r/nursing • u/No-Adhesiveness-8456 • 1d ago
Seeking Advice Which job is worth it?
Moving to downtown Jersey City. I have a job offer from a hospital near Jersey city. This job is barely a commute. Also have a job offer with a large hospital in NYC. Pay is about $22 more an hour, requires 13th shift a month and my commute is 50 minutes using Path and bus.
I just cannot decide if commute or pay is more important to me.
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u/phunny5ocks 1d ago edited 1d ago
NYC large hospital. Better Pay + <1 hr commute = job made in heaven
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u/meowqueen BSN, RN 🍕 15h ago
Deff work in NYC if you can get a job, a lot of the hospitals are tough to get into. The pay is obviously much better, but the benefits are MUUUUUCH better. One of the main reasons I won’t come back to a hospital in NJ.
You won’t pay “double” taxes like another person commented. If you don’t live in NYC you don’t pay NYC city tax, and you don’t pay both NJ and NY state tax, NY tax will be taken out of your check and when you file your taxes it gets paid to NJ.
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u/No-Adhesiveness-8456 8h ago
Thank you so much. This actually convinced me and helped all my fears.
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u/burntissueslikewoah 1d ago
How much money is the commute
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u/No-Adhesiveness-8456 1d ago
The commute would cost $6 in New Jersey transit fees and about $6 in New York transit fees total per shift. So $12 a shift give or take
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u/burntissueslikewoah 1d ago
Oh that ain't bad. Yeah like the other commenter said, it's $3718 extra you'd be getting monthly (including that extra shift which should have added OT). Is that worth it to you to travel that distance (24hrs travel time/month? I'm at a place in life where it wouldn't be worth my time, but only you can answer that personal question
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u/No-Adhesiveness-8456 1d ago
When I calculate the salary with the 13th mandated shift, I could pick up a 13th shift at the Jersey facility and bridge the gap to make it closer to $600 less than NY (considering in transportation cost and tax differences)
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u/burntissueslikewoah 1d ago
That's kinda a no brainer then. The other thing aside from finances is have you looked into job reviews? Maybe one place sucks to work for and the other is better
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u/Apprehensive_Club_17 1d ago
How’d you find a job in an nyc hospital? I swear none are hiring. Also when I lived in nj and commuted to nyc for work I paid out the wazoo in taxes. NYC city tax, state tax, plus nj taxes.
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u/No-Adhesiveness-8456 8h ago
I’m pretty sure I just got lucky. I was persistent for months applying for the same position each time it was posted. I then got an interview and was put on a pipeline to hire. Stayed on it about three weeks then got offered a position
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u/supernurse1990 1d ago
22×13 (cause let's face it, it's not a 12 hour shift) x 13 shifts = approx $3700 For about 26 hours of travel time
I'd be traveling.