What are the top paid nurses?!

[FutureRN05]

I'm just wondering....

[caroladybelle, BSN, RN]

Calif is going to be the highest paying state going, maybe New York

Actually as a traveler, New York does not pay all that well...I have had Philadelphia and Baltimore pay better than Manhattan.

But I cannot speak for the West coast.

[michelleicu]

geez,miss nurse bling, bling I was wonderin where do rich nurses go for their vacations the bahamas,rome?

[vandeenurse]

At VUMC I make 42/hr day 48/hr night for the float pool RNs with no insurance...am able to get as much overtime as I want and ratios are GREAT!... bring in 129000/yr with overtime mixed in...love it!

[beckybn2]

How many yrs of experience do you have? Which part of county? Which area? to bring in $129k?

Thanks.

[vandeenurse]

Middle Tennessee, 5 years of medical-surgical, BMT, and rehab

[kittyvenven]

what is a ACP mean in nursing?

Thanks

[mchrisrn]

Wow.. I've been a staff nurse for almost 30 years now in a suburban hospital thats part of one of the large cleveland health systems and I only make 27.80 an hour, 28.80, for the last four hours of a 12 hour shift. I could never imagine making 40.00 an hour at this hospital. They will occasionally offer time and a half for staying over but I'm usually there for 14 hours finishing up anyway and am really tired now at the end of the shift.

[futureangel]

From my research in the highest paid nurses, I have found that CRNA and NP are the highest paid. It also depends on where you live in the USA. If you want to work for and agency you can make about $50 an hour, but you are responsible for purchasing medical and Liability Insurance. Agency work is only good if you are married, because sometime there is work and sometimes not,but you can always make up your own hours, also you can have medical insurance under your spouse, but you do need liability as a nurse on you own, if you decided to work for the agency. For a new nurses starting in Philadelphia you would usually start out about $24-$26 an hour, then move up to about $35 an hour. Also the amout of years as a nurses and how fast you move up in your career as a nurse, I have an aunt who makes about $100,000 a year, but she has been in nurses approximately 20 years. A nurse in Philadelphia makes about a pretty good salary and have an excellent benefit package as well as a sign on bonus depending on what hospital you sign on with.

[Nutmeg5575]

These is the average nurse salaries here in Maryland and in Washington DC. I got it from swiz

Chief Nurse Anesthetist 155k washington dc 150k baltimore

Certified Nurse Anesthetist 137k washington dc 132k baltimore

Head Nurse - ICU88k washington dc85k baltimore

Head Nurse - CCU84k washington dc81k baltimore

Head Nurse - OR83k washington dc80k baltimore

Head Nurse - ER82k washington dc79k baltimore

Head Nurse - Obstetrics 82k washington dc 78k baltimore

Nurse Practitioner Emergency 81k washington dc 79k baltimore

Nurse Practitioner 79k washington dc 75k baltimore

Clinical Nurse Specialist 78k washington dc 74k baltimore

Transplant Nurse Coordinator67k washington dc66k baltimore

Charge Nurse65k washington dc63k baltimore

Physician Assistant(not a nurse but I was curious)81k washington dc 78k baltimore

Registered Nurse 61k washington dc 59k baltimore

RN Staff Nurse Positions

RN - Surgical First Assistant 71k washington dc 58k baltimore

RN - Research 64k washington dc 62k baltimore

RN - Operating Room 62k washington dc60k baltimore

RN - Recovery Room 61k washington dc 59k baltimore

RN - Renal Dialysis 61k washington dc 59k baltimore

RN - Oncology 59k washington dc 57k baltimore

RN - CCU 59k washington dc 57k baltimore

RN - Obstetrics 58k washington dc 56k baltimore

RN - ER 57k washington dc 55k baltimore

RN - Psychiatric Unit57k washington dc 55k baltimore

RN - ICU 56k washington dc 54k baltimore

RN - Geriatric 52k washington dc 50k baltimore

[evans_c1]

Just remember that there are a lot of factors to consider...state, type of degree, COL. etc. Yea, NP's make like almost half of what a CRNA makes...no joke! Keep in mind that malpractice though!

[Otessa, BSN, RN]

Nurse Anesthetists make WAY more than Nurse Practitioners.........