nursing manager salary

[srleslie]

I'm interviewing for a position of nursing manager for a 32 bed geriatric psych unit that is part of a hospital, an a large metropolitan area in the mid-south. I have 5 years of RN experience, 2.5 of them in psych. Does anyone know what would be a reasonable salary? I don't want to ask for too much but I don't want to short myself either. Thanks!

[MrChicagoRN, RN]

It all depends on location, demand, cost of living. IIRC, $110,000 in Chicago equivalent to around 95,000 in Indy...or was it Louisville?

My general rule of thumb is that my hourly salary has to be higher than any staff nurse's hourly before differentials and such.

Go to Glassdoor Job Search | Find a job you'll love or Home Page - CompAnalyst from Salary.com and you can get estimates for your specific areas and experience.

Best of luck

[workingot]

eastern nc here. with that type facility and 5 years experience you could expect maybe 68-75k . management here cant make overtime so the 75k or so you get is all you get. plenty of just regular staff nurses, even with 2 year degrees, have 60k salaries but go up to 100k with ot, and some even double their salary with ot , coming in at around 120k. their are perks to management, but I have resisted being a manager and instead went for the money. the managers here with experience similar to you make around 70k. of course cost of living here is low. good luck to you