**POLL** New 1st Year RN Salary

[Bell13]

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

Nephrology/dialysis

[lrivhod0508]

Illinois

25/hr with 4$ NOC diff and 8 dollar weekend diff\

med/surg

I started at the end of February.

[Scarlettz, BSN, RN]

1) New Mexico

2) 20.something (I want to say 20.98)

3) New grad started in August '13

4) Med Surg

[JustcallmeNurse]

PA

27.32

New grad with only experience as a medical assistant

Surgery floor

[rnaria]

got hired yesterday -

NJ

$27.00/hr

No nursing experience

SNF sub acute unit

[Lizfuf7]

TN

2 1/2 years CNA experience and now a new grad.

starts at 18.10/hr. 3$ shift diff on nights. Not that great.

[BiotoBSNtoFNP]

Philly area

Hired summer '13

Started at $31 as a new grad med/surg with additional night shift dif

[firefly101]

not my info, a friend graduated last may and this is what she told me:

1. MN

2. $31 with her PM differential made it $34 an hour

3. new grad

4. step down ICU / tele

[stephncal544]

1) WI

2) $24.60 + $2 Shift Differential

3) None, New Grad

4) Med/Surg

[EatYourVeggies]

While I do not have an RN job yet most of my friends who recently got RN jobs are close to $30/hour across the board in Illinois.

[Nonetheless]

Is the cost of living THAT much lower in places where the pay is like $19/hr?

I am in CA, I would not be happy with less than $25/hr but rent is high here.

[stephncal544]

Yes I would guess that is the case. Especially CA's cost of living, I'm sure, is much higher.

[Lmonchin]

1. TN

2. $20.85; 2nd shift diff $3.00; 3rd shift diff $3.50; weekend diff $6.00

3. New grad/no experience

4. Acute med