Pay Rates?

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i'm not sure if this is an inappropriate question, if it is please ignore it and me :uhoh21: ...but how much can starting rn's expect to make? range wise.

thanks!

Specializes in Corrections, Cardiac, Hospice.

At my hospital we start out at 20.60/hour. BUT! Since nurses are in such high demand here, we give incentives to work extra.

Premium pay - 4.00 an hour more on the weekday

8.00 an hour more on the weekends/holidays

Incentive pay - 35.00/hour for units that are chronically short staffed (mine)

Afternoons - 1.00/hour more

Nights - 2.00/hour more

We pay double time on holidays. So lets say for example, you are a new grad and decided to pick up 3-11 for me on Labor day. You would get

35.00 Incentive pay

+35.00 Double time

+ 8.00 Premium Pay

+ 1.00 Afternoon Shift Pay

79.00/hour!!!!

not too shabby, if you ask me:wink2:

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Specializes in Psych, Med/Surg.

Wow! That's awesome! Where do you live, Shay?

(Maybe if everyone would put the state where they live as the title of their message it would help...just a suggestion.) :wink2:

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i've been wondering the same thing. i'm in my second semester of clinicals in an adn program and will be graduating next december. i live in louisiana, but i would love to move back to california (lived there for 5 years). been checking on apartment prices, though, and it's outrageous--$1200 to $1500 for a 2 bedroom. i'd like to know if i would make enough money to pay that high rent and still have money left over for other things, including a savings account!

any input would be appreciated.

btw - i think rns start out around $18/hr. here.

i believe you would make enough money in california to pay rent, plus do other things. there is a thread started by someone titled, 'how in the world do you make it in california!?' on this thread, many people replied and i specifically remember someone saying she makes enough money to pay rent, own a brand new car, and has lots of money left over. someone else also mentioned something to the effect of making enough money to pay rent, but home buying would be a different story. check out that thread. if you can, take a vacation there just to check things out. good luck.

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wow! that's awesome! where do you live, shay?

(maybe if everyone would put the state where they live as the title of their message it would help...just a suggestion.) :wink2:

that's a great idea! i can't believe how different the scales range.

are their some departments that always pay more than others?

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Specializes in Tele, Home Health, MICU, CTICU, LTC.

Base pay...$20.20

Evening (7p - 11p)...$0.75/hour

Nights (11p - 7a)...$1.00/hour

Weekends...$0.40/hour

Incentive pay if you pick up an extra shift...$15.00/hour plus base pay (But if you are over 40 hours you get time and half plus $15.00)

Weekends are time and a half

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i'm not sure if this is an inappropriate question, if it is please ignore it and me :uhoh21: ...but how much can starting rn's expect to make? range wise.

thanks!

i live in michigan and i have seen the starting pay range between 19.28hr -23.00 plus shift diff which is between 1.00-2.50 and weekends are .29 to 2.50 per hour. my hospital is only 136 beds but they pay double time and a half for holidays etc.

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New grads start at $19 or $20 an hour depending on the hospital, plus $2.50/hr for weekday 7p-11p, $5.00 for weekday 11p-7a, $11 for weekend 7a-7p & $14 for weekend 7p-7a.

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Specializes in PICU, Nurse Educator, Clinical Research.

I'm in NC, and our base pay is pretty bad, compared to the rest of the country, but it goes something like this with incentives:

base: $18.54

night premium: $4.00

weekend premium: $4.50

OT pay: time and a half

critically short-staffed unit (ours): $10.00

holidays: time and a half

picking up an OT shift by signing up for it on the schedule (vs. being asked to pick it up later): $25.00 gift certificate to a pretty good restaurant

So, if I decided to sign up for an extra shift on a saturday night, I'd get:

$18.54+

$9.27+

$4.00+

$4.50+

$10.00+

dinner =

$46.31 an hour! two and a half times more than base pay!

we're offered day/night rotation with 2 weekend shifts every two weeks as new grads, but after our 12 week orientation, we're allowed to work more nights/weekends than required, and the option of going straight nights is encouraged, since the longer your tenure on the unit, the fewer nights/weekends you have to work.

for me, nights are a lot better, as my fiancee is in japan, so my nights are his days. and i'm an absolute night person.

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i'm in nc, and our base pay is pretty bad, compared to the rest of the country, but it goes something like this with incentives:

base: $18.54

night premium: $4.00

weekend premium: $4.50

ot pay: time and a half

critically short-staffed unit (ours): $10.00

holidays: time and a half

picking up an ot shift by signing up for it on the schedule (vs. being asked to pick it up later): $25.00 gift certificate to a pretty good restaurant

so, if i decided to sign up for an extra shift on a saturday night, i'd get:

$18.54+

$9.27+

$4.00+

$4.50+

$10.00+

dinner =

$46.31 an hour! two and a half times more than base pay!

we're offered day/night rotation with 2 weekend shifts every two weeks as new grads, but after our 12 week orientation, we're allowed to work more nights/weekends than required, and the option of going straight nights is encouraged, since the longer your tenure on the unit, the fewer nights/weekends you have to work.

for me, nights are a lot better, as my fiancee is in japan, so my nights are his days. and i'm an absolute night person.

sounds good to me!

here's another state graph showing salaries per state. seems to be best to be in new york and california!

http://nursing.advanceweb.com/resources/n1_021605_salarycharts2.pdf

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i am an lvn in so cal, 2 years....phew somtimes i wonder what was i thinkin, anyways i work in med surg at a small hosp and as a lvn i make 18.00 base and 2.75 shift dif for noc...3/12's a week anyother day is time and a half.

btw im new here so hi y'all

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I'm in NC, and our base pay is pretty bad, compared to the rest of the country, but it goes something like this with incentives:

base: $18.54

night premium: $4.00

weekend premium: $4.50

OT pay: time and a half

critically short-staffed unit (ours): $10.00

holidays: time and a half

picking up an OT shift by signing up for it on the schedule (vs. being asked to pick it up later): $25.00 gift certificate to a pretty good restaurant

So, if I decided to sign up for an extra shift on a saturday night, I'd get:

$18.54+

$9.27+

$4.00+

$4.50+

$10.00+

dinner =

$46.31 an hour! two and a half times more than base pay!

we're offered day/night rotation with 2 weekend shifts every two weeks as new grads, but after our 12 week orientation, we're allowed to work more nights/weekends than required, and the option of going straight nights is encouraged, since the longer your tenure on the unit, the fewer nights/weekends you have to work.

for me, nights are a lot better, as my fiancee is in japan, so my nights are his days. and i'm an absolute night person.

hi, im a nursing student at north carolina central at the present time and seriously considering a transfer. where did you study for your rn? what facitlity do you work at currently? if you would rather not share that information, could i at least get what city?

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