Already make $42/hr. Is travel nursing worth it?

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NedRN

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I made entry level throughout my three years as staff. Two raises a year, one merit, and the second one to bring me up to the new grad rate!

Still, my hourly went up two dollars over three years. Significant enough as I started at $13.

Certainly there can be short periods where pay can stagnant in some areas. This was especially true for many in 2009 to 2014. But no way can it be stagnant for 20 years. That would be a huge drop in real pay when you consider inflation.

Specializes in ICU.
gssss! allnurses taking all these salary surveys...doesn't take a genius to see average nurse pay has not gone up in 20 or 30 years.

are you in florida? i heard new grads not over 20 in some areas.

ArrowRN, BSN, RN

4 Articles; 1,149 Posts

Specializes in Med Surg, PCU, Travel.

Yes i am in fl. In places like daytona beach new grads start around $15/hr this was back in 2014 when i was job hunting ave is around $20 in central east coast areas. It goes up if you head towad central fl, north fl and deep south fl

So now i got a little over 2 yrs experience, got a call jus last week from Baptist health jacksonville, they offerred me $24.25/hr and a dollar more for bsn $25.25/hr is that good for BSN with 2.25 yrs exp? Thats 50 cents lower than what i make now, my guess is they start new grad around $22....need. less to say me and my prius drive to where the money is...lol

Specializes in Renal Dialysis.
I made entry level throughout my three years as staff. Two raises a year, one merit, and the second one to bring me up to the new grad rate!

Still, my hourly went up two dollars over three years. Significant enough as I started at $13.

Certainly there can be short periods where pay can stagnant in some areas. This was especially true for many in 2009 to 2014. But no way can it be stagnant for 20 years. That would be a huge drop in real pay when you consider inflation.

This happened to me in 2015. New grads were now being hired at more than people that had been there a few years. But soon after, they adjusted salaries twice in six months (once for nurses hired in the last couple years that were getting below new grad rate, then again for all nurses because it was well known we made the least in the area (hospital town) and they had trouble keeping people). I ended up getting an extra $2.50 an hour by the end.

Koroll

17 Posts

Hello, I live in Florida and make 40.8 an hour full time at Tampa General Hospital.

Specializes in ICU.
Hello, I live in Florida and make 40.8 an hour full time at Tampa General Hospital.

Give us a ballpark of your years of service with TGH and how long you have been nursing. Something tells me you have 15+ years experience.

Koroll

17 Posts

25 years experience. ER, ICU, CXTICU, PACU. This pay is on days with a clinical ladder diff that I accomplished. Evening diff would be 15% and nights would be 19% diff.

Specializes in ICU.
25 years experience. ER, ICU, CXTICU, PACU. This pay is on days with a clinical ladder diff that I accomplished. Evening diff would be 15% and nights would be 19% diff.

I feel like you are underpaid for your years of experience.

Koroll

17 Posts

Thank you, but this is Florida. And will I make more travelling? Idk

KCNurse77

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Hi All,

I am thinking about doing travel nursing for the first time. Does anyone have any advice on how I should think about compensation: per hour rate, whether housing is covered, pre- and post-tax rates, etc.? I am totally confused. If anyone can point me in the right direction on how I can compare rates, I would be very appreciative.

Thanks,

KC

NedRN

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Hourly, completion bonuses, housing, per diems, health insurance, and travel reimbursement are all components of your total compensation and are all important. If you would like to compare different agency offers, there is a nifty calculator on PanTravelers (just updated) that will allow you to compare offers on a level playing field. Lot of other stuff to read there as well.

Specializes in ICU.
Hi All,

I am thinking about doing travel nursing for the first time. Does anyone have any advice on how I should think about compensation: per hour rate, whether housing is covered, pre- and post-tax rates, etc.? I am totally confused. If anyone can point me in the right direction on how I can compare rates, I would be very appreciative.

Thanks,

KC

There are a lot of crappy companies that will waste your time. Since your ICU/PACU, I will provide you what you could expect.

Agency procareone

Hiring ICU 7p for 13 weeks contract in sacramento,CA!

$22 an hour (1.5 after 8 hours) taxable plus $34.52 per hour nontaxable

Daily: $308 taxable plus $483.33 nontaxable, total $791.33

Weekly: $924 taxable plus $1,450 nontaxable, total $2,374

Monthly: $3,696 taxable plus $5,800 nontaxable, total $9,496

Agency MaxHealth

Edgewood, Kentucky (right outside Cincinnati, OH) is in need of multiple ICU nurses for days or nights.

Looking for a 6/26 start. 13 week contract, 36 hours/wk guaranteed.

$1800 Weekly Gross, $25/hr Taxable, $900/wk Tax-Free Stipends. $75/hr OT rate.

I highlighted this because the cost of housing in that area is cheap. claiming zero and single would, with no deductions taken out would net $1549 a week.

Agency Faststaff

Open ICU Night contract in Washington DC!

Pay: $50 an hour; $2600 a week

- Free housing and travel (non blended)

- Or weekly housing stipend of $730 and up to $800 in travel

Start: 6/19

Hours: 48 (guaranteed pay)

Length: 13 weeks

Agency Cross Country

Facility: Keck Medicine of USC

Start Date: 7/12

Magnet/Teaching Facility, Level 1 Trauma Center

End Date: 10/18

Shift: 12Hr Nights

Taxable Hourly/OT: $40/60

Total Gross Hourly/wk: $1,680

Meals/wk: $245

Housing/wk: $623.08

Total Gross Weekly: $2,548

Agency Faststaff

Travel PACU position in Los Alamos, NM!

Pay: $50 an hour $2000 a week.

- Free furnished apartment 1 mile from facility.

Hours: 40

Length: 12 weeks

Start: 6/19

Agency: MaxHealth

PACU assignment in Atlanta, Georgia!

$1836 per week!

$918 taxable ($25.50 per hour) $918 tax free stipend

36 hours a week 10:30am-11pm 13 weeks

Agency Quest staffing

Watsonville, CA

PACU

(5) 8 hour shifts per week

8:00am – 4:30pm

Taxable: $36.00/hour

Non-taxable: $40.95/hour

Total hourly: $76.95/hour

Weekly Gross: $2,945 ($1,307 Taxed, $1,638 Tax free

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