RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

[ItsColduphere]

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?

[casperRN]

1. Central Ohio

2. 3 years

3. Clinical Coordinator at small assisted living facility, M-F 8:30-5, great hours

4. 21.42/hr.

5. no shift diff/ no overtime

6. no union

Sometimes working somewhere you actually like is worth a little less money.

[Corey Narry, MSN, RN, NP]

1. Bay Area, CA

2. 5 years exp

3. Large Hospital ICU

4. 63$/hour days

5. Non union.

Cost of living is crazy here.

A non-union Bay Area hospital? what a rarity.

1. State you work in: Northern California

2. Years of experience: 4

3. Specialty/unit and work setting (clinic, hospital, prison, etc): ED -- Hospital

4. Hourly Pay (base rate) or salary: $47.00

5. Differentials (if any): NOC=$6.00

6. Union?: California Nurses Association

Full family medical and dental, long-term disability insurance, defined-benefit pension

General idea of costs: I could buy my house for $250,000 or rent it for $1,600 (3-bed, 2-bath tract house), gas is $3.55/gal, fresh produce abounds (avocados @$0.60 each, tomatoes @ $1.40/lb, organic blueberries @ $5.50/lb (or $2.00/lb if you pick 'em yourself), and grassfed organic sirloin @ $5.50/lb) and my kid is in private school for $6,500/year

[coughdrop.2.go, BSN, RN]

1. California

2.

3. School Nurse

4. $60,540/year salary (~$41.18/hour with 210 contact days per year)

5. Nope

6. Nope

I live in Southern California, in a desert wasteland. Well there's a mall and Walmart, Target, Cost-co, etc. so it's not like I'm really in the middle of no where. It is really cheap here and I moved from the San Francisco Bay Area. Gas is $3.55/gallon and I have a 2 bedroom/ 1/2 bath, remolded apartment with granite counter tops and real hardwood floors for $750/month. I couldn't find this apartment for less than $1200 in the Bay Area.

[veggie530]

1. California

2. New Grad

3. Respiratory Acute / Tele

4. Hourly: $42.50 for first 6 months, $44.75 thereafter

5. Per diem differential ($8) + NOC differential ($5.00) = $13.00; So $55.50 for 6 months and then $57.75 thereafter

6. Union

Contingent on my background check, lol

A decent 3 bedroom 2 bathroom place can be rented for 1500-2000 in decent neighborhoods.

[SoldierNurse22, BSN, RN]

1. Variable (Active Duty military)

2. 2 years

3. Clinic

4. $50,000

5. None

6. No

[Quit Floating Me, BSN, RN]

1. State you work in - Florida

2. Years of experience - 3

3. Specialty/unit and work setting (clinic, hospital, prison, etc) - Mental health facility/crisis stablization unit

4. Hourly Pay (base rate) or salary - 25/hour

5. Differentials (if any) - No

6. Union? - No

[EarthwormRN]

1. State you work in ----------------------------------------------------------WA

2. Years of experience --------------------------------------------------------2 years

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

4. Hourly Pay (base rate) or salary-------------------------------------------$25.66/hr + 10% per diem

5. Differentials (if any) --------------------------------------------------------$2 evenings, $4 nights

6. Union? -----------------------------------------------------------------------i think so

[MARYRN2009]

35 per diem

Cant remember the differentials

3 years

Med surg

Union i tink but I dont participate

[Jsnurse16]

Boston

3 years exp

Pedi homecare

$28.25 base

I make $30.25 for nights

No union

[everthesame, LPN, LVN]

Indiana

15 years exp

Postpartum/Newborn Nursery

$32.00/hr base

$5.25/hr nocs diff, $4.75/hr weekend diff

No union

Rent for a 3bed/2bath apartment in a nice area is $1000/month

[Nurse SMS, MSN, RN]

1. DFW

2. Nearing 2 yrs experience

3. Critical Care ICU Stepdown

4. $27.50/hr base

5. Only night shift nurses get 2nd shift diff, $3.15/hr. 3rd shift 4.00/hr. Weekend $4.30/hr

6. This is Texas. What's a union?

20 year mortgage payment is $1100/mo in a very nice neighborhood in an upscale suburb for a 3 BR, 2.5 bath, 2000 sq foot home on which we put over 25% down. Property taxes, however, run over $3500/year.