I made 71k as a clinic nurse with 3 years experience in 2018 in Houston Texas. They offered me 69k and I said no, too low. Always counter, respectfully. I didn't like working 5 days a week. yes it's less physically taxing BUT you spend 9 hours a day (if I'm including my lunch break) at work plus driving to and from (my drive was short but still). I now work in the hospital setting. I am a M/S float pool nurse who works PRN. I get paid more to float, I get paid more for PRN. I make $47 an hour before my shift differentials. I think it's important we start talking about $$$ bc it only hurts us to keep it hush hush. we work hard, we should all be compensated fairly.
@@benjamin3615 i agree for all EMS do they should be paid more, but there is no reason to whine and compare your salary to nurses who have a different job set and skills and responsibilities than you.
I wasnt financial free as a nurse until my 40’s and I’m still in my 40’s, bought my second house already, earn on a monthly through passive income and got 4 out of 5 goals, just hope it encourages someone that it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any of them right now, you can start TODAY regardless your age INVEST and change your future! Investing is a grand choice I made. Great video! Thanks for sharing.
Not quite long I started investing. I'm very curious and need help on how to enhance and increase my returns. Any good investment tips would be appreciated
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Same here in Minnesota! Been a nurse 4 years working in Obs, ICU, and ER... got up to $40.50 and hour just took a pay cut to $36 an hour being a triage nurse for a family practice (but better for my family and 1.5 years left of NP school)
As a new grad in CT I started off as a float nurse making a differential and working nights so I was making $42 an hour. Now I am thinking of going to work in an outpatient primary care setting so I know that it may be a decrease in pay but I prefer to be happy with my job!
I've been a nurse 16 years. Heading into my 17th year. My first job as an RN back in 2005 was 19.50 per hr. I worked throughout the hospital from med surg to step-down and ended there working in ambulatory care/outpatient at 42.21 per hr. I recently left and took a local travel assignment in outpatient. An hour from home 3-12 hr shifts per week. Tripled my income. But I no longer have PTO/disability insurance ND Healthcare insurance. I switched to my husband's insurance to cover me while I travel for a couple of yrs and pay our home off.
I'm a new grad and took a covid testing/ vaccination job to start out. Pays $52/hr but I'm looking to transition soon so I don't lose nursing skills. ✊🏽
@@brenda-ff3ix at the first vax job they would have us drop in to two sites a day. Team consists of a covid tester, administration/sign in team, vaccinator (RN/LPN) and RN manager. Some sites were super busy (homeless shelters, detention facilities, etc) especially if we showed up with incentives (MetroCards) or if the facility provided incentives on their end (donuts/etc). You get the hang of it pretty quick, try not to worry. Hopefully you have a kind RN manager overseeing/assisting you. I now have another job...better pay, one main location so I have a predictable commute home now, and for the most part I work alone out of an office doing appointments only. Much more organized. Feels calmer. Still feeling it out but so far so good. Best of luck!
I make $50/h after 1 year here is Southern California. The area I live in I still very affordable compared to the rest of California so the money goes a long way.
California nurse here 🙋🏽♀️ (Los Angeles) I’ve been a nurse for 18 years. New grad pay back then for me was $29/hr starting on a critical care floor or step-down as most call it DOU. I’m currently working in ER for the last 16 years and I make $65/hr but the cost of living here is astronomical so take it with a grain of salt 😂
Love this show. super optimistic and upllifting. inspiring I know Nursing is a tough gig but that's one of the reasons I and drawn to it. I start LVN/ASN school on October 10th Pray for this kid 17 months of learning and excellence up ahead thanks for your videos they help alot. emergency department team, or trauma team seem's like something I want to do initially to learn a lot of trauma care and triage and emergency medicine etc...
@@Katherine_Ann Heck yeah! I take the Hesi exam next week Iv'e already passed the Nursing entrance exam now it's the Hesi and then background check, then meet with the Admissions director and then START NURSING CAREER!!!!! OH MY GOODNESS! THE GOOD LORD IS SMILING DOWN ON ME!, man oh man... Maybe I can travel and go help people in foreign lands like u do?
In Canada, Ontario specifically, the starting wage for any RN new grad working in a hospital is around $33/h. After 8 years (per the Ontario Nurses Association agreement) is an incremental pay raise of $47/h now in 2021. Then the wage stays at that amount for a long time. However, the more North you go in Ontario, the more money is offered especially because of the rural areas and the high need for nurses . Nurses can make what doctors make in wages. But taxes are heafty in Canada, because we do not have privatized health care.
Nursing in Canada is a joke! I used to work for as an I.T. professional in 1 of the Major hospitals in Toronto and I process multiple account terminations for Nurses EVERYDAY! I finally had a chat with a nurse who's leaving and he told me that most of those nurses are moving to the US and earn their rightful wages.
I worked as a GN in a HUB for multiple skilled nursing facility and was making $18/hr - gained 6 years of experience including case management (Side note - it took me a while to pass my board because - well - life happen) - Fast forward to April of 2022 - Passed my board - Pay increased at $25.00 - however - I figured that with my experience - that company I am currently working for will pay me more - but they didn't - so I took a chance and applied at multiple insurance company as a Utilization review nurse, was offered a job at $40/hr :) - By the way - I love the transparency of this video along with the nurses who comments
@@Katherine_Ann Absolutely! I love your videos your content. I love being a URN - different from bedside nursing for sure - but it gives me the flexibility to work from home and be with my family
Apparently I need to move. I am currently outpatient in NJ. $40.00 an hour with differential for evenings of $43.50. It's a huge pay cut but no weekends.
Acute care/hospital nurses in California (specifically in the Bay Area) actually make $60-80 per hour AS A NEW GRAD!!! but that's because the cost of living there is so expensive
New grad RN worked in Sac as a psych RN and was paid $49/hr and then moved to work in LA in a PCU and I get paid $48.50/hr. Makes me really miss Sac in some senses; the money goes really far there.
As a new grad starting in a 1 year residency program $30.92 in Delaware. Then pay will increase after the completion of the program once I am in my unit.
I'm in DE too at a SNF and I make $37/hr with shift differential (2nd shift) and $39/hr for weekends. It's taken a toll on me so I'm thinking of going to an outpatient setting for some better work/life balance..
Definitely unfair wages as RN’s, even in Cali, considering we live in a high cost of living area. It also depends on the institution you’re in. Some institutions are making $30 more with the same seniority because they’re at a well-known institution.
Seconded ^^ Currently at UF Health in Gainesville and they cut our annual bonuses last year until this August. I started at $25/hr, wasn’t given my 6 month or yearly bonus, and now there are new grads with no experience during Covid that are making more than me YAY.
Preop/ pacu nurse in same day surgery center here in Sacramento, California region. Less stress than hospital setting and make 58.75/hr. 13 years as an RN. Ambulatory surgery centers are super fast paced but It’s by far one of the best nursing jobs IMO
As a new nurse graduate, joining a nurse residency program, I was offered $37..../hr working inpatient downtown Portland, OR. After 5 years bedside, I'm just south of $50/hr base pay. Looking at moving to a clinic after 2+ years on a grueling COVID unit, but nervous about the potential (likely) decrease in pay!
Hey Rebecca! That is a bit nerve racking! That sounds like a well-paying job out of nursing school, although does it feel like it with the cost of living? I will also add that sometimes the pay decrease can be worth it, if it is better work like balance!
@@Katherine_Ann We pretty much do the same obviously certain areas are higher pay like ICU and A&E and you get paid more if you work in the city. Being a higher band or specialising is what gets you more pay, yes that should correlate with skills but some juniors have more skills and experience than seniors in some cases. The average I would say is £23k to just over £25k in NHS (before tax ) increases by certain % but nothing noticeable for a few years. Private healthcare here pays higher as well as agencies !
Wow @ New Grad rate. You definitely climb up the latter with your experience in 4 years. As a New Grad LPN in Connecticut, my 1st job I got $28.50/hr. Now I make $33.00/hr. And prepping for the TEAS Test to enter the RN program. Completed all the Prerequisites (Thank God 🙌🏾)
Okay a bit of history (location South Midwest) i worked alzheimer's unit and hate mental health, worked MED/SURG and that is without a doubt the hardest area to work in, I did ICU and that is super easy cause their all sedated and you only have 1 or 2 patients, Worked ER that can be super busy using all your skills or nothing but crickets you never know. Pay at hospitals (33 to 40) is always more and you can get more overtime, If your a young person or a go getter type personality and want money than hospital is the place to be, remember the hospital never closes! Clinic is set schedule, relaxed, controlled, predictable, work with same employees and less employee turnover, closed on bad weather and disasters, yea it is 5 days a week no weekends or holidays, you lose skills. less money, but the stress level is not there and your happy and you don't take your work home with you. Clinic nursing is for nurses that want a environment that they can make money but not be stressed. (Clinic pay Low as 23 ((New Grad)) to up to 33.)
I grading 1993. Never got my BSN, but started as a RN at 12.25/hr, no weekend diff, 2.00/hr for PM shift which I worked 8 hr day/pm swing. Today I worked my last day in the hospital. After 28 yrs, I was up to just under $39/hr. We now get a weekend rate and time and half for holidays(used to get an extra shift off that week). I am going to a perinatal clinic after having worked high risk antepartum for 20 plus years. I’m taking a huge payout and a no benefits PRN position making only $30/hr. It never occurred to me to counter offer! Oh well, I’m hoping it works out for me, I’m just totally burned out with hospital work and 12 hr shifts and weekends. Especially now because we take so many non obstetric pets in my unit. I figure since I’m 62, I will take my SS if I can’t make ends meet with this job and some pension and 401k funds. This clinic is getter no a good deal to have me and my experience and knowledge at that pay!
My first RN job was same pay, I thought i was rich! went and spent tons of money on crap, LOL took almost 7 years to build my credit back up from my extravagant lifestyle, My best pay was 40.00 an hour but dang they worked me hard for that money. I'm also slowing down and less money is okay for less stress and happiness!
Same From NJ south Jersey as a LPN I made $30 now as RN $33.34 7a-7pm after 3pm I make $2.75 more so I was upset I didn’t get a big pay raise sucks. I used to live up north not as a nurse but they start née grads $36-40 or more probably now per hour
Brand new California nurse here. I make 46.27/h base plus a 5.50 night shift differential. I live on the coast but technically the middle of nowhere so nurses in LA and SF are making even more. I consider this a pretty good starting pay especially considering it takes less than 20k to get a degree here (by degree I mean an ADN. We only have community colleges. Wait times are 3 to 5 years to get in though). But then again keep in mind gas is around $5 a gallon and avarage home prices are half a million dollars.
RNs typically earn about 47k -82k annually because of the hours they work. (3-12, 4-8, etc). Travelers make more but have twice the living expenses and no work/life balance.
I’m a nurse for 3 years in the community setting working in Queens/ Long Island. Got paid $28/ hr my first job in a pediatric office. Moved to my next job agency school nursing got paid $35 now a school nurse with the city making the same $35/hr. It’s unlivable for the area- been saving up to move out for years, still nowhere near where I need to be. Agency school nurses have been making anywhere from $70-$100 an hour. It’s frustrating. But I’m glad we’re finally talking about money.
New grad nurse in NYC I made $36 an hr at a nursing home. Moved to the hospital and started at $43 an hr and then after 3 year was making $49 an hr. Currently work for a local agency as a school nurse for a local school making $75 an hr. Money should def be talked about in nursing. Awareness will bring more negotiating power to the table when talking to hospital execs. Raising pay rate for one hospital will raise for the whole industry. Big reason why hospital hire travel nurses to avoid this.
Thank you for sharing your pay and being so honest about it!! As a new grad, I am just looking for other nurses for motivation and tips! I always wondered how much outpatient clinic nurses make because that is what I want to do in the future!!
I live in SoCal. I have 1yr of exp as a ICU RN and got hired making 55.86/hr and night shift differential is 3.75, weekends 4.00. it's pretty good experience and good pay to start but I'm not sure how long I can do ICU. It's very taxing on me mentally and physically. Maybe one day I'll do home care. Outpatient sounds more relaxing too :)
Wow, that's great starting. Bedside nursing definitely can be exhausting! Outpatient nursing was a nice change, but I ended up going back to the bedside.
In the midwest (where the wages are lower) new grads start out at $27 / hr (recently increase to $29.) The wages for outpatient are the same as inpatient I've heard, so I believe the shortage of nurses overall is pushing the wages up a little at a time but faster than in the past. I expect the next thing that will rise or at least I hope, is the payscale itself.
Agree PA hospitals are so cheap it's unlivable outside of the state but lucky you I hope i don't get a cut but yet again I'm practicing for the TEAs test, oh that bloody TEAs test. lol
As a new nurse in California I made about $38 an hour (day shift). 3 yrs experience (day shift) about $42 and 4years $43-$45. Now 5 years later as a nurse supervisor still in California I make $50 an hour. Travel nurses make about $100-$150 an hour at least in job boards I see here in California.
Wow 30s for outpatient nursing in Atlanta with 5 yrs experience. You definitely deserve more with your experience. I'm in NJ and i knkw cost of living is crazy here but I moved outpatient after just a year in med surge as a new grad and halfway into my first year outpatient got bumped to 47/ hr. I make 53 /hr at a pd ASC and 49/ hr at another. I just recently found another PD at an infusion center for 80/ hr on weekends
Hey, thanks for your insight! 80 an hour, that's wild! I will say, I was getting paid this back in 2021, I'm sure wages for that position have risen substantially (I hope), but they are probably still no where close to where they should be.
Thank you for the info as always! Wondering if you will make a video detailing what you do as an infusion nurse? 🙏 I’m a new nurse, still don’t know where my “niche” is but heard mostly positive things about infusion nursing, just not sure exactly what day to day looks like, or the tasks, etc… thank you! 💕
That makes total sense, if I were still in PA I would be making 40+ an hour for ER nightshift but theres no difference in ICU vs MedSurg vs ER where I came from. It was straight across the board.
I have been a nurse for eight years and I took a contract job after working in a peds trauma emergency department then a psychiatric medical rehabilitation center between those jobs I made 20 a hour and 25 a hour there and I now work at a MTF and make 38/76 hr
6 years ago in Louisiana I started out in psych at $22/hr. Now I’m at a local ER in Louisiana and am making $31.70/hr. I really would like to move out into an urgent care or freestanding ER someday, I’m scared some of these outpatient jobs won’t pay what I need to, especially if I decide to move to Texas, where I want to go.
6 years experience in central CA ...I make $49 in er. Outpatient is like $36 here(what I started off as a new grad). If you live in a bigger city area like bay or la you make a lot more.
As a phlebotomist, I’m thinking of doing either outpatient LPN or outpatient RN, but no one can give an answer for the difference in what they do, how much they make, etc.
There is not a big difference in the outpatient setting from what my experience has been when working with LPN's. Pay wise there was a difference but task wise there was not much of a difference at all.
Just got my first job as a new grad in a hospital in Manhattan, $60.10 base pay. Thankfully, i live outaide of the city so the cost of living is on the lower side for me.
Hey Katherine cool video, nice job. I wanted to ask your opinion on this which some people may disagree with or not like. What field in nursing (outpatient only) can you come out with as a new grad making 90-110k/year? Assuming you want to work in California, Oregon, Colorado, or Nevada. Additionally, I know this may be a bit tougher since I want outpatient which means less pay and you can't do 12 hour shifts, thus no opportunity for overtime. The inherent structure of the work week within a hospital allows you to make more, but you may hate or constantly have anxiety or dislike what you're doing and I don't want that anymore since I'm almost midway through my life. Moreover, for salaries, even for the states you listed and the survey shown, that is grossly underpaid considering what you have to do. I would not work as a new nurse for less than 90k a year personally let alone after 5 years. My goal is to work an an RN for a year-two while going to NP school right after graduating. I would do both simultaneously ideally so getting the NP would be a part time student and take longer. I have a proclivitiy towards sports medicine, sleep medicine, potentially opthalmology, or cosmetic dermatology. I have no interest in pursuing bedside nursing after becoming an RN (things like blood draws, bed baths, transferring patients, setting up IV's, catheter insertion). Potentially just hands on skills like injections, or some light medication administration involving simple pills with no IV's/infusions or any of that. Thank you!
Hey there! Thanks for your question. The pay depends on a variety of factors as you know, with location being one of the biggest ones. I'm sure you're going to get paid significantly more in San Francisco, California compared to Reno, Nevada. As a new nurse, getting an outpatient job may also be more difficult. I wouldn't want you to necessarily steer yourself to a field that is just for the money, I would just focus on getting good experience and doing something that you enjoy while pursuing your NP. This will prevent burnout and you'll be making more once you get your NP anyway! Let me know what you decide, you're obviously very considerate with your options and I'd love to hear where you end up!
Everyone makes so much. I'm 1.5yr into having my RN and I'm finally and only makes 36/hr. Before this I was offered 29, then 32. I feel so left behind. Rural illinois.
Thanks for your comment! I don't think that's bad at all after only being an RN for less than two years. I only made $26.10 my first year and was only making this amount I mentioned in the video after 5 years and moving to a high cost of living area. I would imagine $36 an hour for rural Illinois is pretty good!
Hi could you please mention what are the criteria to be accomplished to get into outpatient setting?do we need to have 2 years of work experience at bed side?also could you please make a video on role of an RN in an outpatient setting in detail?Thank you!!keep up the good work dear
Hi Ann! Thank you for your questions and video suggestions! I had several years of experience prior to working as an outpatient nurse, but it depends on the healthcare facility and the setting. I would just recommend doing your research on the specific kind of outpatient setting you want to work in and see what they require!
I’ve been a bedside Med/surg nurse over two years and have an opportunity to potentially work in ambulatory surgery at a hospital. Anyone have any experience with this specialty and know if this is better and less stressful than being on the floor? I’ve heard and seen mixed things about this.
Hi Charnise! I did not negotiate as a new grad as it was the same pay all of the other new grads were getting that I graduated with. Negotiation as a new grad comes when you have your evaluation!
I do home care shift so I’m at my patients home 9hrs a day 5bdays a week and other week I do 6 and I’m on track to make 85k but with my agency I can make 6 figures because I can pick up hours hourly pay isn’t all nurse should look at you also gotta consider how much you like what your doing I’m not a facilities nurse so hospital and LTC isn’t for me I found my niche brand of nursing and I’m maximizing every bit of it. So many of my nursing friends are shock to know oh wait you can make this much in home care shift work not visiting I’m like yes but you have to put the hours in most of the nurse who work in nursing home shift do 60hrs a week now it sounds like a lot but 60hrs in home care shift isn’t the same physical and mental stress compared to 60hrs a week in a facility
I don’t know about you all but i think only those nurses who cannot cope in the inpatient bed side job should and must be in opd otherwise go bedside if one is capable.
Hi there Jiliana! As I believe your aiming your comment at me I appreciate your feedback. One great thing about this being my channel and platform is that if someone doesn't like how I make videos they are not obligated to watch.
I made 71k as a clinic nurse with 3 years experience in 2018 in Houston Texas. They offered me 69k and I said no, too low. Always counter, respectfully. I didn't like working 5 days a week. yes it's less physically taxing BUT you spend 9 hours a day (if I'm including my lunch break) at work plus driving to and from (my drive was short but still). I now work in the hospital setting. I am a M/S float pool nurse who works PRN. I get paid more to float, I get paid more for PRN. I make $47 an hour before my shift differentials. I think it's important we start talking about $$$ bc it only hurts us to keep it hush hush. we work hard, we should all be compensated fairly.
Come try EMS for a couple months at 40-50k a year and lemme know if you still feel unfairly compensated. 🤡🤡
@@benjamin3615 i agree for all EMS do they should be paid more, but there is no reason to whine and compare your salary to nurses who have a different job set and skills and responsibilities than you.
You need to leave and come back. So they can add some value and money
Right, we can still feel entitled to more compensation without working EMS. That was your career choice. Don't be a whiny little baby@@benjamin3615 🤡🤡
Thank you so much for this information. Extremely helpful
I wasnt financial free as a nurse until my 40’s and I’m still in my 40’s, bought my second house already, earn on a monthly through passive income and got 4 out of 5 goals, just hope it encourages someone that it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any of them right now, you can start TODAY regardless your age INVEST and change your future! Investing is a grand choice I made. Great video! Thanks for sharing.
Always a great idea to start investing as soon as you can!
Not quite long I started investing. I'm very curious and need help on how to enhance and increase my returns. Any good investment tips would be appreciated
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Same here in Minnesota! Been a nurse 4 years working in Obs, ICU, and ER... got up to $40.50 and hour just took a pay cut to $36 an hour being a triage nurse for a family practice (but better for my family and 1.5 years left of NP school)
Hello Ashley
As a new grad in CT I started off as a float nurse making a differential and working nights so I was making $42 an hour. Now I am thinking of going to work in an outpatient primary care setting so I know that it may be a decrease in pay but I prefer to be happy with my job!
I agreee with this
I've been a nurse 16 years. Heading into my 17th year. My first job as an RN back in 2005 was 19.50 per hr. I worked throughout the hospital from med surg to step-down and ended there working in ambulatory care/outpatient at 42.21 per hr. I recently left and took a local travel assignment in outpatient. An hour from home 3-12 hr shifts per week. Tripled my income. But I no longer have PTO/disability insurance ND Healthcare insurance. I switched to my husband's insurance to cover me while I travel for a couple of yrs and pay our home off.
Do you mind saying what state you are in?
thank u for being transparent and disclosing ur privacy
I'm a new grad and took a covid testing/ vaccination job to start out. Pays $52/hr but I'm looking to transition soon so I don't lose nursing skills. ✊🏽
Congrats on your first RN job! Can you elaborate on a typical work day? I also took a job doing covid vaccines as a new grad and am a little nervous!😬
@@brenda-ff3ix at the first vax job they would have us drop in to two sites a day. Team consists of a covid tester, administration/sign in team, vaccinator (RN/LPN) and RN manager. Some sites were super busy (homeless shelters, detention facilities, etc) especially if we showed up with incentives (MetroCards) or if the facility provided incentives on their end (donuts/etc). You get the hang of it pretty quick, try not to worry. Hopefully you have a kind RN manager overseeing/assisting you. I now have another job...better pay, one main location so I have a predictable commute home now, and for the most part I work alone out of an office doing appointments only. Much more organized. Feels calmer. Still feeling it out but so far so good. Best of luck!
@@brenda-ff3ix I did it as a student and was only paid 25 an hour.
@@LukeZRN is this job in Georgia?? What company were you working for as a Covid tester ??
@@ziluojaiah8129 New York, an agency called Execu-Search
I make $50/h after 1 year here is Southern California. The area I live in I still very affordable compared to the rest of California so the money goes a long way.
May I ask what part of Southern California? I’d love to move to California but most areas seem very pricey.
@@Umnothanks i am in central coast - Santa María/Lompoc ares are very affordable
California nurse here 🙋🏽♀️ (Los Angeles) I’ve been a nurse for 18 years. New grad pay back then for me was $29/hr starting on a critical care floor or step-down as most call it DOU. I’m currently working in ER for the last 16 years and I make $65/hr but the cost of living here is astronomical so take it with a grain of salt 😂
That California pay seems great, but that cost of living sounds crazy too! Thanks for watching, Michelle!
$65/hr after 16 years??? In LA? What the hell, you are severely underpaid! New grads are starting at that rate in Northern California hospitals.
@@redcapote4760 That's crazy!
Love this show. super optimistic and upllifting. inspiring I know Nursing is a tough gig but that's one of the reasons I and drawn to it. I start LVN/ASN school on October 10th Pray for this kid
17 months of learning and excellence up ahead thanks for your videos they help alot.
emergency department team, or trauma team seem's like something I want to do initially to learn a lot of trauma care and triage and emergency medicine etc...
Thanks so much for watching, glad you find them helpful!
@@Katherine_Ann Heck yeah! I take the Hesi exam next week Iv'e already passed the Nursing entrance exam now it's the Hesi and then background check, then meet with the Admissions director and then START NURSING CAREER!!!!! OH MY GOODNESS! THE GOOD LORD IS SMILING DOWN ON ME!, man oh man... Maybe I can travel and go help people in foreign lands like u do?
In Canada, Ontario specifically, the starting wage for any RN new grad working in a hospital is around $33/h. After 8 years (per the Ontario Nurses Association agreement) is an incremental pay raise of $47/h now in 2021. Then the wage stays at that amount for a long time.
However, the more North you go in Ontario, the more money is offered especially because of the rural areas and the high need for nurses . Nurses can make what doctors make in wages. But taxes are heafty in Canada, because we do not have privatized health care.
As a Canadian living in Ontario and a third year nursing student, thank you for this information :)
Also the canadian dollar is different
Hello Susanna, nice name
Hi ❤❤😍😍
Nursing in Canada is a joke! I used to work for as an I.T. professional in 1 of the Major hospitals in Toronto and I process multiple account terminations for Nurses EVERYDAY! I finally had a chat with a nurse who's leaving and he told me that most of those nurses are moving to the US and earn their rightful wages.
Philly here! I make $45 an hour 50 night shift differential 52 weekend differential
That $45/hr regular shift is for new grad?
A lot higher than DC area at around $30-33. How is that possible?
Niceeeee
I work for a primary care clinic in the SF bay area and I make $72 an hour
Wow what do you do? Can you pls help me get a job there, ty.
Are you a doctor's private hire? That's an insane hourly! 😮
I live in Bridgeport, CT and I am a new grad. My starting pay is $34 since Im working nights Ill be making 5$ differential.
@Mariah Young I'm also in CT and new grads make $36
Wow! I didn’t even think about a counter offer ! Thank you!
I worked as a GN in a HUB for multiple skilled nursing facility and was making $18/hr - gained 6 years of experience including case management (Side note - it took me a while to pass my board because - well - life happen) - Fast forward to April of 2022 - Passed my board - Pay increased at $25.00 - however - I figured that with my experience - that company I am currently working for will pay me more - but they didn't - so I took a chance and applied at multiple insurance company as a Utilization review nurse, was offered a job at $40/hr :) - By the way - I love the transparency of this video along with the nurses who comments
Thanks for watching and for sharing your own experience! How do you like being a utilization review nurse?
@@Katherine_Ann Absolutely! I love your videos your content. I love being a URN - different from bedside nursing for sure - but it gives me the flexibility to work from home and be with my family
$60.00 in Hawaii in an out patient primary care clinic which is the same pay as inpatient nursing.
Apparently I need to move. I am currently outpatient in NJ. $40.00 an hour with differential for evenings of $43.50. It's a huge pay cut but no weekends.
Acute care/hospital nurses in California (specifically in the Bay Area) actually make $60-80 per hour AS A NEW GRAD!!! but that's because the cost of living there is so expensive
Hello Sanjana, how are you
New grad RN worked in Sac as a psych RN and was paid $49/hr and then moved to work in LA in a PCU and I get paid $48.50/hr. Makes me really miss Sac in some senses; the money goes really far there.
As a new grad starting in a 1 year residency program $30.92 in Delaware. Then pay will increase after the completion of the program once I am in my unit.
I'm in DE too at a SNF and I make $37/hr with shift differential (2nd shift) and $39/hr for weekends. It's taken a toll on me so I'm thinking of going to an outpatient setting for some better work/life balance..
Definitely unfair wages as RN’s, even in Cali, considering we live in a high cost of living area. It also depends on the institution you’re in. Some institutions are making $30 more with the same seniority because they’re at a well-known institution.
Currently at a very well known institution that pays its staff barely $25/hr
Seconded ^^ Currently at UF Health in Gainesville and they cut our annual bonuses last year until this August. I started at $25/hr, wasn’t given my 6 month or yearly bonus, and now there are new grads with no experience during Covid that are making more than me YAY.
Telling my age here, in 1990 as a new grad, I made $11.11 in rural Georgia and got 2.00 shift diff for nights.
That's what my mom states she was making around as a new nurse in PA too!
as a new grad in Pennsylvania i get $29/30 per hour.... but after 15 months that will increase to $45/hr
That's insane Pricscilla! I worked in Reading for the past 5 years, before coming to Atlanta and I never came close to $45 an hour. Where do you work?
Yes let me know too please
@@Katherine_Ann omg Reading!! I lived in Reading but now an RN in Wisconsin, the pay just sucks mehn.
Sounds like UPHS
Preop/ pacu nurse in same day surgery center here in Sacramento, California region. Less stress than hospital setting and make 58.75/hr. 13 years as an RN. Ambulatory surgery centers are super fast paced but It’s by far one of the best nursing jobs IMO
Wow, that's not bad money!
I’m a new grad nurse in a residency program in Modesto! And I’m starting off in preop/pacu in the GI lab! How long have you been working in SDS now?
As a new nurse graduate, joining a nurse residency program, I was offered $37..../hr working inpatient downtown Portland, OR. After 5 years bedside, I'm just south of $50/hr base pay. Looking at moving to a clinic after 2+ years on a grueling COVID unit, but nervous about the potential (likely) decrease in pay!
Hey Rebecca! That is a bit nerve racking! That sounds like a well-paying job out of nursing school, although does it feel like it with the cost of living?
I will also add that sometimes the pay decrease can be worth it, if it is better work like balance!
In 🇬🇧 the pay for nurses is definitely not even close to that but we fighting for reasonable pay rise !!
Hi MiickssMicks! Do you know if there are any differences in what nurses do where you are from?!
@@Katherine_Ann We pretty much do the same obviously certain areas are higher pay like ICU and A&E and you get paid more if you work in the city. Being a higher band or specialising is what gets you more pay, yes that should correlate with skills but some juniors have more skills and experience than seniors in some cases. The average I would say is £23k to just over £25k in NHS (before tax ) increases by certain % but nothing noticeable for a few years. Private healthcare here pays higher as well as agencies !
Wow @ New Grad rate. You definitely climb up the latter with your experience in 4 years. As a New Grad LPN in Connecticut, my 1st job I got $28.50/hr. Now I make $33.00/hr. And prepping for the TEAS Test to enter the RN program. Completed all the Prerequisites (Thank God 🙌🏾)
Wow, that's not bad! Best of luck to you in the RN program, Nicky!
Yikes I made $26/hour in 1976 at Beth Israel Hosptial in Boston as a brand new BSN RN
Okay a bit of history (location South Midwest) i worked alzheimer's unit and hate mental health, worked MED/SURG and that is without a doubt the hardest area to work in, I did ICU and that is super easy cause their all sedated and you only have 1 or 2 patients, Worked ER that can be super busy using all your skills or nothing but crickets you never know. Pay at hospitals (33 to 40) is always more and you can get more overtime, If your a young person or a go getter type personality and want money than hospital is the place to be, remember the hospital never closes! Clinic is set schedule, relaxed, controlled, predictable, work with same employees and less employee turnover, closed on bad weather and disasters, yea it is 5 days a week no weekends or holidays, you lose skills. less money, but the stress level is not there and your happy and you don't take your work home with you. Clinic nursing is for nurses that want a environment that they can make money but not be stressed. (Clinic pay Low as 23 ((New Grad)) to up to 33.)
Hey Sarah, thanks for your insight! There's definitely pros and cons to both as you stated!
I grading 1993. Never got my BSN, but started as a RN at 12.25/hr, no weekend diff, 2.00/hr for PM shift which I worked 8 hr day/pm swing. Today I worked my last day in the hospital. After 28 yrs, I was up to just under $39/hr. We now get a weekend rate and time and half for holidays(used to get an extra shift off that week). I am going to a perinatal clinic after having worked high risk antepartum for 20 plus years. I’m taking a huge payout and a no benefits PRN position making only $30/hr. It never occurred to me to counter offer! Oh well, I’m hoping it works out for me, I’m just totally burned out with hospital work and 12 hr shifts and weekends. Especially now because we take so many non obstetric pets in my unit.
I figure since I’m 62, I will take my SS if I can’t make ends meet with this job and some pension and 401k funds. This clinic is getter no a good deal to have me and my experience and knowledge at that pay!
My first RN job was same pay, I thought i was rich! went and spent tons of money on crap, LOL took almost 7 years to build my credit back up from my extravagant lifestyle, My best pay was 40.00 an hour but dang they worked me hard for that money. I'm also slowing down and less money is okay for less stress and happiness!
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Those wages are shockingly low to me even for 1993 nurse aides were paid $12/hr in 1993 in my area
As an LPN I was making almost 30 so as an RN now I definitely don't want anything less than 36
Did you do a transition program to become an RN?
What state are you in
Same From NJ south Jersey as a LPN I made $30 now as RN $33.34 7a-7pm after 3pm I make $2.75 more so I was upset I didn’t get a big pay raise sucks. I used to live up north not as a nurse but they start née grads $36-40 or more probably now per hour
Brand new California nurse here. I make 46.27/h base plus a 5.50 night shift differential. I live on the coast but technically the middle of nowhere so nurses in LA and SF are making even more. I consider this a pretty good starting pay especially considering it takes less than 20k to get a degree here (by degree I mean an ADN. We only have community colleges. Wait times are 3 to 5 years to get in though). But then again keep in mind gas is around $5 a gallon and avarage home prices are half a million dollars.
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RNs typically earn about 47k -82k annually because of the hours they work. (3-12, 4-8, etc). Travelers make more but have twice the living expenses and no work/life balance.
Appreciate your transparency. I really enjoy your channel.
Thanks so much! I sincerely appreciate you watching!
Better outcome is what we are looking for.
I’m a nurse for 3 years in the community setting working in Queens/ Long Island. Got paid $28/ hr my first job in a pediatric office. Moved to my next job agency school nursing got paid $35 now a school nurse with the city making the same $35/hr. It’s unlivable for the area- been saving up to move out for years, still nowhere near where I need to be. Agency school nurses have been making anywhere from $70-$100 an hour. It’s frustrating. But I’m glad we’re finally talking about money.
Hey, Jennifer. Thanks for your comment. I can't imagine how expensive everything is in your area. I wish you the best in wherever you decide to move!
New grad nurse in NYC I made $36 an hr at a nursing home. Moved to the hospital and started at $43 an hr and then after 3 year was making $49 an hr. Currently work for a local agency as a school nurse for a local school making $75 an hr. Money should def be talked about in nursing. Awareness will bring more negotiating power to the table when talking to hospital execs. Raising pay rate for one hospital will raise for the whole industry. Big reason why hospital hire travel nurses to avoid this.
Wow, $75 an hour as a school nurse! That's wild, good for you! Thank you for watching!
Thank you for sharing your pay and being so honest about it!! As a new grad, I am just looking for other nurses for motivation and tips! I always wondered how much outpatient clinic nurses make because that is what I want to do in the future!!
Hey! Thanks for watching, glad I was able to provide some insight! Outpatient clinic nursing definitely has its perks, but so can bedside!
I live in SoCal. I have 1yr of exp as a ICU RN and got hired making 55.86/hr and night shift differential is 3.75, weekends 4.00. it's pretty good experience and good pay to start but I'm not sure how long I can do ICU. It's very taxing on me mentally and physically. Maybe one day I'll do home care. Outpatient sounds more relaxing too :)
Wow, that's great starting. Bedside nursing definitely can be exhausting! Outpatient nursing was a nice change, but I ended up going back to the bedside.
In the midwest (where the wages are lower) new grads start out at $27 / hr (recently increase to $29.) The wages for outpatient are the same as inpatient I've heard, so I believe the shortage of nurses overall is pushing the wages up a little at a time but faster than in the past. I expect the next thing that will rise or at least I hope, is the payscale itself.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Agree PA hospitals are so cheap it's unlivable outside of the state but lucky you I hope i don't get a cut but yet again I'm practicing for the TEAs test, oh that bloody TEAs test. lol
As a new nurse in California I made about $38 an hour (day shift).
3 yrs experience (day shift) about $42 and 4years $43-$45.
Now 5 years later as a nurse supervisor still in California I make $50 an hour.
Travel nurses make about $100-$150 an hour at least in job boards I see here in California.
Wow, that's not bad at all, Lizzy. What part of California do you live in?
@@Katherine_Ann central California:) Santa Barbara, Ventura, Thousand Oaks area :)
Is that agency rate as ICU ?
Wow 30s for outpatient nursing in Atlanta with 5 yrs experience. You definitely deserve more with your experience. I'm in NJ and i knkw cost of living is crazy here but I moved outpatient after just a year in med surge as a new grad and halfway into my first year outpatient got bumped to 47/ hr. I make 53 /hr at a pd ASC and 49/ hr at another. I just recently found another PD at an infusion center for 80/ hr on weekends
Hey, thanks for your insight! 80 an hour, that's wild! I will say, I was getting paid this back in 2021, I'm sure wages for that position have risen substantially (I hope), but they are probably still no where close to where they should be.
Are you in Atlanta? If so, may you please share the names of the facilities?
Thank you for the info as always! Wondering if you will make a video detailing what you do as an infusion nurse? 🙏 I’m a new nurse, still don’t know where my “niche” is but heard mostly positive things about infusion nursing, just not sure exactly what day to day looks like, or the tasks, etc… thank you! 💕
New grad as of May 2021. Started in ICU, night shift. $26.80 base pay. $4.00 shift diff here in Oklahoma.
As a new grad ICU nurse in the NYC area, we make $50/hr for night shift!
That makes total sense, if I were still in PA I would be making 40+ an hour for ER nightshift but theres no difference in ICU vs MedSurg vs ER where I came from. It was straight across the board.
@Jess in Manhattan?
@@daisy5984 actually in queens & long island
@@xjayLoveessYouuxDWoW, I never knew that, thank you!
But the cost of living there is high.
I love your channel so much 😍 goals!!!
Hello Ashley, how are you
In New York City, new nurse start from $45-$50+ per hour.
The cost of living there is insane, though!
I have been a nurse for eight years and I took a contract job after working in a peds trauma emergency department then a psychiatric medical rehabilitation center between those jobs I made 20 a hour and 25 a hour there and I now work at a MTF and make 38/76 hr
Wow, that's great!
6 years ago in Louisiana I started out in psych at $22/hr. Now I’m at a local ER in Louisiana and am making $31.70/hr. I really would like to move out into an urgent care or freestanding ER someday, I’m scared some of these outpatient jobs won’t pay what I need to, especially if I decide to move to Texas, where I want to go.
I’m an LPN ( licences practical nurse) in Halifax I make 30$ an hour! In school now to do my RN . I’m doing Covid swabs I’m the community!
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6 years experience in central CA ...I make $49 in er. Outpatient is like $36 here(what I started off as a new grad). If you live in a bigger city area like bay or la you make a lot more.
As a new grad in Philadelphia in 2022, I started at $38/hr. I'm currently at $47 hourly and my experience is in peds intermediate care.
Thank you for sharing! Such a big difference from when I started in 2016!
As a phlebotomist, I’m thinking of doing either outpatient LPN or outpatient RN, but no one can give an answer for the difference in what they do, how much they make, etc.
There is not a big difference in the outpatient setting from what my experience has been when working with LPN's. Pay wise there was a difference but task wise there was not much of a difference at all.
@@Katherine_Ann generally what are the tasks then? 🤔 sorry looked everywhere but no replies from actual nurses
I’m a lpn in Lehigh valley pa doing home care for 3 years i make $32 started at $27 .50 agency pay $40
Very nice, Brianna! That's pretty solid! I'm also originally from Lancaster, PA :)
Thank you for sharing! Nice video.
Thank you for watching!
As a New grad in Florida I started at $24 on a Telemetry floor
One of the nurses I used to work with said her new grad rate was $24/hr here in Louisiana. As she was leaving to go PRN her rate was $25/hr.
Just got my first job as a new grad in a hospital in Manhattan, $60.10 base pay. Thankfully, i live outaide of the city so the cost of living is on the lower side for me.
Wow, good for you! Yes, I would imagine the cost of living in NYC is insane!
Hey Katherine cool video, nice job. I wanted to ask your opinion on this which some people may disagree with or not like. What field in nursing (outpatient only) can you come out with as a new grad making 90-110k/year? Assuming you want to work in California, Oregon, Colorado, or Nevada. Additionally, I know this may be a bit tougher since I want outpatient which means less pay and you can't do 12 hour shifts, thus no opportunity for overtime. The inherent structure of the work week within a hospital allows you to make more, but you may hate or constantly have anxiety or dislike what you're doing and I don't want that anymore since I'm almost midway through my life.
Moreover, for salaries, even for the states you listed and the survey shown, that is grossly underpaid considering what you have to do. I would not work as a new nurse for less than 90k a year personally let alone after 5 years. My goal is to work an an RN for a year-two while going to NP school right after graduating. I would do both simultaneously ideally so getting the NP would be a part time student and take longer. I have a proclivitiy towards sports medicine, sleep medicine, potentially opthalmology, or cosmetic dermatology. I have no interest in pursuing bedside nursing after becoming an RN (things like blood draws, bed baths, transferring patients, setting up IV's, catheter insertion). Potentially just hands on skills like injections, or some light medication administration involving simple pills with no IV's/infusions or any of that.
Thank you!
Hey there! Thanks for your question. The pay depends on a variety of factors as you know, with location being one of the biggest ones. I'm sure you're going to get paid significantly more in San Francisco, California compared to Reno, Nevada. As a new nurse, getting an outpatient job may also be more difficult. I wouldn't want you to necessarily steer yourself to a field that is just for the money, I would just focus on getting good experience and doing something that you enjoy while pursuing your NP. This will prevent burnout and you'll be making more once you get your NP anyway! Let me know what you decide, you're obviously very considerate with your options and I'd love to hear where you end up!
As a new grad, I’m making $43 in NJ
Where in NJ?
In outpatient?!!
That is pretty good. Your goal to work for VHA.
Anyone knows the usual rate in FL for RN and LPN in a hospital (new grads for both)? Thanks!
Everyone makes so much. I'm 1.5yr into having my RN and I'm finally and only makes 36/hr. Before this I was offered 29, then 32. I feel so left behind. Rural illinois.
Thanks for your comment! I don't think that's bad at all after only being an RN for less than two years. I only made $26.10 my first year and was only making this amount I mentioned in the video after 5 years and moving to a high cost of living area. I would imagine $36 an hour for rural Illinois is pretty good!
I started at 18 as a school nurse . Now Im an outpatient nurse and make 32 after 2 years as a school nurse .
I founded doctors on the go now we are working through tele-med.
Interesting!
for outpatient dialysis, 32 per hour fresh out of school. Almost 5 years in, 53 per hour. I am in PA. You have to job hop but be smart about it.
I am now interviewing for transplant positions. Hoping it's not a huge pay cut.
Wow, very nice!
Hi could you please mention what are the criteria to be accomplished to get into outpatient setting?do we need to have 2 years of work experience at bed side?also could you please make a video on role of an RN in an outpatient setting in detail?Thank you!!keep up the good work dear
Hi Ann! Thank you for your questions and video suggestions! I had several years of experience prior to working as an outpatient nurse, but it depends on the healthcare facility and the setting. I would just recommend doing your research on the specific kind of outpatient setting you want to work in and see what they require!
130k/year here as outpatient rn
Wow where are you located
Where?!
No, seriously, we really need to know the state?
@@SunfloweryLove cali
@@royjohnson9043 what city?
Out patient clinics in Florida are very low paying! Especially for eye surgery
I could believe that. Florida isn't known to have the highest paying jobs to begin with probably due to cost of living.
I’ve been a bedside Med/surg nurse over two years and have an opportunity to potentially work in ambulatory surgery at a hospital. Anyone have any experience with this specialty and know if this is better and less stressful than being on the floor? I’ve heard and seen mixed things about this.
It probably depends on the hospital and how your unit is run as well as what your schedule is like! Stress can definitely be subjective.
only 28 an hour for a night shift nurse? oh lord my california self was shockedddd lol. thats like what some cnas make hahah
For an office, that's great pay.
$21/hr in Florida 8 years ago as a new grad.
jesus christ..might as well work in the food industry!
Hi, did you negotiate your salary as a new grad? If so how did you know your worth?
Hi Charnise! I did not negotiate as a new grad as it was the same pay all of the other new grads were getting that I graduated with. Negotiation as a new grad comes when you have your evaluation!
I do home care shift so I’m at my patients home 9hrs a day 5bdays a week and other week I do 6 and I’m on track to make 85k but with my agency I can make 6 figures because I can pick up hours hourly pay isn’t all nurse should look at you also gotta consider how much you like what your doing I’m not a facilities nurse so hospital and LTC isn’t for me I found my niche brand of nursing and I’m maximizing every bit of it. So many of my nursing friends are shock to know oh wait you can make this much in home care shift work not visiting I’m like yes but you have to put the hours in most of the nurse who work in nursing home shift do 60hrs a week now it sounds like a lot but 60hrs in home care shift isn’t the same physical and mental stress compared to 60hrs a week in a facility
Thank you for the insight! I've been looking into home health as well. The less physical and mental stress is definitely appealing.
Well played with the ad lol
😳, I’ll stay in New England.
Its definitely different for sure!
From New England too. Rhode Island here!
@@MarissaLaurenxo Me too!
No hate but the background music is too loud 😔😔
Hey Shay! Thanks for the feedback! I've noticed that about my older videos and have fixed it within the past few months for newer videos 😊
is it safe for a kidney transplanted coz I'm taking anti rejection meds.
Hi Maclinda, I would reach out and talk to your physician about it. I unfortunately can't answer that, but thank you for watching.
CA LVN 42.50 just over 1 year experience
Wow, that's pretty good!
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Nj ortho nurse 3 years experience on night 51hr
Not bad at all! Although NJ's cost of living must be high!
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You can make $45-60 as an rn with 5 years experience here in iowa
That's not bad at all!
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I don’t know about you all but i think only those nurses who cannot cope in the inpatient bed side job should and must be in opd otherwise go bedside if one is capable.
People should work where they want to.period.
I really hate when RUclipsrs don’t get to the point and just talk and talk and talk and talk
Hi there Jiliana! As I believe your aiming your comment at me I appreciate your feedback. One great thing about this being my channel and platform is that if someone doesn't like how I make videos they are not obligated to watch.
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Why do ppl on RUclips speak so weird and segmented?
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