2016 Salary thread

1.)TN

2.)ICU

Just got a second job in LTC to pay off debt

3.)I make 20.25 per hour with 10 and 20 percent shift dif (dif depends on the time of night), with 4.5 years experience. We do not get yearly raises or cost of living raises. Our facility claims it is "broke."

4.) Taxes constantly going up. House payment is 400 month, but housing ranges from 600-1000 per month here. Utilities about 200 a month. My Land taxes are 368 yearly (for half an acre). Students loans 200 a month. I could go on haha but I wont.

I don't know how I would make it if I wasn't married!

Years of experience is totally relevant in this thread, also management/non-management and if you are bedside vs specialty care RN etc.

That being said, RNC in WV; 4 years experience, bedside nurse in NICU. $25.00 an hour. 10% differential for hours after after 3PM and on weekend shifts. If you are on the weekend program you get $4.00 more an hour for all hours on Saturday and Sunday but not the additional 10% differential with that. No additional $$ for BSN or RNC. Non-union.

Cost of living is relatively high with town homes and apartments ranging from 800-2500/month.

I live in south central Indiana, make $22.50/hr, (but only have 10 low acuity residents) in LTC, +1.00/hr shift diff. My rent is $250 month for a pretty decent 3 bedroom, 2 bath house, no other bills. Oh, my health insurance is free, and many other excellent benefits at low or no cost from this employer, so I don't beef about the lower wage. I have no bills to speak of (car and motorcycles are paid off). Other amenities/bills (groceries, utilities, etc) are very low COL. I live directly between Louisville, Indy, and Cincinnati, OH. Other LTCs in my area pay between 23.00-34.00/hr dependent on experience and facility, but you will have 30-45 residents per nurse who can be heavy acuity and heavy neediness. High stress and crummy high cost insurance. To me, my lower pay worth the excellent atmosphere that work in.

Been a RN 17 years, 5 years in LTC

Second year BSN RN, ICU, no pay difference among all units in my hospital. Atlanta, GA, non Union, 23.7/HR, 4.25-4.5 night differential, 3.25 weekend differential. 1000 per year for certification. Heard by the end of the second year, the base pay will be 27ish.

COL Really depends on where I live, I used to share an apartment with others, and I paid 500ish per mont. Now I live in a one bed room 640 sq ft ish in a new 2014 built apartment in a nice area, pay 1230/month. I do not drive, take train to work, the commuter time and cost are minimal.

Hawaii

55/hour base pay

4/hour night diff

9/hr oncall

Mortgage for a 2 bedroom condo 2100

Maint fess 750

utilities 300

Cheers

RN, BSN with my CEN in northern California.7 years exp as an RN and 5 as a LVN (which doesn't count in wages.)

Base wage: 68.25/hr. Should hit over 70$/hr next year. Swing dif is 11%, night dif is 17.5%. (This is benefitted, btw-best health insurance I've had in my life with no out of pocket and 5$ copays)

Union facility

My mortgage is about 1900$ month and that includes my property taxes of 360$ a month. 4 bed, 2 bath on quarter acre in nice part of town. My utilities are prob another 150$.

COL is somewhat high but still lower than most other major cities in California.

kbrn2002 said:

Already some very interesting responses. I am finding from just a few responses that Cali isn't necessarily the land of high paying nursing jobs as is so widely believed. Curious to see if other stereotypes like the southeast being the lowest paying region holds true. From what mrsjonesRN reports I am thinking this hold true. $20.25/hr base seems awfully low for an ICU position. Is TN one of the areas that actually pays more for LTC than acute care? For my area it is very much the opposite.

Theres a huge difference between southern california and northern California wages. I went from 32$/hr base to 64$ hr after relocating to sacramento and adding a year exp. And my COL is cheaper up here.

1. Northern Virginia (considered "DC suburbs").

2. NICU, BSN. Started as a new grad at $25 an hour. Have been working there since 7/2014 and now make $29 an hour, base.

3. Very high cost of living area -- the first place we lived in (with a roommate) was a 2-bedroom for $1900. We moved further out and now pay $1435 for a 2-bedroom, in a much less nice area.

I guess I should also add that I work part-time as a Life Care Planner and make $32.50 an hour doing that, but it's a telecommuting job, and the office is based in Tampa, FL.

Hawaii/Union

Critical Care 10+yrs

Base 56.24 hr

Night Dif 3.50hr

Charge 3.50hr

No weekend Diff.

2-3% raise each year.

$108,000 in 2014

Health Insurance $140 mo Family Coverage

Dental $14 mo

403b+Pension Plan

High cost of living area, but would be nice if everyone were comparing apples to apples and showing price for a 4 bedroom home or 2 bedroom apartment across the Nation.

As with most places it really varies upon where one is located. Just taking some numbers off Craigslist a one bedroom rental in a shared home can start out at $600 mo, a 1 bedroom apartment $1200 mo, 3 bedroom home $3000 mo.

To own a 4 bedroom 2 bath home, the average home price is around $700,000 at current levels or payment of $2900mo on 30yr with 10% down. Prices have fluctuated greatly throughout the years though, so many of us have home mortgages much less then the current average.

Electric is high with average .35 kwat/hr or around $400 mo for 4 bed home.

Property tax rather low at $1300 year on $650k 4 bedroom home.