**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

[hanoi98]

Northern California

46/h + benefits

new grad

as far as cost of living: I pay $1600 for a 3 bedroom condo and spend another $1600 in child care.

Ouch!!!!

[SBJustBreathe, ASN, RN]

[quote=>JustBreathe just want to clarify, that is central Cali

[-knoxnurse-]

I was a little shocked at the pay rates in TN honestly. I moved here, this being my husband's home state. He is military and I am from Florida. Good thing the cost of living is low :)

[NicoleLee]

DC

28.08 +diff 3-5

New grad

Med/surg

[RN_Student14]

1) State Georgia

2) Hourly Salary $23.68 base pay/no exp

3) Experience, if any none

4) Specialty, if any cardiac telemetry step down

[boricualuna]

1. Central Texas

2. $27.42/hr (base pay)

Diff: +2.25/hr from 1500-2300, $3.25/hr from 2301-0700, and $2.00/hr for weekends)

3. 9+ years as a patient care tech. Graduated with my ADN May 2014

4. Telemetry

Disclaimer: my starting salary is based on my years of service as a tech. I work as an RN at the same faculty I worked as a tech. New GNs (ADN or BSN) are started at less then $25/hr for the three acute care facilities in my area, each facility is off by only a few cents.

[Oh'Ello, BSN, RN]

Pennsylvania

23.50/hr

New Grad (Worked as a Millieu Therapist in the same hospital system but at a psych hospital for 2 years)

Heme/Onc - Leukemia Service.

[RunBabyRN]

Most current:

California

Experience: new grad, but prior Navy Corpsman, phlebotomist, etc.

Wellness fairs & flu clinics, agency #1- $20/hour

Camp nursing through agency #1- $23/hour

Flu clinics, agency #2- $27/hour

Flu clinics, agency #3- $30/hour

Infusion RN, agency #4- $45-50/hour (occasionally more)

[hawksrn2014]

1. Washington State (rural area)

2. $20

3. Pediatric clinic

4. new grad, no experience

[Stephalump]

Texas forensic psych hospital

$31/hr

New grad

Cost of living....pretty darn low.

NorCal... 5 years in... ED... 52/hr + 6/hr NOC diff + 4/hr weekend diff... Good bennies

[NICUmiiki, DNP, NP]

Texas forensic psych hospital

$31/hr

New grad

Cost of living....pretty darn low.

Congrats Steph!