1.50 evening, 2.50 nights, 2.50 weekends, 1.00 for charge nurse

OT: Anything over my regularly scheduled shift is time and a half.

azlanm · Jan 23, 2018

Location: Saudi Arabia

Experience: 8 years RN, BSN

Speciality: Renal

Hospital: mid size community, 38 machines per day

pay: $20 hr

differentials: Overtime paid base on basic

Mavrick, BSN, RN · Jan 23, 2018

ICUman said:
Southwest U.S.
2 years experience ADN
Community hospital
ICU
$60/hr

This has GOT to be a typo or there are special circumstances.

Mavrick, BSN, RN · Jan 23, 2018

Location: Seattle

Experience: 36 years; BSN, Specialty Certification

Specialty: PACU

Facility: Medium-size, urban, University-affiliated, acute-care hospital

Base Pay: $56 and some coin.

Differentials: Evening, night & weekend = $2.50, $4.25 and $4/hr, respectively. BSN pay $1/hr. Certification pay $1.25/hr.

OT: Anything over 12 hr shift or 40 hr/week is time and a half.

Call: Mandatory call $4/hr, time and a half with three hour minimum when called in.

guest769224 · Jan 23, 2018

Mavrick said:
This has GOT to be a typo or there are special circumstances.

Not a typo. I make that hourly before differentials added in. I am per diem working full time hours on that rate. I purchased private insurance. So yes, "special circumstances" I suppose. But, my reality.

It allowed to pay off all my debt last year.

Mavrick, BSN, RN · Jan 23, 2018

ICUman said:
Not a typo. I make that hourly before differentials added in. I am per diem working full time hours on that rate. I purchased private insurance. So yes, "special circumstances" I suppose. But, my reality.
It allowed to pay off all my debt last year.

Yeah, special circumstances do apply. You have no sick days, no vacation days, none of the usual job protections as per diem has no guaranteed hours.

It's misleading not to mention that. OP is taking a survey of basic nursing salaries, not all the special circumstances that can jack up the rate.

guest769224 · Jan 24, 2018

Mavrick said:
It's misleading not to mention that. OP is taking a survey of basic nursing salaries

#MakeItRain said:
Feel free to contribute whatever info you like. Let's compare some stats!

Actually, the OP didn't specify anything of that nature. I explained my hourly rate and how I've obtained it.

verene, MSN · Jan 24, 2018

Location: Pacific Northwest

Experience:

Specialty: Psych/Mental Health

Facility: Residential/Sub-acute crisis treatment

Base Pay: $33.87/hr

Differentials: 6% for night shift, 2.5% for evening

OT: 1.5x base pay

Midwestmomma · Jan 24, 2018

Location:Illinois

Experience: 1 year, ADN

Specialty: Cardiac Stepdown

Facility: Private funded hospital

Base pay: $23.25

Differentials: 12.5% increase for nights, $2 for weekends

OT: anything over 40 hours

kbrn2002, ADN, RN · Jan 24, 2018

Northern Wi

LTC 20+ years experience

$34.00/hr

7 paid holidays, 3 personal holidays

no shift differentials

OT after 40 hours

Reasonable COL and I own my home so I do OK