Years Experience | National Hourly Rate Data ( XAll compensation data shown are gross, national 10th to 90th percentile ranges. Pay can vary greatly by location. To view local data, take the PayScale survey. ) | $0 | $15 | $30 | $45 |
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| Less than 1 year | $15.92 - $29.31 | ||||
| 1-4 years | $19.22 - $31.80 | ||||
| 5-9 years | $21.12 - $36.74 | ||||
| 10-19 years | $22.52 - $40.14 | ||||
| 20 years or more | $23.20 - $43.15 | ||||
 Country: United States | Currency: USD | Updated: 4 Feb 2012 | Individuals Reporting: 41,420 | |||||
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What is a Registered Nurse's Starting Salary?
Registered nurses are often paid by the hour rather than earning an annual salary, so for a registered nurse, "starting salary" usually means "starting hourly wage." Looking at the registered nurse starting salary report above, we can see that registered nurses typically start out making a median salary of around $20.00 to $25.00 per hour. From that jumping-off point, a registered nurse average salary can increase to around $35.00 an hour. However, there are many steps along the road from a registered nurse starting salary to the salary range for a registered nurse with more experience. It's important to research other factors in order to get a balanced picture of the Average Nursing Salary.
Salary Range for a Registered Nurse
PayScale's Nurse Salary Data by Job shows that registered nurse is one of the highest-paid nursing jobs, second only to nurse practitioners. This higher salary range for a registered nurse is due to the extensive training a registered nurse must go through, as well as an RN's key role as patient advocate. The Registered Nurse Average Salary by Hospital Setting report will give you some insight into the salary range for a registered nurse working in a hospital. However, these days a registered nurse's services are needed by a wide variety of companies outside the hospital, such as sports teams, insurance companies, school districts, and more. It's definitely worth looking at Registered Nurse Average Salary by Employer type to see what other options are available and how well they pay. The salary range for a registered nurse, as with most careers, is also affected by location. Nurses who want to live in a warm locale are in luck - Registered Nurse Average Salary Data by City shows that Los Angeles and Houston currently offer some of the highest median nurse salaries.
Paging Dr. Salary! You won't find him in the operating room, but he can help answer your salary questions. Find out why asking, "what are median nurse salaries" is a better question than, "what is a registered nurse's average salary" in the Ask. Dr. Salary article, "Why is Median Better than Mean for a Typical Salary?"
Registered Nurse (RN)
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People with the job title Registered Nurse (RN) typically fall into one of the following PayScale standard occupations.
Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required. Includes advance practice nurses such as: nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse midwives, and certified registered nurse anesthetists. Advanced practice nursing is practiced by RNs who have specialized formal, post-basic education and who function in highly autonomous and specialized roles.
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Registered Nurse (RN) - (City withheld for privacy), Kansas, United States
1. If they offer you a bonus, get it in writing.
2. If you're the first person they have hired, since taking over, RUN!
3. If they keep telling you, things will get better, just hang in there, RUN!
4. If they the never keep their promises of training, follow-up meetings, communication, RUN!
5. If management makes excuses for others' unprofessional behavior, RUN!
6. If coworkers have complete disregard for P&P and verbally say they don't care, RUN!
7. If anyone says they are there to just do thei...
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Registered Nurse (RN) - (City withheld for privacy), Florida, United States
I have been in nursing for 16yrs and my daughter
has been in for 3yrs. She went right through college and graduated with BSN, no experience and I went from CNA, LPN to RN, paying my own way one class at a time gathering experience on the job, as well as time in class. However, she obtained a
job in a highly skilled, critical care area with no experience earning what my base salary was at same hospital. Where as my base wages stayed the same. I don't want put my daughter in a bad light, however y...
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Registered Nurse (RN) - (City withheld for privacy), Mississippi, United States
As most of us know Health Care is about numbers and money. Loyalty doesn't have a place in the corporate world. Nurses work from the heart. If we didn't we wouldn't be good at our jobs. Regardless of education, length of employment, loyalty and ethics, nurses are still considered a liability on the "balance sheets". We cost companies money. Where do companies cut costs? Reduce employees. This is a never ending cycle. One that cost our patients the care they deserve. Heavier patient loads, more p...
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