2016 Salary thread

MI

25 lpn 2 years

house is 400 a month

truck payment is 500 a month.

wife is a teacher health insurance from her.

1.) Tx, BSN

2.) 30.50/hr L & d

3.) ~$1000 monthly rent/utilities.

RNinIN said:

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

That rent though

LPN in northeast, 11 1/2 years. 11 acute care, less than a year LTC. EMT with pre-hospital advanced life support cert. 30 years.

Current management in LTC. $34.00/hr salaried

Per diem EMT on road, $15.00 an hour, in house $31.00 an hour.

Small condo, $1800 a month mortgage, including tax and insurance.

Speaking of salary polls, if you're looking for one, you can see it here . It's always good to know where the good pay is. I'm currently looking for a job...so maybe moving will be an option. Thanks for the posts, it's giving me good insight on what state might be the best for working.

NC, a hair over 2 years of experience. Base $23.57/hr, $4/hr evening/night diff, $1.25/hr weekend/holiday diff.

Mortgage around $650 for a 1400 sq foot 3bdr/2.5 bath townhouse (other townhouses in my neighborhood renting for $1100/month, owning is much cheaper than renting here), utilities around $50-150/month water/electricity/heat, HOA $88, car payment around $500. I break even with my total monthly expenses with no overtime, and am able to save well when I do work overtime.

TN, school nurse 24.50

rent 805.00 utilities 200 a month currently in the process of buying a home

1) New grad RN BSN, central IL

2) Public Health Nurse - $20.83/hr (but I do have a pension plan, and "normal" hours.. M-F 8-5)

3) Rent/Utilities - ~$1200/month in my area for a two bedroom apartment

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.

LTC does not pay any better here in TN. I always believed that was true until I made friends with a LTC nurse a year ago. I started prn at a well known nursing home, just because I need extra money and I get put on call every time I pick up in the hospital. The pay is 23.77 per hour. No night shift dif. And no prn dif. Either.

If I hadn't put up a fight, I wouldn't have gotten a raise at the hospital. I was the only person in the hospital who got a 5 on their eval. I thought that was quite raise worthy...

There are lots of factories in my area where people make more than nurses and deal with half the BS. My step dad makes more than me and he makes pennies for a living.

Interesting.

I'm an ABSN student living in Henderson, Nevada. I go to a small private school out here. My total tuition is going to run me about 65,000 dollars for a 15 month program.

The big hospital group pays about 31$ an hour for new grads, is what they told us at orientation.

My rent for a 1BR is 875 but it's a nicer/bigger apartment. Rent is not bad in Vegas.

I'm wondering if I'll persue graduate school for PMHNP or FNP. And I'm also wondering if nurses who are male make more than females sometimes because of added strength and gender diversity, or if it's easier to land a job.

1. CA bay area

2. I've been a RN for 3 years in labor and delivery. Base is $66/hour. 20% differential for nights and 10% for weekend.

3. The worst part is cost of living. I live in a 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment that cost almost 3k/month. A nice 3 br, 2 bath house can be 900k and up.