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)
I work in Ontario Canada. I am an RN in long term care. I make 30.94 $/hour and have been there for eight months. I get 1 $/hr extra for nights, weekends and when i am the charge nurse which is every shift.
I've always felt that it is folly for a nurse to worry about/complain about executive salary. First, you most likely have no idea what their job entails (usually loooooong hours with little family time, and tons of stress), the requirements of the job (including knowledge, experience, and education), or the competition among hospitals for recruiting top notch executives. A hospital CEO isn't paid the same as a nurse because he doesn't have an associates degree, doesn't have very limited responsibilities that a nurse has...and isn't a nurse.
Why do you make so much more than that precious little housekeeper or CNA?
I've always felt that it is folly for a nurse to worry about/complain about executive salary. First, you most likely have no idea what their job entails (usually loooooong hours with little family time, and tons of stress), the requirements of the job (including knowledge, experience, and education), or the competition among hospitals for recruiting top notch executives. A hospital CEO isn't paid the same as a nurse because he doesn't have an associates degree, doesn't have very limited responsibilities that a nurse has...and isn't a nurse.
Why do you make so much more than that precious little housekeeper or CNA?
Qft. Great post. I don't ever want his headaches.....
Specializes in ED, Telemetry,Hospice, ICU, Supervisor.
Honestly one of my goals is to reach an executive level position. I want the power and pay that comes with it, hopefully our next few presidents are also business friendly.
Work smart not hard. Well if I get to do more cognitive work and less manual labor, then so be it. I may be new to the profession, but it does not take 20 years of bedside work to know where the all the goodies are at.
I do not EVER want an executive level position. I went into nursing to care for people. I enjoy bedside nursing, patient interaction, patient teaching. I don't want to manage other nurses. I don't want to teach other nurses or students. I want to spend my time with patients & their families. That's a very valid career choice.
1. State you work in ----------------------------------------------------------AZ
2. Years of experience --------------------------------------------------------New Grad
3. Specialty/unit and work setting (clinic, hospital, prison, etc)------------Med Surg Tele Unit
4. Hourly Pay (base rate) or salary-------------------------------------------$28.50 for BSN, $28 for ADN
5. Differentials (if any) -------------------------------------------------yes, Night shift is an extra $3.00 per hour and there is holiday and on-call pay.
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Peter Fine of Banner Health is reported to have a 2012 base salary that translates to $2,473/hour.