RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

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Greetings!

After reading past informal survey posts on allnurses, I wanted to pose this question for 2013. The intent of this post to to give myself and others a good range of pay for nurses across the US right now based on experience and location. This will be an informal guide for me to start a masters paper on (Subject: area cost of living and nurses salary). Several years ago I believe Houston was voted for best place for a nurse with cost of living adjusted, but I think this might be changing.

Things to note while reading other's salaries:

-Generally, high paying locations relate to high cost of living (SF, NYC, etc). The reverse seems to be true as well (lower cost of living=lower pay). 65$/hr may be the norm in San Francisco, but the average 1br apartment is $2800 without parking and a house costs well over $1 million. Please take this into account. We live in a big country and cost of living varies widely (especially housing costs)

If you post, please state your:

1. State you work in

2. Years of experience

3. Specialty/unit and work setting (clinic, hospital, prison, etc)

4. Hourly Pay (base rate) or salary

5. Differentials (if any)

6. Union?

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I'll start:

1. MN

2. 6 years experience

3. OR in large hospital

4. 39$ hr on day shift

5. $1.50 diff for evenings, 2$weekends and unsure on night differentials)

6. non union.

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Specializes in Going to Peds!.
Greetings!

If you post, please state your:

1. State you work in

2. Years of experience

3. Specialty/unit and work setting (clinic, hospital, prison, etc)

4. Hourly Pay (base rate) or salary

5. Differentials (if any)

6. Union?

1. AL

2. 6.5

3. Peds med/surg

4. $21.79

5. $2/eve $3/night $2/weekend $2/float

6. What's a union? ;-)

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Specializes in Med/surg, Tele, educator, FNP.

1. California

2. 15 years experience RN NP

Med/ surg, tele, nurse educator, acute care NP

3. No differential

4.39.56/hr

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Specializes in MICU.
Greetings!

After reading past informal survey posts on allnurses, I wanted to pose this question for 2013. The intent of this post to to give myself and others a good range of pay for nurses across the US right now based on experience and location. This will be an informal guide for me to start a masters paper on (Subject: area cost of living and nurses salary). Several years ago I believe Houston was voted for best place for a nurse with cost of living adjusted, but I think this might be changing.

Things to note while reading other's salaries:

-Generally, high paying locations relate to high cost of living (SF, NYC, etc). The reverse seems to be true as well (lower cost of living=lower pay). 65$/hr may be the norm in San Francisco, but the average 1br apartment is $2800 without parking and a house costs well over $1 million. Please take this into account. We live in a big country and cost of living varies widely (especially housing costs)

If you post, please state your:

1. State you work in

2. Years of experience

3. Specialty/unit and work setting (clinic, hospital, prison, etc)

4. Hourly Pay (base rate) or salary

5. Differentials (if any)

6. Union?

1. Indiana

2. 2 years

3. ICU

4. $21.47

5. 15% nights and 10% weekends

6. Nope

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Specializes in NICU.

1. Arizona

2. 3 years experience

3. NICU

4. $29.99/hr

5. $5.20/hr flat differential for night shift

6. No union

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1. State you work in : Nationally, live in Northeast

2. Years of experience : 40

3. Specialty/unit and work setting (clinic, hospital, prison, etc) : Legal nursing, case mgmt, life care planning

4. Hourly Pay (base rate) or salary : varies with task, $125-200/hour

5. Differentials (if any)

6. Union? Hell, no. I have no guaranteed hours, no paid vacation time, and no benefits (insurance, retirement acct, etc.) unless I pay for them. So those hourly rates look a lot smaller when prorated over a year. :)

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Specializes in I/DD.

1: Western New York

2: 3 years

3: ICU

4: $26.72

5: 1.00 nights/1.50 weekends

6: No union

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1. Connecticut

2. New graduate (BSN)

3. Ortho/Neuro

4. $30.90/hr

5. 12% evenings; 20% nights; +$2/hr weekends

5. Non-union

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1. Ohio

2. 3

3. PCU

4. Hourly pay: 24.40

5. Nightshift diff = 5.00/hour, Weekend diff = 3.00/hour

6. Union? Nope

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1. NE PA

2. New Grad

3. Med/Surge/Telemetry

4. $22.16

5. Differential $1.60 for nightshift

6. Union - yes

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Specializes in OR.

1. FL

2. 6 years experience

3. OR in large hospital

4. 29.50$ hr on day shift

5. $3.50 diff for evening (after 7 pm)

6. non union.

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