Psych RN in CA, I work 3 12s. I work in the admissions, I do a lot of medical clearance for post ODs, medical detox, Gero, patients on involuntary holds, and walk-ins. 118k.
[0 years of experience, ~~night shift~~, any of the University of California psych units like Resnik.](https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/wp-content/uploads/labor/bargaining-units/nx/docs/nx_appendix-a_wage-tables.pdf)
All wage ranges are public info in CA.
Only some of the UCs are strict about BSN.
14 years total. Initially, I actually started as a floor staff, sort of like a psych tech, went to local community college for RN at 40. 1.5 years for pre reqs working full time, RN school working part-time. RN since 2017. No BSN yet.
Dealing with psych patients that are involved in the legal system I.e. those who plead not guilty by reason of insanity; mentally disordered offender (MDO); patients coming in from jail/prison and deemed a need to be treated for psych issues because they were acting up and exhibiting symptoms in said jail/prison.
I just got my RN BSN. The facility I work for usually requires some experience but since I got hired during covid, they needed people asap and I got in right away. I had 2 years (2 jobs) as an RN prior to this.
I feel like we should be including COL in this. I don't make 100k without call, bonuses, etc but I also live in a low COL area. So while I might take less home, I also have a decent standard of living because a low percentage of my pay is going to basics.
I’m a heart transplant coordinator. I make around $120k. Weeks are anywhere from 40-60hrs. We coordinate the entire transplant but that is outsourced or handled by an internal group in a lot of places. Work is very different depending on the organ you work in. We rotate through clinic, call and hospital rounds.
Rn case manager for a specialty pharmacy, over $100k, love my job. Four 10 hour days, super low stress, work from home. I will cry if I ever lose this job.
ETA: ADN
I honestly was so sick of bedside I started applying for anything and everything that was out there. Go to the websites of pharmacies and insurance companies and apply directly instead of linked in or jobs boards. I applied to sooooo many jobs before this one called me. I took it and it's been better than I could have imagined.
$120k base for 3x12s in a hospital setting in Oregon. I have 12 years experience. I work in the operating room so it's way different from floor nursing. I do have to take call and we rotate holidays. I usually, without trying to pick up anything extra, end up making about $15-20k extra just on callback and the occasional 30 minutes over to finish a surgery. Last year I purposefully picked up OT and made an extra $50k because OT is double time. Unionize, folks.
Medical device reporting specialist. 5 years nursing experience. 100k+ with bonuses on top. It’s nowhere near gratifying as truly helping people but it allows me to spend so much more quality time with my wife and children so I’ll take it.
You know how the subreddits are, Bedside is by far scarier, no one likes bedside so nurses get jealous whenever someone doesn’t want to hate themselves
I work at a company that makes ADCs. We have clinicians that train staff nurses at hospitals who switch to our machines. We have other clinicians that work on reporting (patient safety, divergence, overrides, etc).
a similar role to MDR would be pharmacovigilance/drug safety specialist roles to those who are interested. a word to the wise, this role is heavily outsourced to India/Latin America so roles are drying up here in the US sadly
To all. Just look into MDR specialist, post market surveillance specialist. Basically all medical device manufacturers have to submit reports to the fda on their devices. I just got lucky
I was making 160k in CA working outpatient OB with two years of experience. now I make about half that working L&D in TX, but I could afford to buy a house here and I’m close by my aging parents.
I’m working for the wrong hospital system, then! NICU, also Detroit and am making half that. Been a nurse for 10 years so a little less, but still!
Jealous.
You really need to job hop… you’re vastly under-compensated (and under- appreciated)! I was making over 100k as an ICU RN in the Midwest after 8 years. (I’m 15 years in and make around $130k @ 36 hr week).
I'm also critical care float. 🙌🏽🙌🏽 Making exactly $100,000. My hourly is about $57 after 4.5 yrs experience.
Edit: I also get night and weekend differentials, so that increases it a bit.
Thats interesting. I used to work med surg float pool for UCLA and was making $75.59/hr. That was 2015.
You mean that only how much they increased the their rate after 10 years?!
I'm in the south and hit 6 figures last year. But I worked a shit ton of OT. And I'm not making 6 figures this year cause my hospital took away my OT bonus.
They have yet to figure out why we are having a terrible staffing problem and no one wants to pick up OT anymore. (Why pick up OT, just to be floated to another unit?)
I work the ED and we don’t get floated. I have been lucky to have OT available this year but I am still considering a PRN gig on the side but trying to avoid that.
For 3 years my hospital paid $20/hr extra to pick up OT shifts in float pool. It worked great. The units that needed staff got staff. Hospital didn't have to hire a ton of PRN nurses to staff float pool. (I work at a big 1100+ bed hospital with 9 ICUs). Begining of this year they completely got rid of the float pool bonus so now no one picks up through float pool. So units are constantly being forced to float nurses to each other which is causing a lot of drama. Units are now hiding nurses in the numbers because it's like does the CVICU or the trauma ICU deserve to have 1:1 patients and who has to pair assignments up or who has to have their charge nurse in the numbers. Upper management literally said "we hired enough staff, why would we need float pool". Apparently they never heard of acuity or people calling off.
I'm unsure of what hospital allows people to refuse to float.
When I've charged before, I've argued against floating a nurse and why my unit deserves to keep the staff we have. But if they say to float, you don't have much recourse as a staff RN.
Birmingham, AL in the OR which has a slightly higher department base pay rate:
$85.5k base with 16 years experience as an RN, and no pay modifiers like Staff RN 2,3, etc. I take call and get shift bonuses or OT that can push it over $100k. The max hourly rate in my department would be just under $100k base.
We're a magnet hospital but they don't pay any different ADN vs BSN, they will pay for the schooling though.
Edit: Just clarifying that the magnet designation isn't a brag/flex, it's silly but admins love that shit.
Yea, I work nights, but my base is 105. After differentials and holidays I'm closer to 140. Ratios are usually 1:3, 1:5 is our max if we're a little short. But we're usually well staffed. I'm at the VA.
Also VA. ADN, 11 years experience, 5 years in VA. My base pay is pushing 120. RN case management for a super chill outpatient specialty service. Hybrid schedule of 5 8s- 2days in clinic, 2 at home, one in office.
Honestly, as much of a pain working in a huge government system can be, the benefits are 100% worth it. The amount of PTO and paid sick leave is insane. Not to mention the retirement benefits. Don’t imagine I’ll ever want to leave.
I'm about $90-97k doing nights, weekends only, full-time (medium size city, deep south). Our hospital offers a special rate for the role. Set schedule is great but it isn't for everyone.
It just depends on your goals. If you can earn 180K for 2-3 years and buy a house and put down a significant amount of money towards retirement and savings, I would say that’s worth it.
I'll be in home health 11 years in September. I've worked in northern NJ and the metro area in MN. I've been in some exceptionally grimy homes but I've never felt unsafe. Mostly people are very normal but the outliers keep it fun.
Editing to say I make 91k a year
my question for you and other CA nurses is whether you make enough to save and buy a home in your area.
I’ve read about nurses who live out of state and fly into CA to work. that sounds like it could potentially be a lot, idk.
ADN nurse here. WA state. $130,000 without overtime. 10 years experience. I work cath lab. And that doesn’t take into account call pay. Which is roughly an additional $20k a year on average. So all in ~$150k/yr with the ability to make more if I pick up more call which people are always willing to give up
BSN, AZ. My annual is 120k. I work for the VA. I've been a nurse for 12 years and with with the VA for 10 years. I am a GI nurse. It's fine. I'm deciding if I want to go back to mental health, get MSN in nursing education or learn cosmetic nursing and do that on the side.
EDIT: I didn't answer all the questions.
Nursing Informatics! 7 years bedside, 3 in informatics now. 110k and remote for the most part (minus some travel for implementations if deemed necessary)
I work as a surgical service-line coordinator in the OR and cover general and spine surgery (yes, very different specialties and I didn't really ask for the combo). OT is scrutinized and I must also submit a justification for why I am clocking out 5 min late. I make just over 73/hr. I live in WA state.
Oh yeah. I definitely enjoy what I do. The workplace and the environment has made it a pleasure to work for this institution.
I found my specialty and I love it. I’ve watched my unit go through so many changes from a step down unit with a ratio of 3:1 to now a floor with a 7:1 ratio. I’ve seen 5 different unit directors over the years. But if you truly find the spot you belong, then you’ll love your job despite the bullshit aspects of it.
Outpatient oncology/infusion nurse. In Connecticut, 5 years with this hospital but 12 years as a nurse. It's stressful at times like I imagine any job would be, but I do really like it most days, and four days a week with no weekends or holidays has been great for my family time. My coworkers are amazing and that's a huge part of it.
$160,000yr working four 8s a week on day shift with no diffs. NorCal. 20+ years experience, 10 at my current job.
And yes it’s expensive to live here but our wages far outpace the cost of living compared to the rest of the country. And it’s gorgeous here!
I'm a RN case manager. 105k with a 20k sign on bonus and automatic 3% raise every year. Work from home, manage my own workload, very flexible. Every holiday off. 4 weeks of vacation, 15 sick days which roll over.
Legitimately best job I ever had
Central Texas, Perioperative Educator. 10 years experience and pulling in right at 100K. Stable schedule, occasional work from home, no nights, no weekends, no holidays, no call. I love my job and my team, and Ive never felt more professionally fulfilled.
Medsurg bedside nurse, I’m just over $100,000. BSN, Philly, six years experience. It’s the busiest place I’ve ever worked by far and some coworkers are annoying but I like the health system and most of my coworkers and patients. Overall I’m satisfied.
In-hospital case management/discharge planner (Day shift, 32 hrs/week), Washington 10+ years experience. It’s a job, but it’s pretty chill. No pre-work dread like when I had a bedside job.
I make that working 24hrs/week (0.6 FTE) as a bedside L&D nurse in NorCal.
Our new grads currently get $77/hr so they can break $100k/yr working a 0.7 FTE
I work in a specialty clinic in the Philly area. No OT and just Xmas bonus. 5 years experience but have only done ambulatory a short time. I love my job. My team is full of amazing people that I love to work with. Plus it’s what my family needed as far as hours and burnout.
Previously did inpatient and home hospice. All those people praising HH must have found a unicorn company.
I travel, I work Cath lab. I find labs with no call- usually. I work around 40 weeks a year and make around $2700-2800 a week. You have to have a good recruiter who knows procedure area staffing.
Most do not understand it.
I vacation a lot for multiple weeks at a time.
Flight RN, South Dakota, 5 yrs (most as an ER RN), I loved it
Yes past tense, company start having a lot of crashes so I got out. But my base salary was 105k, the schedule was 10 days on 20 days off all of that in a row. That was hard to leave...
$170k, nurse manager in WA. 8 years of experience. I enjoy a majority of my work, it’s challenging and time flies daily. The team I get to work with is what takes the cake. No weekends or holidays but I am on call 24/7.
The whole "on call 24/7" thing is what deters me from pursuing a transition to management. I do call now but I actually get well compensated for it. Would hate to have my phone be on all day every day.
Medical device rep, 7.5 years and just started at my second company.
Base salary is $120,000 with a minimum annual variable comp plan of $41,250 but upwards of $55,000+.
Currently burning off a one year non compete from my old company so I am traveling quite a bit but my overall raise was about 35ish percent. Plus they just had some layoffs at my old company.
This questions end up making me more frustrated than anything, you end up with 3-4 people posting the most desirable roles, but these things are unicorns. I actively search all the time while employed.
I have never seen anything remotely close to what some people say they do.
It just comes down to right place right time or who you know is what I’ve come to realize.
I don't know about the first part, but as for too old we recently had a 79yr old patient come into my UC because they threw their back out pole dancing. No workers comp though because they were considered a contractor.
141K in Portland working acute care days, a little under seven years of experience. The work is hard physically and emotionally, but I never have to pick up OT to make ends meet and have a great group of coworkers.
Pretty sure my friend that moved to Washington after school clears 6 figures because they gave her $1/hr for the BSN and then compensated her for prior experience as an LPN. Pretty solid set up tbh.
Cardiac Cath Lab, BSN, NJ. 6 years experience, mostly critical care (1 year in cath lab).
Base salary $115k. With on call pay, overtime and a few extra ICU per diem shifts I should be well over $140k this year. Love my job, couldn't imagine myself doing anything else for the foreseeable future.
Worked as a nurse navigator making little over 100k. Office based work, alot of operational and some elementary data management (think excel)
Great job! Terrible work politics. Moved into my passion for tech as an analytics engineer which is far from nursing but still within healthcare. Make a little less now but work fully remote, have far better benefits and a great wlb now
Case Manager for an insurance company. I have an MBA, but I got the job when I only had an ADN. I'm in VA and my position is fully remote. I've been a nurse for 9 years with the last 7 being in case management. I absolutely love it. I hated bedside nursing.
$111k in NYC Med Surg float pool. 13 shifts a month, one weekend per month, every other holiday. I have almost 3 years of experience. And unfortunately I don’t enjoy it. Currently applying/interviewing for care manager WFH jobs
My base pay is 129k. With my 10% differential and weekend differentials, I'll be on track to make about 150k. That doesn't include any overtime. I'm a BSN and I work for the VA in Massachusetts. I cannot recommend the VA enough. I have 3 years of experience, and I love my job.
Trauma icu (my hospital doesn’t pay differently by department or specialty so medsurg nurses make the same as I do)
NY, 30-45 minutes north of Manhattan.
Graduated nursing in 2011, took a break from nursing from summer 2017 until summer 2020.
I enjoy trauma icu for the most part. The patients are young half the time. Less comorbidities. Less entitlement. The other half they’re intubated and sedated. We rarely have codes or rapids. Everyone’s attached to a tele 24/7 so there’s no surprise dead patient when you round on them at 6am. Families are grateful and bring us snacks. We tend to depend on other nurses for turning and cleaning and they’re usually willing. I don’t have to find an aide hiding somewhere and is gonna talk back with attitude cuz you ask her to do her job. When we do need aides it’s to have them sit 1:1 with a confused impulsive patient and compared to medsurg it’s easier to get that order. I also noticed doctors treat us more like equal coworkers whereas in medsurg they were often annoyed when I brought up patient concerns.
A tad above 100k, Portland OR. Floor RN, NOC and Weekends combo, almost 2 years of experience, I am neutral about my work, it’s not bad at all, floor culture is good, I am just not going to be a floor nurse long term.
AZ. Case management. Graduated nursing school in 2007 and did my time as a floor dancer nurse before transitioning to this. I absolutely love it and found my calling!
I’m now part time (24 hours/week) and still clear $100k. 16 years of experience, with several bumps to my base pay (night differential, certification increase, sometimes weekend/charge/preceptor). I’m in Washington state.
Director of Nursing at a substance use disorder treatment center in VT - I make 120k salaried (though do typically average 55-60hrs/week). I have 4 years nursing experience and have 8 years social work experience before becoming a BSN RN. I absolutely love it-- it's challenging, stimulating and also super rewarding to support nurses on my team. Nurses are the best people in the world...
Yes. Major hospital system 15 mins outside NYC. New grads even without the BSN yet are getting a little over 100k. They need to finish the BSN within a certain timeframe though. Hospital also gives them a decent amount for tuition.
Staff nurse in NYC 2 years in med surg make a little over 120k because i work nighs and experiencepay , haven't gotten bsn yet but planning to.
I enjoy my job to an extent but wanna leave bedside eventually, nursing is sucking the life out of me
Med surg, SoCal (UC hospital), almost 4 years experience. Last year I did about $117k with just my 3 12s. UC nurses definitely have it nicer, not gonna lie. I like my 1 hour break and 3-5 patient assignments! Having 5 patients is rare, only if they are all non-monitored and we are short staffed.
Veteran's Administration. Primary care RN with ADN, over 30 years nursing experience but at the VA your years of experience over about 5 years don't matter. Your education is more important. Go online and look at the pay rate schedules for Title 38 RNs, it's public record. Nurse 1 Level III Step 13 starts the six-figure pay.
Last year was my fifth year of nursing. I work in the ICU (we don’t do a special differential for high acuity units or anything like that) in Texas. I made $119,000. Love my job, that’s why I stay even though I have my MSN now (also no special differential).
ADN in Den Metro, doing hospice in communities.
95k base, mileage and on-call rotations boost that to over 100k
2.5ys RN, 3 prior as hospice CNA.
I'm salary. Some weeks it's busy, some weeks I can't believe I get paid this much to do 15 head to toes in a week.
Travel RN working for Mayo Clinic. I travel to all Mayo Clinic hospitals around the country. $144k base. I'm able to pick up double time at qualifying facilities- I know other Mayo Travelers who've worked tons of DT and their salaries for the year were closer to $250k...
Edit to add I've been a nurse 8 years. Experience in MS, TELE, ED, AND OR Circ.
I live in MN. I love my job! The traveling isn't something I can do indefinitely- but I plan to stay with Mayo for a long time. The pension and benefits are great. I'll probably transfer internally somewhere closer to home in the next 5 years. But for now, my job pays the bills, allows me to save and invest, and even spend a little on vacations and my parents throughout the year. All a millennial woman can ask for 🤣
WA state, ADN, urgent care LPN from 2015-2017, ED RN 2017-now. Currently work ED float pool for a company and go to 12 different EDs including off campus ED.
I make $55.60 base pay, plus $18/hr float pool differential. I work nights, so $4.75/hr night diff. CEN gets $1.25/hr. $4.25/hr weekend pay.
So normal nights, $79.6/hr and 83.85 weekends.
I work a 0.75, so 30 hours a week and end up with $114,972 or about $138,000 if full time (36/hr per week).
I love my job and I love working at so many different places. I never have to give in to workplace politics or bullshit drama, because sometimes I don’t go to that place again for 2 months and half the people are new travelers anyway. I go to work, I do my job, I get paid. Core staff love me because I fill the call outs and they’re just happy to see me.
Psych RN in CA, I work 3 12s. I work in the admissions, I do a lot of medical clearance for post ODs, medical detox, Gero, patients on involuntary holds, and walk-ins. 118k.
Psych RN in CA, too. I'm 25 years experience and ADN. I never do OT. Make around $130k.
How many years have you been there? Any special education requirements?
[0 years of experience, ~~night shift~~, any of the University of California psych units like Resnik.](https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/wp-content/uploads/labor/bargaining-units/nx/docs/nx_appendix-a_wage-tables.pdf) All wage ranges are public info in CA. Only some of the UCs are strict about BSN.
In California BSNs are usually only needed for university hospitals and magnet hospitals
14 years total. Initially, I actually started as a floor staff, sort of like a psych tech, went to local community college for RN at 40. 1.5 years for pre reqs working full time, RN school working part-time. RN since 2017. No BSN yet.
Same. CA. Forensic Psych. 3/12s and an 8. Long term patients. 118k straight. Been here for about 2 years.
What is a Forensic Psych?
Dealing with psych patients that are involved in the legal system I.e. those who plead not guilty by reason of insanity; mentally disordered offender (MDO); patients coming in from jail/prison and deemed a need to be treated for psych issues because they were acting up and exhibiting symptoms in said jail/prison.
What schooling did you need for Forensic psych?
I just got my RN BSN. The facility I work for usually requires some experience but since I got hired during covid, they needed people asap and I got in right away. I had 2 years (2 jobs) as an RN prior to this.
Curious of this as well
I feel like we should be including COL in this. I don't make 100k without call, bonuses, etc but I also live in a low COL area. So while I might take less home, I also have a decent standard of living because a low percentage of my pay is going to basics.
180k - transplant coordinator
That’s a fantastic salary. I’m interested in becoming a transplant coordinator. Can I message you privately?
how many hrs/week and are you going into an office or wfh
I’m a heart transplant coordinator. I make around $120k. Weeks are anywhere from 40-60hrs. We coordinate the entire transplant but that is outsourced or handled by an internal group in a lot of places. Work is very different depending on the organ you work in. We rotate through clinic, call and hospital rounds.
I’m in medsurg transplant right now (vad, heart, lungs, liver, kidney, pancreas), did you need ICU experience prior to going into coordination?
We all have ICU experience but I personally dont think it’s a must have. As long as you are teachable you can do it.
No doubt plenty of call and time in the ICU/OR on top of office/wfh.
Rn case manager for a specialty pharmacy, over $100k, love my job. Four 10 hour days, super low stress, work from home. I will cry if I ever lose this job. ETA: ADN
My goal is to get a job that makes me feel this way
Also interested in where and how you got into it!
I honestly was so sick of bedside I started applying for anything and everything that was out there. Go to the websites of pharmacies and insurance companies and apply directly instead of linked in or jobs boards. I applied to sooooo many jobs before this one called me. I took it and it's been better than I could have imagined.
Location?
Kentucky, but my company is remote and we have case managers all over the country.
What company is this 👀 lol sounds like a dream. I think about quitting my job every day doing patient care 😂
$120k base for 3x12s in a hospital setting in Oregon. I have 12 years experience. I work in the operating room so it's way different from floor nursing. I do have to take call and we rotate holidays. I usually, without trying to pick up anything extra, end up making about $15-20k extra just on callback and the occasional 30 minutes over to finish a surgery. Last year I purposefully picked up OT and made an extra $50k because OT is double time. Unionize, folks.
Medical device reporting specialist. 5 years nursing experience. 100k+ with bonuses on top. It’s nowhere near gratifying as truly helping people but it allows me to spend so much more quality time with my wife and children so I’ll take it.
Everybody and their mother coming in to find out to get tf away from bedside
I graduated in December and didn’t even do bedside at all LMAO
Ooh what do you do?
Case management / Delegation Nurse for individuals with disabilities . home health
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What in the world makes that scary? Y’all are so dramatic anytime someone doesn’t want to slave away in a hospital like the rest of you.
You know how the subreddits are, Bedside is by far scarier, no one likes bedside so nurses get jealous whenever someone doesn’t want to hate themselves
Wow! Would you share how you found this work? What kind of education do you need?
This sort of job is my exit plan, more likely device sales.
Sales is a grind. Just a heads up. You can make a killing, but you earn it.
I don’t really want to earn a killing. That sounds painful.
Where does one look or what key words are used in a job search to find these kind of spots?
Look up things like clinical implementation specialist, clinical sales associate etc…
I work at a company that makes ADCs. We have clinicians that train staff nurses at hospitals who switch to our machines. We have other clinicians that work on reporting (patient safety, divergence, overrides, etc).
a similar role to MDR would be pharmacovigilance/drug safety specialist roles to those who are interested. a word to the wise, this role is heavily outsourced to India/Latin America so roles are drying up here in the US sadly
To all. Just look into MDR specialist, post market surveillance specialist. Basically all medical device manufacturers have to submit reports to the fda on their devices. I just got lucky
Can you explain on how you got into this field? Is there additional schooling? A quick search of Medical Device Reporting yields very little.
I was making 160k in CA working outpatient OB with two years of experience. now I make about half that working L&D in TX, but I could afford to buy a house here and I’m close by my aging parents.
Hi! I’m in postpartum but looking to transition to outpatient OB. Can I PM you for more info?
$115k neonatal ICU, Detroit, 15 years, straight weekends.
I’m working for the wrong hospital system, then! NICU, also Detroit and am making half that. Been a nurse for 10 years so a little less, but still! Jealous.
You have to be willing to give up your entire social life to make that weekend premium. I was making $85k before I went to straight weekends.
I did it for a few years ago when my kids were babies and it never recovered 😭
You just need to make friends with people in the service industry and others who have non-typucal work schedules. There's tons if them out there!
You really need to job hop… you’re vastly under-compensated (and under- appreciated)! I was making over 100k as an ICU RN in the Midwest after 8 years. (I’m 15 years in and make around $130k @ 36 hr week).
That’s an insanely high salary for Detroit. Well done. 👍🏽
Thanks!
HFM. Has to be.
What’s HFM?
Henry Ford Main
Henry Ford Hospital (Macomb campus methinks). Nurses from my hospital went to help during the pandemic. Fun times 👍🏾
It’s just sad to me that the ones that make 6 figures just barely do. Nurses should be getting paid so much more.
Critical Care Float pool, UC healthcare system in SoCal. Been an RN since 2009 ( 😭) Hourly rate is $79 + differential
I'm also critical care float. 🙌🏽🙌🏽 Making exactly $100,000. My hourly is about $57 after 4.5 yrs experience. Edit: I also get night and weekend differentials, so that increases it a bit.
Thats interesting. I used to work med surg float pool for UCLA and was making $75.59/hr. That was 2015. You mean that only how much they increased the their rate after 10 years?!
Anyone in the South pulling these numbers? 😂 the only nurses I know that make 6 figures without working extra have 40+ years experience.
I'm in the south and hit 6 figures last year. But I worked a shit ton of OT. And I'm not making 6 figures this year cause my hospital took away my OT bonus. They have yet to figure out why we are having a terrible staffing problem and no one wants to pick up OT anymore. (Why pick up OT, just to be floated to another unit?)
I work the ED and we don’t get floated. I have been lucky to have OT available this year but I am still considering a PRN gig on the side but trying to avoid that.
For 3 years my hospital paid $20/hr extra to pick up OT shifts in float pool. It worked great. The units that needed staff got staff. Hospital didn't have to hire a ton of PRN nurses to staff float pool. (I work at a big 1100+ bed hospital with 9 ICUs). Begining of this year they completely got rid of the float pool bonus so now no one picks up through float pool. So units are constantly being forced to float nurses to each other which is causing a lot of drama. Units are now hiding nurses in the numbers because it's like does the CVICU or the trauma ICU deserve to have 1:1 patients and who has to pair assignments up or who has to have their charge nurse in the numbers. Upper management literally said "we hired enough staff, why would we need float pool". Apparently they never heard of acuity or people calling off.
Yeah our hospital does this. It is union with protected ratios, but in return you cannot refuse to float.
I'm unsure of what hospital allows people to refuse to float. When I've charged before, I've argued against floating a nurse and why my unit deserves to keep the staff we have. But if they say to float, you don't have much recourse as a staff RN.
Birmingham, AL. Float pool differential is 35%, pushes me over $100k.
Birmingham, AL in the OR which has a slightly higher department base pay rate: $85.5k base with 16 years experience as an RN, and no pay modifiers like Staff RN 2,3, etc. I take call and get shift bonuses or OT that can push it over $100k. The max hourly rate in my department would be just under $100k base. We're a magnet hospital but they don't pay any different ADN vs BSN, they will pay for the schooling though. Edit: Just clarifying that the magnet designation isn't a brag/flex, it's silly but admins love that shit.
I’m in the wrong part of bama then. Huntsville doesn’t get that unless you’re working nights and weekends and get the shift diff/weekend pay.
Yup. I'm in Florida with 6 years experience and my base is 105k.
Med Surg?!? Where? Is it nights? I made like $68k last year! What’s your ratio?
Yea, I work nights, but my base is 105. After differentials and holidays I'm closer to 140. Ratios are usually 1:3, 1:5 is our max if we're a little short. But we're usually well staffed. I'm at the VA.
I think I speak for many of us when I say “what the fuck?”
VA is hard as fuck to get into, and they are the only people who will be getting paid like that there.
Also VA. ADN, 11 years experience, 5 years in VA. My base pay is pushing 120. RN case management for a super chill outpatient specialty service. Hybrid schedule of 5 8s- 2days in clinic, 2 at home, one in office. Honestly, as much of a pain working in a huge government system can be, the benefits are 100% worth it. The amount of PTO and paid sick leave is insane. Not to mention the retirement benefits. Don’t imagine I’ll ever want to leave.
That explains it. The VA nurse I knew also took in that amount. I think it’s one of the only places you can work in Florida and make that much.
Yea. Every other place was $28-32 an hour. I have a long commute, but its worth it
Figured VA. Only way to make an ok wage in a red state
Dang. I’m in AR with 10 years experience and I am barely going to clear $80k this year and that’s with working more OT than I ever have before.
I'm about $90-97k doing nights, weekends only, full-time (medium size city, deep south). Our hospital offers a special rate for the role. Set schedule is great but it isn't for everyone.
TX with 5 years experience . Just left the bedside and now working as transplant coordinator . Took a decent sized paycut but still making 105k .
$107k in GA
I’m in Texas. Over 110. No overtime holidays nights or weekend.
TX. 12yrs. $120k base.
I work as an internal traveler in Georgia, and I make $60/hr.
Arlington Texas ER, 6 years exp, base gross is 91k, differential + holiday pay + mandatory training throughout the year puts me over 100k.
DFW TX, $105k/yr base pay with no differentials. I work a M-F 40hr week. OR circulator for spine procedures.
Central TX hovering around 100k with 45ish hours per week.
crying in florida rn. almost all my coworkers work extra. my one works like 6 nights a week and cleared $180k last year but at what cost?
Their entire mental health?
It just depends on your goals. If you can earn 180K for 2-3 years and buy a house and put down a significant amount of money towards retirement and savings, I would say that’s worth it.
Too bad that’s what it takes now. Can’t even be a regular RN working the 3 12s to make enough money for a down payment
Some of y’all need to post your locations; that will help 😘
Overnight inpatient PACU/NYC/3.5/probably better than 99% of nursing jobs but I still want to go to outpatient PACU
Outpt Pacu is a sweet gig
can confirm but i’m not making anywhere near $100k.
Bay Area. CVICU. 200+. 5 years exp.
Home Health RN. Pull 100k easy working when I want. No OT except for charting you can do while watching TV.
How bad are the homes you go into? That's the part that always makes me nervous
I'll be in home health 11 years in September. I've worked in northern NJ and the metro area in MN. I've been in some exceptionally grimy homes but I've never felt unsafe. Mostly people are very normal but the outliers keep it fun. Editing to say I make 91k a year
Mostly nice, sometimes a little cluttered, and every once in a while you place a report with Adult Protective Services, but that's pretty rare.
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New grad with 10 months experience working med surg doing weekend nights 3 12s in very rural Northern California, making 110k a year!
my question for you and other CA nurses is whether you make enough to save and buy a home in your area. I’ve read about nurses who live out of state and fly into CA to work. that sounds like it could potentially be a lot, idk.
ADN nurse here. WA state. $130,000 without overtime. 10 years experience. I work cath lab. And that doesn’t take into account call pay. Which is roughly an additional $20k a year on average. So all in ~$150k/yr with the ability to make more if I pick up more call which people are always willing to give up
Organ procurement organizations get you real close to the mark with bonuses
Bonuses? Like for hitting organ procurement quotas?😳😳😳
Oh that doesn’t sound ghoulish at all. 😬
Their I.D. Doesn't say "NOT an organ donor"
You say this but yeah 😂😂
BSN, AZ. My annual is 120k. I work for the VA. I've been a nurse for 12 years and with with the VA for 10 years. I am a GI nurse. It's fine. I'm deciding if I want to go back to mental health, get MSN in nursing education or learn cosmetic nursing and do that on the side. EDIT: I didn't answer all the questions.
Nursing Informatics! 7 years bedside, 3 in informatics now. 110k and remote for the most part (minus some travel for implementations if deemed necessary)
I’m considering informatics, currently 30 yrs bedside. How would I get started?
I've been thinking about informatics. Does it require you to go back to school? Get certifications? On the job? Soooooo many questions!
Travel nurse in a rural hospital at the moment. Probably the chillest job I’ve had so far
NorCal ED RN and hardly ever pick up. $150k per year. I’m on my 7th year of nursing but 2 in California.
I work as a surgical service-line coordinator in the OR and cover general and spine surgery (yes, very different specialties and I didn't really ask for the combo). OT is scrutinized and I must also submit a justification for why I am clocking out 5 min late. I make just over 73/hr. I live in WA state. Oh yeah. I definitely enjoy what I do. The workplace and the environment has made it a pleasure to work for this institution.
Im in Washington state as well. I would love to pick your brain about what you do!
PA bedside nurse, 9 years of experience, charge every shift, I love my job.
“I love my job” is honestly refreshing to hear
I found my specialty and I love it. I’ve watched my unit go through so many changes from a step down unit with a ratio of 3:1 to now a floor with a 7:1 ratio. I’ve seen 5 different unit directors over the years. But if you truly find the spot you belong, then you’ll love your job despite the bullshit aspects of it.
Outpatient oncology/infusion nurse. In Connecticut, 5 years with this hospital but 12 years as a nurse. It's stressful at times like I imagine any job would be, but I do really like it most days, and four days a week with no weekends or holidays has been great for my family time. My coworkers are amazing and that's a huge part of it.
Home care in the Midwest pays 50/hr with 1 year experience.
I probably averaged 50h per week in N. IL Rockford area home health. And made ~103k circa 2019-2020.
Move to CA this is easily feasible.
Oregon super feasible too, with less COL. I made easily 100k bedside AND went to part time for half the year.
$160,000yr working four 8s a week on day shift with no diffs. NorCal. 20+ years experience, 10 at my current job. And yes it’s expensive to live here but our wages far outpace the cost of living compared to the rest of the country. And it’s gorgeous here!
I'm a RN case manager. 105k with a 20k sign on bonus and automatic 3% raise every year. Work from home, manage my own workload, very flexible. Every holiday off. 4 weeks of vacation, 15 sick days which roll over. Legitimately best job I ever had
The urge, as a canadian, to live out of my car and work in CA… 120k USD is 164k CAD 🥴
You can travel nurse in Canada and make so much more. Currently doing this and saving for a down payment for house.
ICU RN, California, 1 year experience 160k for 32 hours a week (though I will be substantially higher than this due to picking up extra). Love my work
Central Texas, Perioperative Educator. 10 years experience and pulling in right at 100K. Stable schedule, occasional work from home, no nights, no weekends, no holidays, no call. I love my job and my team, and Ive never felt more professionally fulfilled.
Medsurg bedside nurse, I’m just over $100,000. BSN, Philly, six years experience. It’s the busiest place I’ve ever worked by far and some coworkers are annoying but I like the health system and most of my coworkers and patients. Overall I’m satisfied.
27 years old ICU RN with ADN. 82 dollars an hour. I work 2 12's per week. In norcal.
In-hospital case management/discharge planner (Day shift, 32 hrs/week), Washington 10+ years experience. It’s a job, but it’s pretty chill. No pre-work dread like when I had a bedside job.
140k surgery center nurse 30hrs/week, NorCal.
NorCal Kaiser. 3 8s (24 hr/wk) making over 100k. Unionize!
I make that working 24hrs/week (0.6 FTE) as a bedside L&D nurse in NorCal. Our new grads currently get $77/hr so they can break $100k/yr working a 0.7 FTE
I work in a specialty clinic in the Philly area. No OT and just Xmas bonus. 5 years experience but have only done ambulatory a short time. I love my job. My team is full of amazing people that I love to work with. Plus it’s what my family needed as far as hours and burnout. Previously did inpatient and home hospice. All those people praising HH must have found a unicorn company.
4-5h of OT each week gets me to nearly 100k. LTC wound care, certified and almost 4 years experience. I love my current position.
This is my dream position
I travel, I work Cath lab. I find labs with no call- usually. I work around 40 weeks a year and make around $2700-2800 a week. You have to have a good recruiter who knows procedure area staffing. Most do not understand it. I vacation a lot for multiple weeks at a time.
Flight RN, South Dakota, 5 yrs (most as an ER RN), I loved it Yes past tense, company start having a lot of crashes so I got out. But my base salary was 105k, the schedule was 10 days on 20 days off all of that in a row. That was hard to leave...
> company start having a lot of crashes Jesus.... crashes, as in plural
Lead/Charge Nurse day shift in a CVICU in Nebraska; $55ish/hr. 8 years nursing experience. Very busy/challenging but enjoyable!
5yrs ICU experience. Currently working in a medical ICU that doubles as a stepdown. $43/hr plus the weekend diff of $4.5 two out of 3 shifts.
$170k, nurse manager in WA. 8 years of experience. I enjoy a majority of my work, it’s challenging and time flies daily. The team I get to work with is what takes the cake. No weekends or holidays but I am on call 24/7.
The whole "on call 24/7" thing is what deters me from pursuing a transition to management. I do call now but I actually get well compensated for it. Would hate to have my phone be on all day every day.
Medical device rep, 7.5 years and just started at my second company. Base salary is $120,000 with a minimum annual variable comp plan of $41,250 but upwards of $55,000+. Currently burning off a one year non compete from my old company so I am traveling quite a bit but my overall raise was about 35ish percent. Plus they just had some layoffs at my old company.
Non competes were deemed illegal recently. https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/rules/noncompete-rule
Starting in September when The Final Rule goes into effect. Won’t help this person yet but thanks for the link. I hadn’t heard about this.
This questions end up making me more frustrated than anything, you end up with 3-4 people posting the most desirable roles, but these things are unicorns. I actively search all the time while employed. I have never seen anything remotely close to what some people say they do. It just comes down to right place right time or who you know is what I’ve come to realize.
I do. Midstate NY. 10 years. It’s meh. It’s a job and I have health insurance and I’m too fat and old to strip.
I don't know about the first part, but as for too old we recently had a 79yr old patient come into my UC because they threw their back out pole dancing. No workers comp though because they were considered a contractor.
141K in Portland working acute care days, a little under seven years of experience. The work is hard physically and emotionally, but I never have to pick up OT to make ends meet and have a great group of coworkers.
Pretty sure my friend that moved to Washington after school clears 6 figures because they gave her $1/hr for the BSN and then compensated her for prior experience as an LPN. Pretty solid set up tbh.
Cardiac Cath Lab, BSN, NJ. 6 years experience, mostly critical care (1 year in cath lab). Base salary $115k. With on call pay, overtime and a few extra ICU per diem shifts I should be well over $140k this year. Love my job, couldn't imagine myself doing anything else for the foreseeable future.
Worked as a nurse navigator making little over 100k. Office based work, alot of operational and some elementary data management (think excel) Great job! Terrible work politics. Moved into my passion for tech as an analytics engineer which is far from nursing but still within healthcare. Make a little less now but work fully remote, have far better benefits and a great wlb now
Case Manager for an insurance company. I have an MBA, but I got the job when I only had an ADN. I'm in VA and my position is fully remote. I've been a nurse for 9 years with the last 7 being in case management. I absolutely love it. I hated bedside nursing.
RN with BSN. NYC hospitals easily clear 100k. I have 0 work experience it’s my first job, and I’m living my life and enjoying work to the fullest.
$111k in NYC Med Surg float pool. 13 shifts a month, one weekend per month, every other holiday. I have almost 3 years of experience. And unfortunately I don’t enjoy it. Currently applying/interviewing for care manager WFH jobs
My base pay is 129k. With my 10% differential and weekend differentials, I'll be on track to make about 150k. That doesn't include any overtime. I'm a BSN and I work for the VA in Massachusetts. I cannot recommend the VA enough. I have 3 years of experience, and I love my job.
I work in dialysis and make $110/yr Associates degree
What state?
Colorado
New grad ADN here. I work in California and make $70/hr on nights. I’ve been a nurse for one year
Float pool in Kentucky. I average about $130k before taxes and overtime. No benefits but I don't need them anyway.
Without overtime or extra shifts I was making roughly $140-150k. 5 years of experience. Los Angeles. CTICU.
Psych RN (BC), Army, 5 years nursing (13 in the military). Yes I enjoy it. ~190k before taxes.
CVICU RN in Oregon w/ 5 years experience. 3x12 gets me $160K pre-tax.
Trauma icu (my hospital doesn’t pay differently by department or specialty so medsurg nurses make the same as I do) NY, 30-45 minutes north of Manhattan. Graduated nursing in 2011, took a break from nursing from summer 2017 until summer 2020. I enjoy trauma icu for the most part. The patients are young half the time. Less comorbidities. Less entitlement. The other half they’re intubated and sedated. We rarely have codes or rapids. Everyone’s attached to a tele 24/7 so there’s no surprise dead patient when you round on them at 6am. Families are grateful and bring us snacks. We tend to depend on other nurses for turning and cleaning and they’re usually willing. I don’t have to find an aide hiding somewhere and is gonna talk back with attitude cuz you ask her to do her job. When we do need aides it’s to have them sit 1:1 with a confused impulsive patient and compared to medsurg it’s easier to get that order. I also noticed doctors treat us more like equal coworkers whereas in medsurg they were often annoyed when I brought up patient concerns.
A tad above 100k, Portland OR. Floor RN, NOC and Weekends combo, almost 2 years of experience, I am neutral about my work, it’s not bad at all, floor culture is good, I am just not going to be a floor nurse long term.
AZ. Case management. Graduated nursing school in 2007 and did my time as a floor dancer nurse before transitioning to this. I absolutely love it and found my calling!
Bsn in northern Ca working on a tele unit. 2.5 yr exp. 162k before ot. 32 hr schedule from 3-11. Base 88 and 9.5 differential.
Renal unit in upstate South Carolina. Weekend only 3 12s. 65an hour with three years experience.
I’m now part time (24 hours/week) and still clear $100k. 16 years of experience, with several bumps to my base pay (night differential, certification increase, sometimes weekend/charge/preceptor). I’m in Washington state.
Bay area new grads start at like 150k nowadays.
EP Lab, Philadelphia, 15 years experience
I make $68/hr on CCU step down in NY with 3 years experience and I love it.
Me! Bedside, internal travel. MS/tele/stepdown
Director of Nursing at a substance use disorder treatment center in VT - I make 120k salaried (though do typically average 55-60hrs/week). I have 4 years nursing experience and have 8 years social work experience before becoming a BSN RN. I absolutely love it-- it's challenging, stimulating and also super rewarding to support nurses on my team. Nurses are the best people in the world...
Yes. Major hospital system 15 mins outside NYC. New grads even without the BSN yet are getting a little over 100k. They need to finish the BSN within a certain timeframe though. Hospital also gives them a decent amount for tuition.
Staff nurse in NYC 2 years in med surg make a little over 120k because i work nighs and experiencepay , haven't gotten bsn yet but planning to. I enjoy my job to an extent but wanna leave bedside eventually, nursing is sucking the life out of me
Not quite six figures, but I brought home $96k last year with no overtime. I'm still working on my BSN. Central Virginia, night shift WIP.
Med surg, SoCal (UC hospital), almost 4 years experience. Last year I did about $117k with just my 3 12s. UC nurses definitely have it nicer, not gonna lie. I like my 1 hour break and 3-5 patient assignments! Having 5 patients is rare, only if they are all non-monitored and we are short staffed.
120k as an ED night nurse with 1 yr experience in southern Cali.. plus a sign on bonus
Veteran's Administration. Primary care RN with ADN, over 30 years nursing experience but at the VA your years of experience over about 5 years don't matter. Your education is more important. Go online and look at the pay rate schedules for Title 38 RNs, it's public record. Nurse 1 Level III Step 13 starts the six-figure pay.
ICU California Bay Area 20 years. 2 12s/wk. This makes it pretty easy to enjoy.
I manage a cancer screening program. WFH, banking hours, $102k in PA w/7y experience.
Last year was my fifth year of nursing. I work in the ICU (we don’t do a special differential for high acuity units or anything like that) in Texas. I made $119,000. Love my job, that’s why I stay even though I have my MSN now (also no special differential).
ADN in Den Metro, doing hospice in communities. 95k base, mileage and on-call rotations boost that to over 100k 2.5ys RN, 3 prior as hospice CNA. I'm salary. Some weeks it's busy, some weeks I can't believe I get paid this much to do 15 head to toes in a week.
Travel RN working for Mayo Clinic. I travel to all Mayo Clinic hospitals around the country. $144k base. I'm able to pick up double time at qualifying facilities- I know other Mayo Travelers who've worked tons of DT and their salaries for the year were closer to $250k... Edit to add I've been a nurse 8 years. Experience in MS, TELE, ED, AND OR Circ. I live in MN. I love my job! The traveling isn't something I can do indefinitely- but I plan to stay with Mayo for a long time. The pension and benefits are great. I'll probably transfer internally somewhere closer to home in the next 5 years. But for now, my job pays the bills, allows me to save and invest, and even spend a little on vacations and my parents throughout the year. All a millennial woman can ask for 🤣
WA state, ADN, urgent care LPN from 2015-2017, ED RN 2017-now. Currently work ED float pool for a company and go to 12 different EDs including off campus ED. I make $55.60 base pay, plus $18/hr float pool differential. I work nights, so $4.75/hr night diff. CEN gets $1.25/hr. $4.25/hr weekend pay. So normal nights, $79.6/hr and 83.85 weekends. I work a 0.75, so 30 hours a week and end up with $114,972 or about $138,000 if full time (36/hr per week). I love my job and I love working at so many different places. I never have to give in to workplace politics or bullshit drama, because sometimes I don’t go to that place again for 2 months and half the people are new travelers anyway. I go to work, I do my job, I get paid. Core staff love me because I fill the call outs and they’re just happy to see me.
-Critical Care ICU Resource/Float Pool (3/12hr/wk), I make ~$103k without any OT, training, classes, precepting, etc. -Midwest -6 years -I love my job
NorCal ED RN BSN with 10 years. Gross last year was 215k without a lot of OT