What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

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1.Type of nurse?

2. How many hours u work per week?

3. How many years of nursing?

4. What Shift: Day, Evening, nights, or weekend only?

5. City and State

6. Average 2 week gross pay

Thanks

Specializes in O.R., ED, M/S.
I agree with you. I'm officially jumping ship on this one.

I know! Some of this so-called soft posts tend to give me one BIG HEADACHE!!!!! I have been in this business for almost 30 years and can't believe what comes out of some people's minds. I just give up on most of these threads and don't come back. Some people tend to view nursing as one big debate over who is better, who is able to do whatever, who is in charge and my mother can beat your mother up!

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in philly i make 28 and hour night shift... and this is not in the city

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Here's a little spin on things. I hope that my grammer and spelling are correct for those of you who care.:devil:

1.Type of nurse? Not really a nurse but a Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT)

I don't call myself a nurse as that is illegal. I have similar duties only I care for animals. And yes I did go through an accredited program (2yrs) and passed the national exam.

2. How many hours u work per week? 36+

3. How many years of nursing? teching for 15 years

4. What Shift: Day, Evening, nights, or weekend only? Work mostly days. I do get called in occasionally during the night, in the evening, and on weekends.

5. City and State somewhere in Wyoming

6. Average 2 week gross pay variable but usually between 1100-1300

(Yes it's pretty gross I might add.)

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I figured that I would give you a different spin on things. There are people in my area that are paid more and others that are paid less. The sad part about the field of veterinary technology is that it is unregulated in many states. :angryfire

This means that a veterinary hospital can hire some little high school person off of the street, teach them how to give an injection and call them a vet. tech. So you pet people need to ask some questions concerning the care of your pets in the veterinary hospital. Do you really want your pet being anesthetized, monitored and recovered by somebody who was trained on the job with no formal education or by someone who has actually passed anatomy, physiology, anesthesiology, pharmacology, and many of the other animal nursing classes that a technician must take to become credentialed? Just my thoughts from one underpaid professional to another. Off my soapbox now.

Fuzzy

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You forgot to ask the most important question. How much are we worth?

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Specializes in geriatric, home health, Preop Assessment.
Small Survey

1.Type of nurse?

2. How many hours u work per week?/ 35

3. How many years of nursing?/ 21

4. What Shift: Day, Evening, nights, or weekend only? / mon-thurs

5. City and State/ Berkshire, England

6. Average 2 week gross pay/ about £730 take home...say, $1100

Thanks

So....I didn't read all 27 pages...any other foreign nurses answer? Full time here is 37.5 hours. We are paid monthly. Here like there the salaries vary greatly as does cost of living. Now, think of this too..what responsibilities go with that salary? Here, they'll get everything possible out of you for what little they can pay. There's a lot to consider along with the salary rate. Oh, and I hate shorttype too.

Tired nurse

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you people are petty

Busted! No capital letter to begin your sentence and no full stop (period). Terrible.

:chuckle

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That is a common misconception. What you find as you earn more money is that your withholding for that paycheck is based on a full year's earnings at that rate. So if you earn an extra $500 in that two-week paycheck, payroll is going to base your withholding as if you were earning $13,000 more. You might see a disproportionate withholding, but if your income is otherwise stable, you get it back when you file your income tax return.

Thank you so much for this explanation. It really helps a lot. So, from what I gather here ... the solution isn't necessarily to work less overtime but to put that extra money into a tax deferred retirement account ... which is what I want to do anyway. That way, hopefully, you won't get bumped up into a higher tax bracket but can use that money and tax savings to boost your retirement savings.

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Specializes in ER (new), Respitory/Med Surg floor.

Are people reluctant to give salary rates due to employers or getting found out on here? It seems with many working areas not just nursing it's a no no to give salary maybe for competition? I found it very frustrating. I live in NE pa. Supposedly the nursing pay is low and our cost of living has skyrocketed yet the pay seems about the rate I've heard other people state. It seems to get the high rates is to work a weekend program with no insurance or innercity and with that you have to deal with commuting and other costs. So if you work in cities and live there the cost of living sucks that all up too. But in general all over it seems pay is not keeping up. It stinks. But I like to share to find out where the pay is best or just to keep in mind but still consider costs of living and investigate that if I ever decide to leave the area. I've searched online and have estimates of certain areas when I was searching for a job. I looked on here because nurses are on here and it's not revealed much. Anyway:

1.Type of nurse? BSN RN ER

2. How many hours u work per week? 36 (full time)

3. How many years of nursing? 3

4. What Shift: Day, Evening, nights, or weekend only? Evenings 12 hour shift every other weekend

5. City and State: NE pa

6. Average 2 week gross pay: $1,300. Prior to ER and overnight and just starting out as new grad on med surg just about $1,000. This is after taxes, medical insurance has been taken out.

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Specializes in ER (new), Respitory/Med Surg floor.

This thread was so long I posted after only reading several threads. I've been back tracking through them and wow..... I just want to get paid correctly for what I do!

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KelliNurse06,

I don't know about 30 years ago, but 22 years ago, I had to sit and take state boards for 2 whole days which covered every discipline of nursing. If you failed one section you had to sit and take the whole state board again and you only got a shot at it tiwce a year if you failed once. When you received your license 30 or even 22 years ago you earned it.

Today, with the shortage of nurses, I think something is lacking in the training or even the exam. I work with new grads that have never inserted a foley catheter or can't even write a complete telephone order.

My schooling prepared me to be whatever kind of nurse I wanted to be. Now I am working hard with the new grads to get their skills and knowledge up to par. I have to...they are our future...they might have to take care of me one day.

Yes I remember my friend who is the LPN was telling me this..she said it was 2 days and for something like 8 or 9 hours each testing day and then the waiting period of like 6-8 weeks for your results to be mailed to you....she said it was the worst time ever just waiting to see if you even passed....thanks for your input! I have done alot of stuff just with my daughter so my nursing instructors look at me sometimes like they can't believe I am not freaked out at something..one time in my first semester there was a patient on a vent & I was more than happy to care for this patient and my instructor was looking at me so surprised that I wasn't afraid.....but only because my daughter is on a vent so I knew what to expect...and trust me I was scared crapless the first time with her being on it....now it's a piece of cake....I look back on amazement actually so this will help me I think when I do go for my boards and when I give care to patients after I get my license.....Thanks for your input! I learn more & more on this sight everyday!;)

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Specializes in ER (new), Respitory/Med Surg floor.
If you want to know how much people make on average, click on this link from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This data is better than salary.com because it's collected by the government for tax purposes.

http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcma.htm

Go to your state, then your town, click on healthcare practitioners and technicians and look up Registered Nurses. LVN's are on that list also.

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That looks really good but the link won't let me get there!

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Specializes in Geriatrics, WCC.

I am not going to disclose what I make as a DON but, will tell you my pay ranges for nurses when I hire them. For LPN, it is $17.07 - $20.45/hr and for an RN it is $21 - $24.65/hr. Of course it is all based on hours (not years) of experience. I believe that I am a little low for the area but, my hands are tied with the CEO and CFO overlooking my budget. This is in a nursing home in the Twin Cities, Minnesota area.

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