R.N. pay scale for Colorado

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My wife and I are thinking of moving to Colorado after we get our R.N. license. Any information about different cities, towns, hospitals, and pay would be helpfull. We live in a nice town in California 12,000 population and have 3 boys ages 6, 10, and 12. Thank you for your help.

Specializes in Geriatrics, MS, Ortho.

Can anybody tell me what kind of hourly wage I can expect in Colorado? I plan moving to Colorado, Denver-Boulder area. I have 1 year LPN experience and 2 years RN experience on med.surg/ortho floor. I know that Colorado is quite expensive to live. IT makes me a little nervous. Will I be able to get dissent salary to support myself and my child? I live in IA now and make $20/hr + $3 shift differentials. I'm hoping to get more in CO.

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I am a traveler nurse, Ilive in colorado springs and the reason why i chose to travel is becouse nurses in colorado gety pay like ****

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Specializes in Geriatrics, MS, Ortho.

Johanna2217, how exactly bad salary is? Could you, please, give me numbers, especially for a gal with my experience? Thanks.

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MarynochkaTo answer you question. I have the exact same experience as you and just got offered a job on same type of floor for 24.60 an hour. Cost of living here is high though,

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Specializes in Triage, MedSurg, MomBaby, Peds, HH.

Marynochka, Denver Regional is the only hospital that posts actual salary ranges on its job search site.

Their RN pay is $24.30 for someone with a minimum of 1-2 years. That pay range goes up to a midrange of $31.59, and up to $38.89 at max pay.

The $24.30 would just be a base and if you worked NOC etc. you'd be getting more per hour.

It's true though that our cost of living is much higher than in Iowa. I think it's a great place to live, even so.

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New grads make $23/hr at Memorial in Colorado Springs. It is posted on their website and they are hiring new grads as of now. ER nurses make $23 - 36 depending on experience. This is all straight from their website. https://www.healthcaresource.com/mem/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.jobDetails&template=dsp_job_details.cfm&cJobId=758938

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Are most of these ranges for "new" grads? I have heard soooo many different ranges for RN's even more so new grads that I am beginning to not even look anymore I have heard everything from 26-40

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Hello Everyone,

Are you all sure about the rates $22-23 hour for an RN....My friend's daughter completed the LPN program about 6mths ago and her starting pay was 22hr for a 12hour evening shift in

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Specializes in Trauma.
Hello Everyone,

Are you all sure about the rates $22-23 hour for an RN....My friend's daughter completed the LPN program about 6mths ago and her starting pay was 22hr for a 12hour evening shift in

Which hospital was she hired at?

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long term care

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Specializes in Trauma.

Wow, that's great! It's NOT surprising to me that the hospitals will work very hard to keep wages suppressed and especially so, for the new grads. That's why people in Colorado need to vote YES on the propositions to ALLOW unions to come in and protect them. Break the "right to work" state and move forward!!

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, M/S.
long term care

It could be she is working PRN....meaning she gets higher pay in lieu of benefits. 3 years ago I worked full time as a LTC LPN and made $19 hr on the night shift. and as a RN made $23 (new grad) but I know LPN's with experience make as much as new grad RN's.

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