Ard123

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1. 2017 Nurse Salary

   Ard123 replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Nursing

   This is an update. As of August 2017, my gross salary is now expected to be 172k this year with minimal overtime (maybe 32 hours of total OT since the beginning of the year). I will also probably get an additional 2500 from education pay. I'm going...

2. 2017 Nurse Salary

   Ard123 replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Nursing

   So I'm going to add to this post. The reason we live and get paid so well is because our unions fight for us to have good wages and good working conditions. I know that there are people in other parts of our country who want more pay, better working...

3. 2017 Nurse Salary

   Ard123 replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Nursing

4. 2017 Nurse Salary

   Ard123 replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Nursing

   The apt is in hayward, work is in sj. I got this apt a while ago and I know the landlord who hasn't took it upon himself to raise renthe very much. it's ok, not the best, but it's a place to live, and so far I'm saving at least 800 + / month compared...

5. 2017 Nurse Salary

   Ard123 replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Nursing

   How much bonus do you get a year (on average)?

6. 2017 Nurse Salary

   Ard123 replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Nursing

   as of feb 2017 Location: northern Cali, san Jose Job type: RN, outpatient for urban area, I work remotely 70% of the time, sun-thurs, 9-5am, 40hr schedule. I'm pretty efficient, so I actually probably only work 36hrs/week with 4 hrs down time/week Ba...

7. 2016 Salary thread

   Ard123 replied to kbrn2002's topic in General Nursing

   Positives: A good union will fight for your wage and rights. We all heard of horror stories of staff being fired by employers at the drop of a hat. Or workers being exploited, Whether it be working unpaid after hours, having unsafe patient/nurse rati...

8. 2016 Salary thread

   Ard123 replied to kbrn2002's topic in General Nursing

   This is an end of year update from my initial post. As of today, my base hourly pay has remained 71.25/hr, or about $150k/year base salary (does not include overtime). After factoring overtime (I did about 100 hours this year), I've been able to incr...

9. 2016 Bay Area CA Nursing Pay

   Ard123 replied to dmstanl1's topic in California

   You make a valid point. I am considering relocating from Oakland to Sactown because of the COL difference, but I'm hesitant about the 105F summers and 30F winters (Ok, perhaps the weather example is a bit pale in comparison with what the rest of the ...

10. Rn-bsn new grad.pay per hour 2016

    Ard123 replied to Pleasestop's topic in New Nurse

    Not bad for a new grad, I'm still only at 71/hr after 3 years at an outpatient specialty, but then again I work days with no differential.

11. 2016 Salary thread

    Ard123 replied to kbrn2002's topic in General Nursing

    Sarah, as much as I love the appeal of the city, I've chosen to live in Oakland because of the COL woes that you're experiencing, and am paying less than half of what you pay for housing. I seriously think only individuals making 200k and above a yea...

12. 2016 Salary thread

    Ard123 replied to kbrn2002's topic in General Nursing

    Sarah, as much as I love the appeal of the city, I've chosen to live in Oakland because of the COL woes that you're experiencing, and am paying less than half of what you pay for housing. I seriously think only individuals making 200k and above a yea...

13. 2016 Salary thread

    Ard123 replied to kbrn2002's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the insightful post. The only drawback to my situation is that I can't find a similar set-up anywhere else in the country if I decided to move (not that I would, but the option would be nice). Which brings me to another point- I think rns ...

14. The "increase minimum wage" issue.

    Ard123 replied to shermrn's topic in Union

    t Not to be sarcastic, if you want the change and equality: work for it 1. one needs to put in the work to educate themselves of the inequality (snoop around: mgma is a good source to find MD pay, most institutions/organizations disclose their CEO pa...

15. What is your take home pay as Nurse Practitioner?

    Ard123 replied to hik9258's topic in NP

    I put a lot of thought about the lifestyle costs of working and living in California as an RN in comparison to other places in the country, and here is my quantitative analysis of the costs and benefits of working in Oakland, Califonrnia: First ...