Starting Salaries for RNs in Arizona

[NICU_RNwantsFL]

Greetings from South Carolina, y'all!!!

Quick question - a good friend of mine tells me that the STARTING salary for new RN grads in Arizona is $35/hr - that just BLOWS MY MIND!! Is this true????

Thanks in advance for your responses -

Just sign me "Underpaid in SC!!!!" :)

[suzanne4, RN]

Definitely not, is she getting things mixed up with California?

[redwinggirlie]

No. I think you'd be doing good with about 22 an hour.... nights.

[wjf00]

$35/hr to new grads in Az? Ha Ha that's too funny! When I left in 2002 they were getting $18-20. Now in Sacramento new grads get near that.

[dwag]

I just was hired in tucson and was quoted a base pay of 19/hr. With night shift it will be around 21/hr. I WISH IT WAS 35!!

[sksmall]

I am a block 3 student at Boswell and we had the Nursing Director come in from Estrella Banner Hospital and said starting pay for a new grad is $25.60. That is from the horses mouth. I was in the room. His wife is in our class.

[aawilwcb]

I heard recently between 27.00 and 29.00/hr but it probably really depends on the hospital.

[jboy]

I make 45.10/hr

[shaggyjo]

New Grads at CHW 25.00 an hour...that was my starting pay this year. 20% night shift differential and 15% on weekends.

[Cursed Irishman]

I started at $26.52 and went to $33 and some change after a year....and a bsn....and a couple certs....and a new hospital group....

[yelnikmcwawa]

I make 45.10/hr

Jboy, was that new grad salary? Where do you work?

[sdknewgrad]

New Grads at CHW 25.00 an hour...that was my starting pay this year. 20% night shift differential and 15% on weekends.

how did you get a job there/ do you know when they might be hiring any new grads again? i would love to work for this hospital and i'm so not picky about which area.. i just want a job.