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It's hard to get salary info because a lot of hospitals are afraid of people salary shopping. Would you want to put a lot of time into interviewing someone when they're going to take the salary info that they got from your interview down the street to Penn to say, "Well, Temple's paying $40 an hour plus benefits. Can you match that?"
Then Penn feels obligated to match if they really want you, or to come up with a creative package, and then Temple's screwed because they're not the highest paying player in the league anymore. (I'm just picking hospitals. You get what I'm trying to say.)
Chloecatrn
I get what you're trying to say. I also think that nurses would be more empowered to accept and fight for better wages if they knew what the market was. Hospitals have long had the upper hand in regards to nurses' wages. If people were better able to see what other hospitals are paying, maybe we can push nurses wages up.
By knowing what a hospitals starting salary may be, we can better choose between working in our communities or commuting. We can do a better cost/benefit analysis regarding where we work.
BrokeRN
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Can anyone tell me what the average starting salaries are for new nurses (B.S.N.) at the major Philadelphia hospitals? I'm thinking UPenn, CHOP, Thomas Jefferson, Temple, Penn Presbyterian, Hahnemann, Einstein, etcetera.
Thanks!