starting salary for new icu nurses?

AdvancedTheraphy · Mar 24, 2005

hello, im currently a bsn student and would like to obtain a position in an icu upon graduation. i was just curious about the starting salaries for new icu nurses in your area? thanks!

$23.50 / hr in Phoenix, AZ but night shift diff is $5.72. Not bad for a GN starting salary

AdvancedTheraphy · Mar 24, 2005

I live in Camden NJ and upon graduation i want to go straight into the ICU. So please tell me what hospital ur talking about? Do they have a good orientation program? Do u live in De but work in NJ? PM me please

I'm guessing that would be at Cooper University Hospital. The area is kinda dangerous and I think one can never be paid enough to work in an area where crime rate is super high.

AdvancedTheraphy · Mar 24, 2005

California (Bay Area, SF-ish) is about $33.00-36.00 to start days and then if you work nights its about 15% diff which works out to $38-41.00. But we have the high cost of housing here.

I'm originally from CA and I believe that hourly pay and I also believe that the standard of living is commensurately high. It's all relative. If one chooses to live in SF, be prepared for sticker shock of your life, but on the positive side, SF is a fun place to be!

ThumbzRN · Apr 12, 2005

I started in San Diego at $26.00 with a $4 dollar diff. Now local hospitals start @ $27-30 + diff for nights.

piper_for_hire · Apr 15, 2005

Cooper - dangerous? Not at all.

-S

RN2BTam · Apr 16, 2005

hello, im currently a bsn student and would like to obtain a position in an icu upon graduation. i was just curious about the starting salaries for new icu nurses in your area? thanks!

Here in Clear Lake, Tx (as suburb of Houston) new grads in the ICU are getting $21/hr for days, + $3 for evenings, + $4 for nights, plus an extra $1 for weekends.

punnit_square · Apr 17, 2005

hello, im currently a bsn student and would like to obtain a position in an icu upon graduation. i was just curious about the starting salaries for new icu nurses in your area? thanks!

In SWFL, it is roughly $17.50/hr and that doesn't nearly meet the cost of housing.

classicaldreams · Apr 17, 2005

hello, im currently a bsn student and would like to obtain a position in an icu upon graduation. i was just curious about the starting salaries for new icu nurses in your area? thanks!

Hi,

Philadelphia area, including city and suburbs, $24.00-$26.00/hr. Penn Health System is very competitive for new grads--$26.00/hr. base rate. 15% diff and 20% for nights. I applied to both city and suburbs and really didn't see much of a difference. Most city hospitals do pay ~6% more, which compensates for the wage tax and parking.

Classicaldreams

Anna57 · Apr 28, 2005

Kentucky start out at 18.50hr for 7a-7p shift

txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN · Apr 28, 2005

I am surprised.. I would have thought ICU nurses would have made much, much more than that.....

lady_jezebel · Apr 28, 2005

At my hospital, all RNs have the same payscale regardless of where they work. ICU, Med-surg, OB, ER, etc... RNs all start at the same rate & follow the same increments.

However, a local contracting company here in Seattle offers $40-45/hr +benefits for ICU RNs with at least one year experience.

KimberRN1 · Jul 18, 2005

in Charleston, WV new grads $17.50