**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

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... :(

I'm not sure of the exact numbers but you should be able to find some estimates online. I can tell you for sure though that after all of the aforementioned you'd be taking home significantly less than 70%. Also take into account that a decent home out here can run 700K+ easily. Please don't come to California looking for a big paycheck. The market is flooded with nurses and it's really not all it's made out to be.

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Specializes in NICU.

KS

$18.00/hr

New grad

L&D

I moved here for the job (I couldn't find anything in my home state of CA), and was surprised at the high cost of living! You would think, with this starting salary, that rent/food/gas/utilities, etc, would be well below average, but they aren't. There are so many hurdles for new grads!

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Specializes in Oncology.

SW FL

$22.70 $4 nights $2 weekends

New grad (1 year as a PCT)

Med/Surg Tele

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Southern CA.

$32/hr base, $2.00/hr PM diff, 4.50/hr noc, $5.00/hr weekend

New grad RN (one year LVN)

SNF

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New Mexico

28/hr for the first 6mo then 30/hr with $5 diff weekends

No nursing experience.

Corrections

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Northern Virginia (DC suburbs):

25.00/hour up to 27.50/hour after completing orientation successfully (this was a nice surprise!!)

$3/hour for evenings

$4/hour for nights

$3/hour for weekends

$7/hour for weekend nights

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Specializes in Progressive Care.

1. PA

2. $27.15 base pay

$2.50-$4.00 shift diff depending on eve, night weekend

3. New grad

4. Telemetry

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1) OR

2) 33.68 days. 39.68 nights (I will be on nights after orientation)

3) New grad (12/2014), no experience

4) Cardiovascular unit

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Ortho, Subacute, Homecare, LTC.

Rn of 1 year (prior lpn w/ 3 years)

Ma

Float position in large acute hospital

29.61/hr, 1.90diff evenings, w/e diff 1.55

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1) SoCal

2) base pay $35 + 5% because I float between several units, + $5 noc shift dif, + $4 weekend (which is considered fri-sun for night shift).

3)new grad RN with 12 years LVN (which sadly did nothing for my pay rate $35 is base pay for new grad BSNs)

4) med/surg, tele, icu step down.

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1) State CALIFORNIA

2) Hourly Salary $29

3) Experience, if any NONE

4) Specialty, if any MEDSURG

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Specializes in Medical/Oncology.

1. ND

2. 22.79

3. Started out as a new grad

4. Medical/oncology

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