Survey: New Grad Pay

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What is get going hourly rate for new grads in your area (hospital, LTC)?

What are the shift diffs/incentives for nights/weekends?

Thanks!!!!

Specializes in Operating Room.

I'll make $23 in Dallas....(Ranges from $21-23.88 from what I've seen.)

I'll be in the OR, but the $23 is for all depts, I don't remember what the differentials are at the moment...

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I work in Omaha, NE-just graduated last December. I was a Medical Technologist-did all the lab testing, drew some blood for 12 years prior to the nursing switch. I make 18.75 plus 15% shift diff on nights, another 15% shift diff for weekends because I chose to work every weekend. I think now they are offering 19.50 though to new grads and I will get the adjustment in June. I'm not that particular about pay at this point as I am more concerned about having a good experience as a new nurse and learning what I need to. I will be more concerned about pay, feel that I can call the shots a little more, when I am experienced.

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I graduated with my BSN in 12/07, started working in 2/08 in an ICU in the Upstate area of SC. I did have CNA and internal medicine experience, and it made no difference. My base is $22.50 with shift diff $3.00 and weekends $8.00.

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Specializes in neurology.

I live in Putnam County NY and I am starting work next month on a telemetry floor. I will be making $29.74/hr for days.

Most hospitals are really open about their starting salaries. So you can either leave that part of the app blank or call the hospital and ask HR what the starting salary for a new grad BSN is.

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For many of the positions I have been applying for (county, state, non profit & even for profit hospitals) you have to write in a dollar amount or the computer application will not submit. For this problem I search online for what the going salary is. There are many sites that can give you a guideline if you google.

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Specializes in CTICU, Interventional Cardiology, CCU.

I work in NJ and started out at $29.71 and get a $4.00 night shift differential so it comes out to 33.71, if I am pulled to anoter unit I get pull pay making it 34.71.

Yea it may look like alot BUT But I live in NYC and work in NJ and have NJ and NY taxes taken out of my pay check, dual state taxes STINK!!! So when I see my take home pay I always cry b/c I see what I actually made and what my take home is and sob.

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Hi I'm a new grad w/ no previous hospital experience. I live in Ohio and the starting salary was 22.07 witha shift differential of 2.00/HR. + GREAT BENEFITS:nurse:

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Specializes in UM, Care Mgmt, OB, Med-Surg.

Hi,

At my hospital in Raleigh, NC the pay for new RN's is:

base pay: $20.30/hr

evening diff: $4.50/hr

night diff: $6.00/hr

weekend: $10/hr

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Here, it ranges (base w/no experience) from 17.50-19.50. My hospital base is 18.50, with shift diff of $3 from 3p-11p, and 4.5 from 11p-7a. I also get $4/hour for float.

The other salaries sound impressive, but when you use a cost ofliving calculators, we pretty much make the same!

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Specializes in Operating Room.
The other salaries sound impressive, but when you use a cost ofliving calculators, we pretty much make the same!

Exactly. It's just up to us individually to use our money wisely. :clown:

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Holy Moly I'm moving to Wisconsin!!!! :eek:

We start at $24.40 for the New Grad program and then got a raise to $24.80 after orientation (a whole 40 cents!) but we are a small Children's hospital and not a conglomerate like Banner.

Liz

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Specializes in Urgent Care, Research, Care Coordination.

In the hospital I work at in Baltimore, MD the new grad base is 24.50 with a night diff of 3.41 (if you work 7p-7a your diff starts at 7p which is a plus) the weekend diff is 2.50.

+ Free parking, onsite daycare, 24 hour onsite fitness gym, and great discounts on stuff like your cellphone bill, mortgage lending, lasik eye surgery, + various community discounts. So there's some nice perks, too. I learned a long time ago to look at more than your paycheck. If you have discounts on things you use everyday, it's still more money in your pocket (e.g., a 25% discount on your $100 cellphone bill every month = $25 more for you!):up:

At Hopkins (a big hospital system) they start you slighty less and your benefits aren't that spectacular, but its a well-known name so some people take the cut for the prestige.

Good luck and hope you get the info you're looking for!

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