**POLL** New 1st Year RN Salary

Nurses New Nurse

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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

RNMatthew. Plus the pay isnt bad either. Lol. Best of luck. I would love to hear more about the picu. Keep me updated on how ur doing. Always been my dream to be in nicu or picu.

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.
plus, the 1:1/1:2 ratio can't be beat ;)

Don't be fooled. That 1:1 assignment might keep you running harder than any 1:5 on a peds inpatient unit. I've had shifts when I didn't even have time to think about what I was doing, I just did it.

You're making almost as much as I am after 20 years. Well done!

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Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.
Don't be fooled. That 1:1 assignment might keep you running harder than any 1:5 on a peds inpatient unit!

I'd rather run 1:1 than 1:5 any day.

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1. Las Vegas, NV

2. $28.39/hr base pay plus $2.10/hr night diff plus if I work weekends I get paid for 40 after working 36 hours. I haven't yet figured out how much per hour the weekend diff is.

3. No experience - Dec 14 new grad (I took NCLEX 5 weeks after grad and had this job within a week of NCLEX)

4. MedSurg (post op spine and ortho surgery floor)

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Specializes in Emergency.

1. FL

2. 24.04 Base, 2.30-3.25 Night diff. (the differential is still 3-11 &11-7 even though its 12 hr shifts) and 5.00 weekend diff. on top of night diff.

3. 0 experience! New grad, never worked as a Tech and this was the first job I interviewed for! (I did get my ACLS before applying and I believe they supplement for additional certs...not 100% sure though)

4. Telemetry

$24 base in my area was a shock, I wasn't expecting anything over $22 so I was pleasantly surprised. I've completed all the HR stuff and officially start March 2!

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Florida dreamin, where in Florida are you located?

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Florida dreamin, where in Florida are you located?

Sounds like they are maybe in Jacksonville

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Miami starts new grads off at $24

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Specializes in Public Health.
1. Las Vegas, NV

2. $28.39/hr base pay plus $2.10/hr night diff plus if I work weekends I get paid for 40 after working 36 hours. I haven't yet figured out how much per hour the weekend diff is.

3. No experience - Dec 14 new grad (I took NCLEX 5 weeks after grad and had this job within a week of NCLEX)

4. MedSurg (post op spine and ortho surgery floor)

Weekend differential is $1.00/hr

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Weekend differential is $1.00/hr

I will get $1/hr if I work one or two of the of the weekend days. If I work the entire weekend (fri/sat/sun or sat/sun/mon) I will get a "weekend bonus" of 4 extra hours paid.

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Specializes in public health.

How expensive is cost of living there? Housing, food? I have a friend who wants to move to Fairfield.

CT

$28, goes to $29 after 6 months + shift differentials

New grad, just hired

None

After reading this thread, I think my next job should be in CA:)

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Specializes in public health.
Good luck with that. You'd be coming into a very flooded market. Also, taxes are ridiculous here, as is the cost of living.

What is the tax rate in CA? I am in CO, and after I pay my tax, health insurance and retirement I am only taking home 70% of my income... :(

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