Pay Rates for new Grads (Updates are appreciated)

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Hi all. I'll be finishing in December and am going back to Baltimore to practice. I'm from the area but am attending a program in Virginia.

Can someone let me know who is looking like the best to work for in terms of either bonuses, loan repayments or things of that sort? I know others have asked but I was hoping for more specifics on other hospitals like Mercy, GBMC, Hopkins, and St. Joes. I'm hoping to move back to Towson.

Any information is appreciated

I'm looking forward to being back in the Baltimore area!!!!

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Specializes in Trauma Critical Care.

Univ of Maryland is 22.75 an hour for new grads as of 4/04/06

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Johns Hopkins was 25 dollars and something cents when I started in July of 05.

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remember to look at the whole package, ie: healthcare insurance, education benefits etc when also looking at the salary. just an fyi.

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Hi, I live in Kansas, and I am obtaining my CNA, then my RN. Can anyone tell me what CNA's usually start at? Thanks

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Dont look just at money. It is a hard way to make a living and it is multi faceted. Look at hours, shifts, floating, how much turn over is on the units, how long have people been there. Things i wish I would have known

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Specializes in Orthopedics/Med-Surg, LDRP.

I live in NJ and I'm starting my internship at $25 an hour bumped to $29 an hour afterwards.

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Specializes in post surgical, tele, icu.
I live in NJ and I'm starting my internship at $25 an hour bumped to $29 an hour afterwards.

Is that in NJ or at Hopkins?

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Specializes in Orthopedics/Med-Surg, LDRP.

in NJ. I figured for those who lived close to the NJ/DE border might be interestsed.

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Hi, I live in Kansas, and I am obtaining my CNA, then my RN. Can anyone tell me what CNA's usually start at? Thanks

With regard to CNA, see 24K at salary Wizard (not specific to this region of the country): http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/layouthtmls/swzl_compresult_national_HC07000119.html

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remember to look at the whole package, ie: healthcare insurance, education benefits etc when also looking at the salary. just an fyi.

I agree about not looking just at salary. As a federal employee, I get excellent health insurance that I pay extra into for good dental plan; opportunity to pay for long term care insurance which I do because you want lock in low rates at a young age; good life insurance that I pay extra into; great retirement savings plan that is matched to an extent; adequate sick leave and holiday benefits; and more. Like someone else said, a university affiliated hospital may have tuition benefits. And it can vary by the specific department you work in. For example, I often get to leave early from work, the day before a major holiday -- an unspoken benefit. I get a lot of free meals on the job. When I take time off for job training, my employer covers my salary so I don't use my annual leave for that. I am entitled to a special discount when purchasing a Dell computer for my home. I ride the Metro subway for free -- a savings of about $100 per month. There are other things, perhaps more superficial, that make a difference. For example, I have my own office instead of being herded into a cubicle. In 6 years, my salary rose from 45k to about 90K. We get our cost of living increases and step increases and sometimes promotions to higher grades with greater responsibility. I also take full advantage of our flexible spending account so that most everything I spend on healthcare is tax free and that includes over the counter stuff (alka seltzer, tylenol, peptobismol, band aids, cough drops, lip balm, antihistamine, etc) that insurance won't pay for and is not tax deductible either. In fact, I could use FSA money to pay for a CPR class!

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Specializes in L&D, QI, Public Health.
I agree about not looking just at salary. As a federal employee, I get excellent health insurance that I pay extra into for good dental plan; opportunity to pay for long term care insurance which I do because you want lock in low rates at a young age; good life insurance that I pay extra into; great retirement savings plan that is matched to an extent; adequate sick leave and holiday benefits; and more. Like someone else said, a university affiliated hospital may have tuition benefits. And it can vary by the specific department you work in. For example, I often get to leave early from work, the day before a major holiday -- an unspoken benefit. I get a lot of free meals on the job. When I take time off for job training, my employer covers my salary so I don't use my annual leave for that. I am entitled to a special discount when purchasing a Dell computer for my home. I ride the Metro subway for free -- a savings of about $100 per month. There are other things, perhaps more superficial, that make a difference. For example, I have my own office instead of being herded into a cubicle. In 6 years, my salary rose from 45k to about 90K. We get our cost of living increases and step increases and sometimes promotions to higher grades with greater responsibility. I also take full advantage of our flexible spending account so that most everything I spend on healthcare is tax free and that includes over the counter stuff (alka seltzer, tylenol, peptobismol, band aids, cough drops, lip balm, antihistamine, etc) that insurance won't pay for and is not tax deductible either. In fact, I could use FSA money to pay for a CPR class!

I'm sold. Where do you work and can I get a pt job there while I'm in nursing school? Feel free to PM me.

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