Starting Nursing salaries by State?

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I live in pittsburgh which doesn't have a great market for nursing due to the fact there are two hospital systems and the one is buying up everything and putting the other out of business. I hear rumors of being able to make 8-10$ more for similar jobs with similar or lower costs of living. I have about 8 months of nursing in won't be moving for about a year so I will have a year in emergency nursing. I really have no ties here so if I can have more options and also make 10 bucks more an hr I am all for it. I should also have my bachelors by then. I figure starting salaries can give me an idea where would be a good place to go for a newer nurse. Starting salary around here is 20-21$/hr

Please refrain from mentioning the quality of benefits or don't take a job for the money, it doesn't add anything to the discussion. We all know prices, cost of living and benefits vary. Please don't waste time answering a question with a question. I do want to go to gradschool but it seems the salaries don't really make it worth while unless it is CRNA

Specializes in neurology, cardiology, ED.

Albany, NY area $20-23/hour, dayshift starting pay for new grads. Shift differentials can get you up closer to $30 if you want to work evenings or nights. The job market seems decent for new grads, they just hired 6 of them for my floor, but all of them have BSN. With a year or two of experience you would have no difficulty finding a position.

Oh, cost of living is pretty low compared to the rest of the east coast. Probably comparable to Pittsburgh.

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Specializes in labor & delivery.

Phoenix area: $22-$26(day shift) for new grads depending on the system you work for...hard to find a job...especially new grads. Good luck!

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Specializes in Telemetry.

Southern Maine/New Hampshire: New Grad- $22/hr, tough market though.

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Chicago 26 to 33 per hour,very tough market

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Home health.

Denver $21-$26 extremely tough job market

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Specializes in Adult Acute Psych Inpatient.

Texas $19-23 base with reasonable diff ($2-3) for evening and nights. I'm a new grad, and found a job in 3 days after passing NCLEX. Similar story for everyone I graduated with (approx class of 30 people)

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nice! do you have your bsn?

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Specializes in ER.

Northwest Georgia: $18-20/hr base pay for new grads, pretty easy to get a job compared to most places IMO. Also very low cost of living.

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Specializes in Adult Acute Psych Inpatient.
nice! do you have your bsn?

Yup, BSN:yeah:

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Geriatric, Hospice.

LPN in Tampa hosp $15-16 :(:(

LPN in Tampa LTC $18-20

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Puerto Rico

ADN 11.54

BSN 13.25 new grad 14.58 experience

Very easy to find jobs for new grad.

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IN NORTH CAROLINA i was offered 21 dollars an hour at a local hospital and i have 3 years rn experience....wayyyyy to low in my opinion when i was in my i started with 33 per hour but 21 for 3 years some body in nc please help me understand

Did you mean NY? I also wanted to thank everyone for useful information. No we don't do it just for the money, but if I can make 20k more somewhere else for the same work and probably better conditions well hell! I am starting to look into masters programs and a lot of them don't provide a better salary in some cases worse!

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