Starting Nursing salaries by State?

[ncaru01]

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

[ncaru01]

I worked at a health south out of school and prn varies 26-32 depending on how much you agree to work for them.

[hecallsmeDuchess]

VA-$20 base pay, no shift differential unless you work nights or permanent weekends (at least at my hospital)

[TibCTICU]

Long Island NY: starting salary for new grads at Winthrop University Hospital was $34.60 six months ago. There is also a BSN diff of .89 cents an hour and $750 for each certifications upto two. Night shift diff is another 6k a year. This hospital is 30 minutes on the train from Manhattan.

[Trilldayz,RN BSN]

I live in Houston, Texas and most starting pay around this area is usually 23 to 26. (Ben Taub hospital starts new nurses with 26.75 for days) that's one of the highest in the city for day hospital new grad positions. Competition is really fierce though!!!

[backatit2]

east tennessee (big difference from west tennessee even as far as cost of living) - new grads start $18 per hour.

ease of getting a job? pretty easy!!

constant advertising for nursing scholarships (pay for school in return for 3 years MAX of work)

people from all over (including CA) moving here to accept jobs

magnet/teaching hospital - great place to live/work - low cost of living

i think there is a true "nursing shortage" in the area bc if you look at the statistics of college grads in TN - we're at the bottom of the totem pole. there aren't really "more positions" here than there are in other places, but there are "less college grads" than there are in other places.

we're also the fattest, chain-smoking, barefoot/pregnant state in the US. lol.

[wbdtrt]

Oh my goodness east Tennesee, that is hilarious!

Missouri LPN's (experience does not always matter!) $20-$25/hr

[I heart seasons]

Central Florida $19-$21 an hour for a new grad. Depends on the hospital, so does the shift diff but most of them are "cutting back" and the diff is 12% from 3p-11p , 20% from 11p-7a and 12% for weekends.

The job market is not really that great here for new graduates almost all hospitals want 1 year experience before they will look at you, even for Med/Surg. The 2 "main" hospitals which own everything run GN programs throughout the year and make you sign a 2 year contract, however space is limited within those programs.

The cost of living is climbing quickly here, and the wages are not!

[Platypus]

Phila suburbs nursing home - new RNs - $23 plus shift differential. Hard to find a job in this area, really is who you know. Most places insist on 2 yrs experience. Took me a year to find my job!

[aries51]

$40.00 an hour to start as a contract nurse here in the great state of Oregon. Jobs are fairly easy to find if you have good skills and references.

[NPvampire, MSN, RN, APRN]

I live in GA too...nurses straight out of school make (base):

CNA/MHA/HST/etc minimum wage - 12/hr

LPN 10-15/hr depending on rural/city/type of hospital

RN 17-27/hr (27 is no benefits large urban hospital)

NP 22-40/hr

our cost of living varies greatly through the state.

[iggy.minne]

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)

if you dont mind me asking, what college did you graduate from?

[Rednurse79]

North West GA for Brand New ADN

Gordon hospital : $19.43

Hamilton Health Care: $20.00

Murray Medical : $19.50

I live in the area and was pretty shocked by the pay scale after I finished school. There are Shift Diffs and Bonuses. You can add about $1.00 to $1.25 for a BSN.