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)
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
Specializes in School Nursing, Public Health Nurse.
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.
Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.
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.
casperRN
11 Posts
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.