Shift differentials?

MattNurse, MSN, RN · May 2, 2012

I make about $10,000 more anually then day shift nurses.

imintrouble, BSN, RN · May 2, 2012

I make about $10,000 more anually then day shift nurses.

Putting the number as yearly, instead of hourly, is pretty impressive.

With that in mind I make around.....$1,500 more a year than a day shifter.

Nights differential is $1.25. No weekend and no holiday extra.

I factored in vacations and low census in my yearly figure.

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · May 2, 2012

I always made significantly more when I worked nights, and charge pay on top of night diff made for a nice padding. Five bucks an hour additional for noc diff, five for charge pay.

But the down side was that for every vacation day, personal day, sick day, whatever day off you were taking that was part of your benefit time you'd LOSE that shift diff; you only got it when you were actually working it.

So I figured taking a week's vacation cost me $400 between lost shift and charge pay.

Without charge pay, the average nurse working the average night shift was making $40 more for that shift than the day nurse....but of course if she took her earned vacation time, well, her paycheck would suffer.

I know we're supposed to think of it as a bonus for working the less-desirable shift, but when that's the ONLY shift you work, and you work it for years, it's what you consider your pay to be, period. And when you LOSE part of that pay (hell, a huge part of that pay) because you're taking the time off you've earned, it kinda sucks.

Day nurses looked at it like we nightshifters earned so much more than them. We looked at it like that's the fee for taking that shift, and we envied them getting their exact same rate of pay whether they showed up or not (benefit time, that is).

deemalt, BSN, RN · May 2, 2012

$2.80 for weekends, $4.00 for nights. Southern Ca, Union, Magnet.

Carrig RN · May 2, 2012

$5.00 for evenings

$7.00 for nights

$4.00 for weekends

Autymn · May 2, 2012

I'd like to know, in this current thread if any who answered --- are those rates offered to RN's only?

Are there diff. pay bumps for LPN's at your particular places of employment, and if those flat rates also apply to the LPN's or if they get a different amount added in for shift work/weekend work please?

I am aware many hospital sites are limiting or no longer hiring LPN's. For those LPN's who are currently working or being hopeful that some policies might change...it would be awesome to know some of the current pay structures in place.

Thanks for any info,

Glass-half-full

sasha1224 · May 2, 2012

Ours is 15% for nights 7p-7a.(we only have12hour shifts).

Time and a half for holidays(8 holidays a year).

RNsRWe mentioned the difference in pay with night shifters taking PTO. The hospital I am at did pay the shift diff on PTO but changed that policy just this year to only pay the hourly base. It was a "budget thing".

yooper13 · May 2, 2012

Mine does it as a percentage of base pay...15% for nights and weekend days, 25% for weekend nights. Great incentive! I believe time and a half for holidays, but not sure...haven't been there long enough yet.

Pudnluv, ASN, RN · May 2, 2012

Ours is a percentage of base pay. 20% if you work at least 4 hours past 6pm. This includes all your time. I work 11am to 11pm and get the full differential for all 12 hours. It 30% for the weekends. Time and a half for holidays. Also, if you are a permanent off shift, you get full differential for holiday and vacation pay.

KelRN215, BSN, RN · May 2, 2012

Shift differentials vary by facility but most do it in some way or another.

When I was an aide, the differential was 10% for evenings, 15% for nights and 10% for weekends. A weekend evening or a weekend night got both. When I was a hospital nurse, your differential was based on your quarterly percentage of off-shifts. My last 3 months there, I was essentially working permanent nights but getting paid a 50% "rotater" differential because the hospital had designed a system to completely screw its rotating staff- which was the majority of the staff. Permanent night staff got somewhere in the neighborhood of $4-$5 differential. There is no extra weekend differential. Compared to what nurses elsewhere in the city made, this was low. I have a friend who makes $7/hr for nights and $4/hr for weekends... so when she works a night weekend, she gets $11/hr extra.

rubylipstick1 · May 2, 2012

$2.30/hr extra on nights and $2.55/hr on Saturdays and Sundays. Stat holidays are time and a half.

Good Morning, Gil · May 2, 2012

The shift diff for nights is not even close to making working nights worthwhile. Just my opinion. I'd much rather work day shift (and the faster pace, which really isn't that much faster on my unit) and take the pay cut, but I'm new, so I'm happy to be in the unit of my choice, and working with a good team, as well. I'd imagine that scaling back to working part-time on nights once I have kids would be beneficial child care wise, however, since I'd be able to stay home with the kids that way, and hubby can watch them at night.