standard of living in texas with new grad pay

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Specializes in Palliative care Clinician.

pls what does the standard of living looks like. getting a 2 bedroom apertment, utility bills, groceries and all others with a single family and what to expect as a new graduate. all your contribution in helping me with everything about texas will be highly appropriated.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

You didn't mention which city you wanted to focus on. Texas is a huge state, and each city has a drastically different cost of living. In addition, each metro area pays different hourly rates to its new grads.

I am in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. 1-bedroom apartments can run as cheaply as $380 monthly. You can rent a 2-bedroom apartment in a decent area for $500 to $650 per month. If you need a 3-bedroom apartment, it can go over $800 per month. You can also rent a nice single family house for $900 to $1,200 per month.

In this area, the average new grad RN can expect to receive about $23 per hour at most hospitals. This does not include shift differentials.

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

I live in DFW. I don't know anything about nurse's pay, but when I was apartment living I never ever found a 2-3 bedroom in a "decent area" for that little. I lived in Richardson/Plano/Allen/McKinney area and rent for a 2 Bed 2 Bath apartment was around $850-1050 per month.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
I live in DFW. I don't know anything about nurse's pay, but when I was apartment living I never ever found a 2-3 bedroom in a "decent area" for that little. I lived in Richardson/Plano/Allen/McKinney area and rent for a 2 Bed 2 Bath apartment was around $850-1050 per month.
I'm in Fort Worth, which has a significantly cheaper cost of living when compared to ritzier places in the northeast portion of DFW such as Plano, Frisco, Allen, and McKinney. The area of the metroplex in which you resided is regarded as upper middle-class, which drives up the prices of rentals and houses.
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Before I bought my house I lived in a 2 bedroom apartment in Arlington for $550 a month. I pay $1100 for a 4 bedroom house in Lewisville now. It just depends on what area you would like to live.

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

Hmm, maybe I need to migrate west a little bit. ;)

One of my best friends is an RN at Harris Methodist in the ICU and lives in North Richland Hills. She seems pretty happy and comfortable out thata way. Loves her job.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Hmm, maybe I need to migrate west a little bit. ;)

One of my best friends is an RN at Harris Methodist in the ICU and lives in North Richland Hills. She seems pretty happy and comfortable out thata way. Loves her job.

My friend owns a house in North Richland Hills, just a stone's throw away from Loop 820. When she was renting an apartment in that area (Mid Cities), she was paying $575 for a 2-bedroom. Of course, she hasn't rented since 2006.
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Specializes in Palliative care Clinician.

Thank you so much so much am thinking of moving to houston or any other place with better cost of living with a better pay too. am currently in raleigh NC and willing to move soon. But what does it look like in houston ? thanks a lot.

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Specializes in SICU/CVICU.

Arlington is dirt cheap! You can get a really nice apartment there for a VERY low price. Dallas, however, if you are paying $400 a month you will be living in the slums. I would say more around $600+ a month for something decent (one bedroom).

What area are you thinking of moving to? I have lived in quite a few different areas in Dallas. I can let you know prices if you have an idea of where you want to move (just Dallas areas though. I haven't lived anywhere else :D).

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Specializes in NICU.

Houston is expensive!!! At least it is if you want to live close to work in a decent area. I'm getting ready to shell out 1150 for a 1 bedroom next month!! Of course the place is a newer "luxury" apartment, but the only other cheaper options were some nice place in a bad neighborhood or some 30+yr old dump. You could commute in too, but a 45 min commute 1 way is getting a bit much for me with 12 hr shifts back to back. Not to mention gas prices...Salary for a new grad is a tad bit higher than the one quoted for DFW.

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Specializes in ICU, PACU, Cath Lab.
Houston is expensive!!! At least it is if you want to live close to work in a decent area. I'm getting ready to shell out 1150 for a 1 bedroom next month!! Of course the place is a newer "luxury" apartment, but the only other cheaper options were some nice place in a bad neighborhood or some 30+yr old dump. You could commute in too, but a 45 min commute 1 way is getting a bit much for me with 12 hr shifts back to back. Not to mention gas prices...Salary for a new grad is a tad bit higher than the one quoted for DFW.

You can also live in the burbs and not commute into downtown to work and you maybe able to find much more reasonable housing. But you are right it seems..that living close to the med center is quite expensive!

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You can also live in the burbs and not commute into downtown to work and you maybe able to find much more reasonable housing. But you are right it seems..that living close to the med center is quite expensive!

Yes this is my plan eventually...but I wanted to get trained in the med center first because the sickest ones usually end up down there and I figured if I regularly care for the sickest the first few years of my career then I will have those skills and knowledge the rest of my career and can work anywhere.

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