salaries in us for RN's

RN_Dana · Apr 18, 2006

In Alabama...Birmingham area salaries are on average $21/hour and up. Alabama has a low cost of living as well.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Apr 18, 2006

Currently the West Coast and the Northeast USA are the highest paying states for nurses.

Good luck.

ArizonaICU · Apr 18, 2006

Currently the West Coast and the Northeast USA are the highest paying states for nurses.
Good luck.

She's right. The West coast and New England. your best bet is to come to a state like Oregon, colorado, Arizona, and make bank. You should be looking at opportunities in the $40-50 an hour range.

llg, PhD, RN · Apr 18, 2006

I wouldn't choose an area based on the pay. Moving to a new country... I would choose a place in which the lifestyle would be agreeable to me. (See my post in another thread you started.)

Remember too, that in many of the areas in which the pay is the highest, the cost of living is also the highest.

llg

GilbertDaddy · Apr 18, 2006

Arizona is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing states (actually I think we were #1 or #2). The cost of living down here affords a family a 4 br 2 ba house with a nice 2 car garage for under 1,000/month.

RN's out here typically make about 25-30 dollars/hr - much more if you travel around the valley, etc.

If you want to find out more, check out the Arizona Nurses Forum - we hav ea few folks from the UK and other states asking a lot of great questions and there have been some AWESOME responses :)

Lemme know if I can help answer any questions :)

Oh and by the way, here's a nice link to help answer your question about salaries, at least in arizona:

http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/layouthtmls/AZ/swzl_compresult_state_AZ_HC07000001.html

Just pick which part of the valley you're curoius about - they seem to differe by a couple hundred bucks a year, not too much of a difference.

Hope that helps! :)