is salary.com accurate?

[hushpupgrl]

hey everyone, have you guys used salary.com? if so, are the salary amounts accurate?

[ShayRN]

If it is, I am SERIOUSLY underpaid:idea:

[jmgrn65, RN]

It fairly close for my area :)

[cardiacRN2006, ADN, RN]

The paycheck that they produced was wrong for me-it was off by about $25 dollars!

So, it's pretty accurate for me!

[Chaoticdreams33, MSN, RN]

Great question! Anyone in MA have input on this? :) It would be wonderful if it is indeed correct.

Oh, and where do New Grad nurses tend to fall on the scale? Perhaps it's too hard to pin down, but there's a huge difference between that 10th-25th-50th percentile, and it's really difficult to know what to expect.

And oh, ANOTHER thing...Any info on New Grad rates anywhere in Springfield, MA? Baystate Medical Center, Mercy, Holyoke Hospital, etc?

Done. Thanks.

Baystate is offering $26/hr base. Mercy and Holyoke are around there too.

[Mommy TeleRN, RN]

Would this be based on straight base? If so it's wayyyy off for my area as a new grad (straight new grad pay is lower than the 10th percentile) If you included some nights well than it might be better. I am in the 75th percentile only because I'm perdiem/nights both.

[Brandi8]

This seems really low to me. From what I have heard from nursing friends they make a lot more. I am just starting to go to school for my pre reqs so not real sure. My friend graduated yrs ago from nursing school and started out making $30 an hour for L & D. She is now making $37 an hr and for shift differential she makes $41 an hour and weekends is $47 an hr.

I was expecting to at least make $30 an hour as a new grad. Am I expecting something I am not going to get? These salary.com figures seem really low. I am in TX by the way.

Thanks

[TiffyRN, BSN, PhD]

I was expecting to at least make $30 an hour as a new grad. Am I expecting something I am not going to get?

Well, depends if you expect that $30/hr to include night and weekend diffs or not. Not likely to make $30/hr base in my part of Texas until you have 5-10+yrs experience (what I know would be hospital nursing).

But if you including night/weekend diffs those can be $4-10/hr from my experience.

Course it's likely to be more by the time you graduate depending on the length of your program.

[Brandi8]

Hmmm, its weird that I keep getting different answers for salaries. One nurse told me that I couldnt make more than $16 an hour starting out. Most say at least $30 and others a lot lower. Hmmm, maybe I should just call one of the hospitals and see if they will tell me. Also, are L&d nurses paid more normally? Is there something special you have to get before they will let a new grad work in L&d?

[TiffyRN, BSN, PhD]

Hmmm, its weird that I keep getting different answers for salaries.

I'm sure you are getting different answers and I doubt you will get straight answers until you are in the interview process at a hospital. I know that in the large metro area where I work there are several large hospital systems. They tend to start all their new grads (regardless of specialty) at the same base rate though the actual rate may vary from hospital to hospital. The system where I work there are built in "steps" that give you raises every 6 months for the first 3 yrs. I'm sure the big systems keep their rates pretty close to each other as we get adjustments every couple of years that supposedly result from "market surveys". I recently got a (substantial) raise based on such a market survey.

I would talk to actual new grads (within last year) perhaps people you knew in school. And to my knowledge; at least in my area of the country the big hospitals do hire some new grads to L&D though I don't know how common it is.

I saw the paychecks (with their permission) of a new grad 5 yrs ago and they started at $18/hr base (no diffs).

[jenrninmi, MSN, RN]

I'm seriously underpaid by over $10,000/year. hmmm...

But I love my job! )

[sweetiez]

this is interesting!! thanks