does the years of experience as a nurse in canada count when looking for a job in US

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Hi everyone,

I am a registered NICU nurse in Toronto, Canada and have been practicing in nursing now for 3 and a half years (2 years and 9 months in Level 3 NICU). i will be moving to New Jersey next fall and am wondering what my salary will be like. Does nursing in the States have a pay scale? Here in Toronto, we have the Collage of Nurse who makes up a contract every year and decide our pay scale. Each year that you have been in nursing, your pay increases regardless of what department you work in as a nurse in the hospital. In other words, emergency room nurses don get paid more than say a med surg nurse. For canadian nurses, it takes about 8 years to reach the top of teh pay scale which is at the moment about 38 dollars and then your next increase is when you haev been in nursing for 25. The contract is renewed every year, and i find that our pay scale is improving. When i started nursing in 2006 I started off with 23 dollars starting (less than 1 yr)... now, that it is 27 dollars starting. Does anyone know how nurses pay is in New jersey? Also, Will the years of experience I have had as a nurse here reflect my starting pay there ..if you have a pay scale there as well?

Thanks in advance

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Hi everyone,

I am a registered NICU nurse in Toronto, Canada and have been practicing in nursing now for 3 and a half years (2 years and 9 months in Level 3 NICU). i will be moving to New Jersey next fall and am wondering what my salary will be like. Does nursing in the States have a pay scale? Here in Toronto, we have the Collage of Nurse who makes up a contract every year and decide our pay scale. Each year that you have been in nursing, your pay increases regardless of what department you work in as a nurse in the hospital. In other words, emergency room nurses don get paid more than say a med surg nurse. For canadian nurses, it takes about 8 years to reach the top of teh pay scale which is at the moment about 38 dollars and then your next increase is when you haev been in nursing for 25. The contract is renewed every year, and i find that our pay scale is improving. When i started nursing in 2006 I started off with 23 dollars starting (less than 1 yr)... now, that it is 27 dollars starting. Does anyone know how nurses pay is in New jersey? Also, Will the years of experience I have had as a nurse here reflect my starting pay there ..if you have a pay scale there as well?

Thanks in advance

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

years of experience will count in nj, especially with bsn degree,

there is no set pay in the us. there are a few rn unions and unionized facilities in nj --each facility has an individual contract with the union. pay rates vary depending on location within state -closer to ny/northern nj have higher rates along with areas near philadelphia compared to middle or southern tip hospitals.

look at ads in nursing spectrum [color=#1a569f]new jersey /[color=#1a569f]pa/tri-state and advance for nurses

[color=#2200cc]eastern pa, southern nj & de / ny, northern nj.

our new jersey nurses forum has tons of helpful info...see sticky top of page to obtain info about nj licensure.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Moved to the New Jersey state forum

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Years if experience do carry over to the US. I am in South Jersey and the pay average is $26-35hr depending on were you live. NJ is expensive and property taxes are high so take that into consideration when relocating.

Jobs are harder to find right now so apply early, you may have to try agencies or LTC facilities to get started.

I work night shift and have 2yrs experience on med/surg and I make $35hr.

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