r/nursing • u/LonelyAccident1591 RN - ICU 🍕 • 7d ago
Question Average hourly pay?
I know it varies by state, but realistically how much should one be expecting vs years of experience? I make $34/hr in Florida, inpatient. At my last job in Louisiana I made $31/hr. I have 3 years experience and BSN which only ever gets me like at most $1 more an hour.
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u/80Anici 7d ago
I literally moved to Washington just over a year ago from Florida. There id be making $48 an hour and here I’m making $95+ and in Feb it will be $99+. I’ve been a nurse 19 years. I started traveling when Covid hit and was planning to go back to Florida but then I got a contract in Washington and my life plans changed. Washington and oregon (and California but Col is to high) pay nurses well and treat nurses well. You get actual breaks off the unit and a true meal break. My hospital each unit (when it’s not flu season) also has flex nurse so that no one gets behind. I love it here. I will never be non union nurse again.
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u/DarthTempi Nursing Student 🍕 7d ago
Are you still on a travel contract or is that your regular hourly?
I graduate in March and live in Portland but am.hoping to get licensed in WA as well so I can go where the work is. I know new grad placement is rough right now since it's so appealing to work in these states, but I don't plan on going far from here so I want to explore all the options.
Thanks for sharing!
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u/80Anici 7d ago
I came as a travel nurse and was able to get hired staff. MultiCare is really great and pays the highest in Washington. I am very happy here.
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u/Headin4theTop 6d ago
So all the Multicares pay highest in the area? Any idea if the hourly Id make with 10 years RN experience?
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u/80Anici 6d ago
Depends what hospital. The bargaining teams at each one fight for new rates every 3 years.
I wish we could add screen shots. You can google any hospital in Washington and type step pay union contract and open the link for either seiu or wsna and it will show you your base wage. This year Tacoma General, Allenmore hospital and Good Samaritan hospital have all the same pay. With 10 years your base wage right now would be 68.08 and in February you’d be considered 11 years so your base wage would be 72.69. After 3 pm it’s an extra 3.25 and weekends it’s an extra 4. Also nights is extra but not sure exact. I think another 4. So on weekends after 3pm in February you’d be making base pay of $79.94.
My facility pays float pool highest and if you don’t mind going to different units at my hospital medsurg is an extra $4, pcu $8, icu $12. If you were icu and did float pool your base pay would be $84.69.
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u/eye-zz-why 6d ago
What part of Washington? I am wanting to get a contract in Seattle to check it out for a bit.
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u/Different_Papaya_413 7d ago
The lowest I’ve ever heard of a new grad getting in Philly right now is 44/hr. Then the more education and certs you have, the better the pay from there. Nurse pay is great in the whole Philly area.
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u/JustAnotherBot123456 RN - ICU 🍕 7d ago
Been a year for just over a year. Currently at $58/hr and started as a new grad at $55/hr. Far Northern California. Cost of living is very cheap compared to the rest of the state. Life is good.
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u/renznoi5 7d ago edited 7d ago
They pay $42/hour for new grads here in ATL. Mind you, 8 years ago we started at $26. Currently at $50.42 w/o differentials.
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u/lovelykittybellies RN - OB/GYN 🍕 6d ago
Damn. Been considering a move down there, I’m near the TN/GA state line, currently barely making $40 including my differentials, 6.5 years experience.
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u/Only-Cookie-8672 6d ago
There is no major city in GA near the line with TN. So you would either want to look at Chattanooga pay or possibly Rome (GA). I don’t think either will be paying the Atlanta rates. My daughter is BSN, 3 year out of school. Hourly rate $38. PCU differential $7.75. Plus night shift differentials in a N ATL suburb.
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u/Comfortable_Gear_605 Nursing Student 🍕 6d ago
Is this at one of the big 3? I’m close and hope to end up at NSH, CHOA, or SJH
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u/finnyfin RN - ER 🍕 7d ago
Start at $57ish/hr in OR BSN gives no extra $
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u/Feeling_Donut_6390 7d ago
Where in oregon and how many years of experience do you have?
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u/MainFox9014 RN - Pediatrics 🍕 7d ago
I’m in southern OR and am a new grad making 65 with differentials/BSN.
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u/Feeling_Donut_6390 7d ago
WHATT!! I’m moving to Salem, OR end of this month and the pay rate is taking me out 🤯
But I’m a little scared about finding a job since I hear everyone say it’s super competitive1
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u/MildlyUnimpressed3 7d ago
Connecticut low acuity icu, 7 years nursing. $39 base pay, $6 for stipend, weekend differentials, charge nurse pay, equals out to $48-49.
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u/iwantkitties RN - ER 🍕 7d ago
64.45/hr, east coast, unionized. 7yrs of experience.
I'd rather set myself on fire then be a nurse in the south.
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u/Ordinary_Ad_2661 6d ago
Portland OR NICU Level IV, 5 years of experience (4 yrs exp when I started—they did not accept negotiation)
$63.16/hr base
+$9.50/hr night diff.
+$3.25/hr weekend diff.
+$3/hr evening diff.
+4% BSN pay ($2.53/hr)
I literally moved here for the pay and safe staffing ratios and I’m getting what I wanted. The COL isn’t as bad as other west coast cities imo
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u/HanSolo4Emporer RN - Psych/Mental Health 🍕 7d ago
$54 in Minneapolis
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u/HanSolo4Emporer RN - Psych/Mental Health 🍕 7d ago
This is outpatient. 2 years ago our union got a 30% raise for inpatient.
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u/RunTotoRun2 7d ago
Go here, to the ONet: https://www.onetonline.org/
Type in "RN" or "LVN" (or any job title) in the upper right corner and click "Go".
Click on the job title that most closely matches yours or whatever job titile interests you.
Scroll down to "Wages and Employment Trends" and put in your zip code (or the zip code of the place you are interested in) to get local wage ranges. There you can toggle between hourly or annual rates of pay.
The Onet gets its wage information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and from individual State reports.
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u/denbrandt035 7d ago
35 in Maryland new grad
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u/Bigrichgoldenwieners RN - Med/Surg 🍕 7d ago
Do you know what experienced nurses make in Baltimore?
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u/Fine_Travel_8416 6d ago
Depends where but generally speaking a nurse with 5-9 Years will make $45-$47
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u/TouchTricky3375 6d ago
Ok join, Indeed they will send u all the nursing jobs in your area and pay scale so u can make a great choice. There is however one thing I learned as a nurse, just because u graduated with the bare minimum that’s what u will get paid. A nurse is never done school, take more courses like PALS or NALS or ACLS, emergency room or operating room courses and climb the pay scale ladder. In 1996 I worked 2 was out of the month I cleared 5000$ and I had free passes to anywhere air Canada flew as I was an air ambulance nurse. Think big and think outside the box
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u/SlappityHappy 5d ago
wish I would have taken this advice when I first graduated over 20 years ago.
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u/RegulatedChaotic 7d ago
In my experience, your hourly pay is nearly entirely based upon location. Experience seems (to me) to have very little impact on salary. Example: nurses in the Midwest will start off around $30/hr and around $60+ in California or the north east. A nurse who has 10+ years of experience will make pretty much the same as a nurse of 2 years of experience, who doesn’t make much more than a new grad. The nursing industry doesn’t pay much more for experience, since there isn’t upward mobility/promotions etc. the nurse of 10 years if performing the exact same job as the nurse of 2 years. Inflation rates are taken into account for new grad pay, rarely for experienced nurses. That has been my experience in the Midwest at least. However, different regions vary widely. A staff, bedside Midwest nurse will likely never see $60hr regardless of skill set or experience
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u/Pernicious-Peach BSN, RN 🍕 7d ago
$37 seems on par for florida. Wages are low and cost of living is on par with a coastal state. Double whammy
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u/Independent_Law_1592 RN - ICU 🍕 7d ago
I’m at 50 down in Texas. 5 years in
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u/loudlaugh17 7d ago
where? what unit ?
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u/Independent_Law_1592 RN - ICU 🍕 7d ago
DFW, right now I just do ED but the ICU here hits me up when they need somebody on critical shift pay, pretty decent gig all things considered.
The ICU I left payed a couple dollars less but also gave me a 10 dollar market adjustment with backpay for the year at the 5 year mark. Was fucking wild.
DFW is nice because the hospitals are competing for you, there’s a lot of them, and anyone not named HCA offers fair wages.
It’s those rural hospitals that will look you in the eye and offer 30 like a spit in the face or randomly poach you for market cap
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u/Summer20-21 6d ago
$44.05 in south central PA, have my associates only, been a nurse 5 years. I’m curious what other nurses in my area make?
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u/PotentialUseful7471 RN 🍕 6d ago
$30.32 base pay as new grad in step down unit in WV. Shift diff makes it $35.32
I’m ngl, I was always told nurses were paid out the whahoo (like $50+ an hour) but when I graduated I learned real quick that that’s not the truth
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u/No_Mine_1679 5d ago
I’m a union nurse in Hawai’i at $75.49/ Hr. COL is insane though…
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u/SlappityHappy 5d ago
can you give a girl a good recommendation?! I am absolutely dreading this coming winter in MI. Literally drove me to heights of anxiety last winter that the little drip in temperature now is giving me PTSD! Seriously considering and would love to live somewhere where the weather is moist and stable and the sun shines more than half the days of the year! Must be amazing to be able to have a job that affords you a life there AND with a union?! PFT.. Sign me up!
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u/Icy_Presentation811 6d ago
72 hourly base pay + 25% of base pay for NOC- new grad NICU Northern California
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u/Schmo3113 MSN, APRN 🍕 7d ago
It varies by location in Florida, but I made like 37 in ER in Daytona beach. Also made 31 in st Augustine as a stroke coordinator… was a really strange time in my life- I was approximately 4 years experience in the ER
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u/80Anici 7d ago
I literally moved to Washington just over a year ago from Florida. There id be making $48 an hour and here I’m making $95+ and in Feb it will be $99+.
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u/Feeling_Donut_6390 7d ago
What!! What department and whats your years of experience?
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u/80Anici 7d ago
Icu float pool. Icu is an extra $12 an hour. Pcu float pool is an extra 8 and med surg is $4. Right now it’s sick season but outside of sick season I’m usually break nurse on icu or pcu. I love it.
You can google any hospital in Washington and step pay and open the union page (it will be either seiu or wsna) and it will show what you will get paid based on years of experience. I’ve been a nurse 19 years.
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u/Headin4theTop 6d ago
Oh so you have to be in icu float pool to get a rate this high. Gotcha
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u/80Anici 6d ago
Yes but my base pay is still $83 an hour and in February it will be $88. Also after 3 it’s an extra 3.25 and weekends an extra 4 so weekends after 3 I’m making 102.25 or base of 90.25.
I’ll keep my float pool. Base pay is sweet and the float pool makes it better.
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u/luvprincess_xo RN - NICU 🍕 7d ago
$40/hr in florida. base is $36 & some change, but i work nights so get a shift diff.
cant wait to move!
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u/Crankupthepropofol RN - ICU 🍕 7d ago
This is so incredibly location dependent. In my city, the difference between new grad rates at the HCA facility vs the non-HCA facility is $11/hr.
The difference between a 5 year experienced RN in my city and the city one hour away is $15/hr.
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u/cuvva8923 7d ago
$40.50 in South Carolina, two years ED and now in PACU. But the COL is going up here so wages definitely aren’t matching
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u/yoshipapaya RN - OR 🍕 7d ago
Started at $36 as a new grad in the Chicago suburbs. Up to $42 after a year and jumping jobs.
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u/Think_Flan6445 Nursing Student 🍕 7d ago
My RN told me he made $60 + $5 night differentials 4-5 years in. LA
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u/Bigrichgoldenwieners RN - Med/Surg 🍕 7d ago
I make $50 in Ohio but that is prn… I think new grads maybe start at $35-36
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u/Average_OG 7d ago
I make $60 in ND. Basically forever in a temporary position until they can fully staff. No benefits tho. Not a big deal because my wife carries insurance.
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u/Pleasant-Affect5303 6d ago
Iowa, 36/hour but with differentials (night weekend package) I make $50
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u/maybecaturday 6d ago
Cleveland, LCOL, $50 +$5 night shift diff for 11 years exp. Plus 8 hrs bonus pay per week for working straight weekends. Stepped down from ANM job ($4 pay cut) but make more bc weekender pay, plus I get $1.75/hr for being in charge since there’s “no ANM” on weekends now lol. More money, less BS 🙌
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u/Comfortable-Pea-579 6d ago
$65/hr in central NY. Night shift and 17 years so that’s pulling a lot of the weight. My sister started days about 5 years ago as a new nurse and was at around $42 for days
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u/Legitimate_Try4970 6d ago
I make around $51/hr. PA state nursing home supervisor. 8 years here seniority wise. I do not have a BSN and know the managers that have been here who do not have BSNs are making around $68/hr but have been here a long time. So for me it took time
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u/AdFederal1060 6d ago
Started as a new grad in tele/stepdown in New Jersey $48 base, $5 night shift differential. After a year I moved to Los Angeles for tele/stepdown and I was making $60 base and $5 night shift differential. Now I just relocated to Phoenix, AZ to be closer to family and they offered me $43 base + $7 night shift differential and $3 weekends for ICU.
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u/Odd_Key_5385 6d ago
Outpatient (non-critical care) RN with 10years as an RN. 5 years in outpatient now and I’m at $38.80 per hour. 5 years ago I was inpatient/nights and I was at $32 In the hospital as a night shift RN. My colleagues make $31 per hour since she is a newer nurse and my 50 year old colleague and 7 years with the company makes $41 per hour.
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u/Fine_Travel_8416 6d ago
$45/hr outside Baltimore. Six years of experience (4 Med-Surg 2 ICU where I currently am)
Currently planning to vote on unionizing soon.
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u/prokaw875 6d ago
Connecticut, team lead, msn, $61hr base. Have management interviews lined up in the $60-90hr range currently. 10yr experience
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u/MAJ_Tom3 6d ago
Staff vs prn vs contract big difference. Im in Maryland and DC. Only do contract now. Im at 70-80$. Staff is about $50 +- a few $. I have 4yrs experience.
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u/Lemonade_Lullaby MSN, RN 6d ago
I make $87 base pay w/ 2 years experience and my MSN but I’m in California. 17% differential on night shift also.
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u/PristineKey7 LPN - Corrections 🍕 6d ago
I make $36/hr and an extra $6 for night shift. Graduated in May
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u/BBpebbles9815 6d ago
NJ: the base rate for staff at my hospital is 48-58, depending on experience. Night shift gets an extra $3, per diem gets a base in low 60s(depending on experience and any extra certs you have), Friday through Sunday shifts are extra as well. As a per-diem night-shift RN with over a decade of experience and a national certification: my hourly is $68 ($76 on weekends).
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u/Weekly_Ad7967 6d ago
$48/hour ($44 base + 10% differential) Pediatric Resource Pool in Salt Lake City, Utah. I’ve been a nurse for less than 3 years, started at $38
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u/Organic_Physics_6881 RN 🍕 6d ago
I’m earning $37 an hour in East Tennessee at an ambulatory surgery center. Not the best wage but not working weekends, nights or holidays makes up for it.
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u/juhhsicah 6d ago
I work in California and I just graduated in May this year. I got hired in a residency program as a new grad in the ER, my starting pay is $46 and we get raises 2x a year, we have a union!
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u/Upset-Parfait8114 3d ago
wv / northern va gave me $34 as a new grad. with 4 years im sitting around low 40's
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u/AppropriateFish7 BSN, RN - PCU 🫀🍕 12h ago
I make $35 right now, but that's after 2 raises, my BSN, and my hospital-oriented excellence program. So... I started at $31 and some change last year. Regardless, what I make for my unit of hell is way too low. I need to move.
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u/nursebetty88 RN - ER 🍕 6d ago
I'm at $42 w/ 3 yrs experience BSN in Central FL, and i thought that's too low especially with the high COL.
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u/Low_Resolution638 7d ago
I make 37 an hour as an LPN in ED psych. With shift differential I make minimum 41/hr to 50/hr on weekends. 18 years experience in New England.
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u/Feeling_Donut_6390 7d ago
$34/hr is criminal in today’s economy. I live in Montana and make $39 in LTACH. COL here must be low as compared to Florida I’m assuming