starting salary for new icu nurses?

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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!

Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

Hi Jake. Welcome to the US. Most Nurses here work about 40 hours a week. Maybe 36 one week and 48 the next but averages 40 hours. As far as federal income tax it's in the +/- 30% range. Most states also have state income tax. Then you pay into social security, optional company retirement etc. So I'd guess that

hourly pay x 40 hours a week x 52 weeks a year= gross salary. Take off about 35% for deductions.

I surely hope that made sense. Where will you be working?

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thanks for the info p_rn

dont know where we will go yet just speculating. Somewhere hot though.

there is not much, if any difference, between uk and us salaries after deductions and exchange rates take there toll

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I started at $7.10 an hour in 1984. I think pay has improved a bit.

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I started at $7.10 an hour in 1984. I think pay has improved a bit.

So that's about $13.14 an hour today if you adjust for inflation.

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Mid-Missouri, small community, not-for-profit, we offer just under $19.00 for ICU new grads (7a-7p) with 12% night differential.

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Specializes in SICU, EMS, Home Health, School Nursing.

I work in Mansfield, Ohio and my base starting pay for the SICU was $19.95/hour. I get an extra $0.25 and hour for my BSN. Night pay is an extra $3.00/hour and that is from 3p-7a. So on nights I make $23.20/hour.

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In Mansfield Ohio its 19.95+3 dollars for shift diff, this is what all nurses start out at here though.

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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

Camden, NJ!

Wow! Short of Iraq or Africa, you won't find trauma like that anywhere!

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Over here on the west side, California, I am making $43.93 as a new grad in the ICU. The mortgage is 3500.00 a month. Bills are around 1200 a month. I eat well and sleep warm. Its all relevant.

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New ICU nurses start at 19.20 an hour in Fayetteville NC. A 500 bed hospital, all new nurses make this but ICU, ED, and L&D make an extra $1.10 per hour.

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New ICU nurses start at 19.20 an hour in Fayetteville NC. A 500 bed hospital, all new nurses make this but ICU, ED, and L&D make an extra $1.10 per hour.

How much is rent in Fayetteville?

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Over here on the west side, California, I am making $43.93 as a new grad in the ICU. The mortgage is 3500.00 a month. Bills are around 1200 a month. I eat well and sleep warm. Its all relevant.

Wow where is that at?

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