2018 Nurse Salary

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I didn't see one of these posted for 2018, so I thought I'd get this party started. Feel free to contribute whatever info you like. Let's compare some stats!

Location: Massachusetts

Experience: Just about 3 years; BSN

Specialty: ED

Facility: Large urban hospital

Base Pay: $33 and some coin

Differentials: Evening, night & weekend = $3, $2 and $3/hr, respectively.

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

Hello! This is my first post and I look forward to learning from everyone. Right now I am feeling especially taken advantage of by my facility! Yikes!

Location: Southwest Virginia

Experience: 10 years; BSN (worked at my current facility for 7 years)

Specialty: ICU, sometimes ER

Facility: Small community hospital

Base Pay: 21.50

Differentials: Nightshift diff is 2.50 (I'm a dayshifter). No specialty pay. No weekend diff.

OT: Time and a half. Same for holidays.

I accrue 7 hours of paid time off and 2.5 hours of sick time every two weeks.

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In general, less than salary 15 years ago. Enough to cause regret that leaving the workforce is not an option at present.

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Specializes in Peds, Med-Surg, Disaster Nsg, Parish Nsg.

I hope all of you have shared your data in the 2018 allnurses Salary Survey. It will be closing soon.

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Location: Pacific Northwest

Experience: 3 years, BSN, CEN, CCRN

Specialty: Interventional radiology (new to the specialty)

Facility: University hospital, level 1 trauma

Base Pay: $44

Differentials: $4ish of on call, time and a half when called in

OT: Over 40hr/wk is time and a half

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Location: Oklahoma

Experience: 1 yr, ADN

Specialty: Hospice

Wages: 55K salary

Differentials: $2 hr on call. $45 PRN visit, $90 admission, $50 death.

OT: Comped time off.

PTO 12 days

5 Holidays, no time and a half if youre working the holiday on call or otherwise

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

Location: North Carolina

Experience: 5 years

Specialty: Geriatrics

Facility: Assisted Living

Base Pay: $26.4

Differentials: weekend = $2, Holidays are double pay and you get paid even if you don't work

OT: Never gotten overtime

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Location: very small city, Mid Atlantic Coast

Experience: 16 years

Specialty: Inpatient Psych

Base pay: $35

Differential: evening/night: $6/hr; weekend: $7/hr; high census incentive; $20/hr additional; OT: time and a half

Benefited position

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Location: Massachusetts

Experience: New Grad RN (BSN)

Specialty: ER

Facility: Large hospital, level 2 trauma center

Base Pay: $29.56

Differentials: eve/nights/weekend

3/6.50/2.50 respectively

OT: Time and a half.

Annual: I work nights, so my annual is about $70k before overtime

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Location: New York City

Experience: 2 years, BSN, CCRN

Specialty: ICU (no extra specialty pay)

Facility: Large Teaching Hospital

Base Pay: $51.45

Differential: Evenings/Nights, $3.07, no weekend differential

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TN

New Grad RN with 3 years of LPN

HH Case Manager

Large Agency

35/hr

PPV for extra visits or +40 hrs/Mileage reimbursement/

Double pay on holidays

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Specializes in Telemetry, Med-Surg, Peds.

Location: Az

Experience: New grad ADN

Facility: Community hospital

Unit: Tele/PCU

Pay: $27/hr, nights/weekend diff: $3/$2/hr

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Location: Central PA in small city

Experience: Diploma Grad with 40 Years ICU, ICU Step Down, Neuro/Trauma/Ortho unit

Facility: Level 1 Trauma center, Large 500 bed hospital

Unit: Neuro/Trauma/Ortho Unit

Pay: 39.00 base with 3.00 shift differential, 5% certification and 5% education pay

Benefits are good and manager and staff are wonderful. Could make more at another smaller hospital, but love my job!

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