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**POLL** New 1st Year RN Salary

Hello all, I am curious to see what the current pay rate is across the country so we can better prepare ourselves and negotiate better salaries! Please try to keep this poll to any graduates after 2010. Thanks!

1) State

2) Hourly Salary

3) Experience, if any

4) Specialty, if any

Here's mine:

NJ

$26/hr new grad, no exp., recently changed jobs $33/hr 1 yr exp.

Only 1 year old RN :saint:

Nephrology/dialysis

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    1) TN

    2) $18.28 with $3 differential for nights and $3.50 for weekends

    3) New grad

    4) None

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    DC

    $27 with $3 evening $4 night and $5 weekend night differential

    New Grad/4 years tech experience

    Internal Medicine Inpatient

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    1. CA (rural area, far from any city!)

    2. $30/hr

    3. Started as new grad

    4. Labor & Delivery

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    1. Texas

    2. $25/hr for days, $29/hr for nights, $1 extra per hr for weekends

    3. New grad

    4. Pediatric Med/Surg

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    Knufflebunny. Oh thats sweet. L&d is my dream. Do u love it?

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    OH

    New Grad

    SNF and LTC 20.48/hr.

    I don't get paid enough.

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    Las Vegas, NV

    $30.35/hr night shift plus $1/hr weekends plus 4hr bonus.

    Neuro/med surg unit

    Almost 5 years as a CNA with 1 1/2 yrs acute care exp.

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    California.

    Labor and delivery.

    when I started in dec 2012 as a new grad, I started at $36/hour. I am currently at $42/hour.

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    NC

    med/surg

    started as a new grad in March 2013 at $20.10, currently make $21.60

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    Oh wow ssaarraahh. Howd u jump $6 in less than 1 1/2 yrs? Teach us!

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    Pennsylvania

    $23

    New grad/no experience

    Cardiothoracic surgery unit

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    Illinois

    28 base and 42 for on call days 1-2x per week

    3 years as a CNA and 1 year lpn now an RN

    dialysis in hospital

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