DFW area, Is this a fair pay for a RN with 4.5 yrs experience?

ImHogginIt · May 29, 2009

My life is pretty is easy here in the Southwest, I made about 80K last year with moderate amt of OT, not a lot of overtime. After I studied online, No state income tax in Texas only can save RN about $1500-$2000 a year, depending on your deductible. Instead, people in Texas pay $4000 or more on property tax if they want live in a nice area with good school.

I moved back to Dallas from Arkansas last year. I paid over $4,000 in state income tax in Arkansas each year. My wife paid about the same plus our property tax was a little over $1,000. Here we pay no state income tax and our property tax on a $160,000 home is $3,400 a year.

That is about $9,000 of tax in Ark and only $3,400 in Dallas. We also don't pay taxes on food in Texas. I make nearly $20,000 a year more here. As you can see my standard of living is much higher in Dallas than living back home in Little Rock, Arkiesaw

allnurses Guide · May 29, 2009

I have yet to see four actual distinguished seasons in Dallas! :laugh:

back2thebooks · May 29, 2009

".....But summer here is too hot, and I don't like the desert....I like DFW as it has four seasons..."
I hope you aren't moving to Texas for the weather....dry hot is usually more tolerable than hot & humid... I was born & raised in the Middle East and would take a 125 degree day in the desert than any hot & humid summer day in Texas..... and would love to live some where with 4 seasons... mother nature sure tries to give us 4.... it just usually doesn't work out that way...good luck with the relocation, I am sure that can't be easy!!

I second that. I've been in Texas since '97 with a 2 year break living in Phoenix. I personally feel like the heat in Phoenix was WAY more tolerable. To me, 110 in Phoenix feels like 95 in Texas. I actually miss the Phoenix summers now that I am back in Texas. And, like pp said, as much as mother nature tries---we will never really truly have 4 seasons here. Basically, in the fall, the leaves turn a little orange/yellow and the next day you wake up and they all have fallen off of the trees! But, I LOVE Texas---so I'll take our lack of seasons and humidity any day!

CrunchRN, ADN, RN · May 29, 2009

C'mon y'all! Quit lying!

We get 1 week of spring, 7 months, of summer, 2 weeks of fall, and 4 months and 1 week of winter!

merilynjc · May 31, 2009

Hate to burst your bubble, but you might want to take what they are offering you. I am a nurse with 35 years experience. I moved here to work at Parkland and I BARELY make more than that. And I am making WAY MORE than I did in NC. And that is the unfair inequity in pay...new nurses with NO experience make more than nurses who have years and years of invaluable experience. Just not right...

texasnurse22 · May 31, 2009

Baylor is one of the lower paying systems due to the fact that they are not for profit and can not spend alot of money on nursing staff as other hospitals do, so that pay of $27 would be about right for them. THR and HCA have more competitive pays. Contract work can pay up to $45/hr wothout diffs.

RNRebecca83 · May 31, 2009

Baylor is one of the lower paying systems due to the fact that they are not for profit and can not spend alot of money on nursing staff as other hospitals do, so that pay of $27 would be about right for them. THR and HCA have more competitive pays. Contract work can pay up to $45/hr wothout diffs.

This is just what you are thinking. I worked for non-profits hospitals before, they actually paid me better than for-profit hospitals. There are rules for non-profits in places. But employee still should get market rate as we work very hard to feed our families.

texasnurse22 · Jun 1, 2009

I had 3yrs experience and applied for a job at Baylor all saints in fort worth. I turned the job down because they did not pay well. They told me that they could not pay alot because they are non-profit and do not spend as much with the nurse staff as to other things. THR is non-profit and they still pay well. I was just saying what they(the folks at baylor) told me. Baylor does offer good differentials. critical care areas are higher pay.

foxyhill21 · Jul 8, 2009

Thats pretty low, RN at my job after 1.5 yr of exp make low 30s

Buddyken · Jul 8, 2009

I think Texas Health Resource pay well. But they have no opening at Plano location. I can't believe it. It is a such big hospital.

Buddyken · Jul 8, 2009

Thats pretty low, RN at my job after 1.5 yr of exp make low 30s

Which you hospital you think pay well?

KenH · Jul 8, 2009

After a quick survey of the new crop of new grads with a 2 year commitment, base full time $ low 20’s