**POLL** New 1st Year RN Salary

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Hello all, I am curious to see what the current pay rate is across the country so we can better prepare ourselves and negotiate better salaries! Please try to keep this poll to any graduates after 2010. Thanks!

1) State

2) Hourly Salary

3) Experience, if any

4) Specialty, if any

Here's mine:

NJ

$26/hr new grad, no exp., recently changed jobs $33/hr 1 yr exp.

Only 1 year old RN :saint:

Nephrology/dialysis

Specializes in Forensic Psych.
Congrats Steph!

Thanks, giiiiirl! Long time, no (internet) see!

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Specializes in Neonatal Nurse Practitioner.

Hehe... I stopped coming during the semester and I've just started coming back.

To keep the thread on track.. New grads in my ER start around $22 with $5 night and $5 weekend diffs.

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Houston, TX

New grad - first job

$28/hr- days

+$3.50/hr 3-11p

+$4/hr 11-7a

Not sure about weekends...I really need to ask!

IMU/Telemetry

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AZ

$25.08 + $2 for nights and $3 weekend nights

New Grad Dec 2013 85 applications later/ 3 years working as EMT on ambulance

ER/MS

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Specializes in ED.
The average rent in my area is $500 for a single family home with a nice sized yard.

1. OH

2. 22.00/hr

3. New grad

4. SNF

Where do you live in Ohio? I live in NE Ohio and $500/ month for a house seems pretty cheap.

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Are most of you 2 year grads or 4 year?

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Hello All!

I'm new to this group so I'm hoping this forum would be the right place to start instead of posting a new question by starting a new thread. I am currently located in Phila, PA (Philly) and just recently obtained my bachelor's degree in nursing in May. I am looking for my first RN job and I am wondering how long it may be before I land my first job. My situation may be a bit different than others so I'm not sure if the situation itself plays a big role in my not having a job still even though I am a bachelor's degree nurse.

My situation: Before the career change, I've worked for the bank for about 12+ years...have an associates degree in accounting. I decided to go back to school to become an RN (as that was the original plan after high school until things happened). After going to a two yr. college for nursing (2011- May 2013), I passed the NCLEX and enrolled in an RN-BSN program at a 4 yr. college right after. I only had to go for a yr. because I was a full-time student who had already passed NCLEX. Due to several issues, I wasn't able to work as an RN (since July 2013) as a full-time student so I decided to hold off on looking for a job until after earning a BSN degree. I graduated in May 2014 and now I'm looking for work. I have been looking for work since April 2014 and I still have no job as a BSN degree nurse with no experience. Is it safe to say that I would at least have a job by Oct. 2014?

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Specializes in Critical Care.

1: Minnesota

2: $27/hour

3: New Grad RN BSN - no previous healthcare experience.

4: Pediatric Private Duty Nursing

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State-MA

base salary 26, with $1 differential 3-11, and $3 on weekend

New grad with 20 years of secretarial experience - mostly internal medicine

LTC

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Associates

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Specializes in oncology, MS/tele/stepdown.

1) Philadelphia area

2) $30.65, only 10% diff for nights, no extra for weekends, no annual raises

3) new grad, but I externed for a year so I think I got a higher base than others

4) tele oncology

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Specializes in Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgical.

the South

As a new grad in hospital: was making ~21/hr base, 3.50 evenings, 4.00 weekend diff.

Now 1 year later: switching to outpatient same day surgery, 35 hrs/week on days, 28/base, 35/weekend

Wasn't hard to leave.

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