nurses staring pay???

817nurse · Jan 20, 2015

It would help if we knew a location.

Starting pay can be as low as $18/hour in rural Kentucky. It can be higher than $50/hour in San Francisco. Some nurses receive a nice benefit package while others receive no benefits. It all depends on location.

ThatBigGuy · Jan 20, 2015

On the top of this page is a yellow bar. All the way on the right of the yellow bar is a magnifying glass. Click on this and you will see a bar that reads "Quick Search. Enter your keyword here..." Type in "nursing salaries" and you will get 100 threads that have addressed this.

You can also type the same phrase into Google. If you're looking for a specific geographical location, just include that into your search. In about 30 minutes, you'll have the answers to all your questions.

zzbxdo · Jan 21, 2015

On the top of this page is a yellow bar. All the way on the right of the yellow bar is a magnifying glass. Click on this and you will see a bar that reads "Quick Search. Enter your keyword here..." Type in "nursing salaries" and you will get 100 threads that have addressed this.
You can also type the same phrase into Google. If you're looking for a specific geographical location, just include that into your search. In about 30 minutes, you'll have the answers to all your questions.

3min tops

Omaapecm, ASN, RN · Jan 21, 2015

I work for a private office owned by a nurse practitioner. It is a Christian based clinic and made to be affordable for all the community. With that being said I only make 16 an hour but I get free health services at the clinic and so do my family. I also get to create my own schedule to work around my husbands. I am fortunate enough to not have the financial worries and am able to work for so little. The benefits I get are really priceless.

RunBabyRN · Jan 22, 2015

All nurses start at $27/hour, working 32 hours per week, 8-4, Monday through Thursday. No regard for where they live, the environment in which they work, etc.

There are as many answers to these questions as there are nurses. As suggested, do a quick search on here, and Google nursing salaries in your area. I am in the San Francisco Bay Area, I have 3 jobs that I am about to leave, all ranging from $20-55/hour, but all PRN (as needed) work, so the work is inconsistent, and the jobs vary VERY widely. I just accepted a full time PM position working in outpatient oncology at about $45/hour.

There are SO many kinds of nursing roles out there. The three jobs I am leaving are doing health fairs, doing home infusions, and working at a freestanding birth center. There are home health nurses, long-term care nurses, public health nurses, school nurses, hospital nurses, nurse managers, nurse educators, CNA instructors, hospice nurses, occupational health nurses, nurses that work for tech companies, correctional nurses, nurses in non-profit clinics, nurses in for-profit clinics, and many, many more. Each of these environments will pay differently, have different hours, different benefits, etc. Be open to the possibilities. :)