Salary expectation for Chicago

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Hello fellow nurses on allnurses!

I am a nurse looking to relocate to Chicago and had a question about the salary.

first off, I am in my 4th year of practice and all have been in psych.

According to salary.com, if I work in a large hospital, I can expect $36-38/hour.

Is this a good reflection of reality? if not, what is the going rate currently? I'm applying hospitals like Rush, Advocate health, Northwestern etc..

I need to do some budgeting but cannot do it without having a good idea of how much I'll actually make.

any help/ input is appreciated

Cheers!

[Orion81RN]

I live in a big suburb of Chicago. As a reference point, I was making $30/hour doing post acute rehab. And that was having minimal bed side experience.