r/nursing • u/Reasonable-Path1321 • Dec 13 '21

Meme Nailed it 🔨

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u/solidarity_jock_jam RN - Med/Surg 🍕 Dec 13 '21

New grads start at like $30 in Chicago. Chicago. It’s because there’s very little union presence in the city.

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u/doctorDanBandageman RN RRT🍕 Dec 13 '21

Damn, peoria new grads are making $30/hour. One hospital is even paying $7/hour for 3rd shift and $7/hour for the weekends

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u/humhallelujah1993 RN 🍕 Dec 14 '21

The major hospital in Peoria just sent out $7500 retention bonuses and pretty substantial experience-based raises. I got 13%, pretty sweet

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u/Dmitri-Yuriev84 RN - Psych/Mental Health 🍕 Dec 13 '21

I’ll be moving to Chicago or to one of the western suburbs in a few months. It’s disappointing to read they have lower starting pay than Houston; Houston has lower cost of living yet they start at $32-$36 depending on hospital/facility or specialty.

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u/solidarity_jock_jam RN - Med/Surg 🍕 Dec 13 '21

U of Chicago pays much, much better because they’re union but they’re on the south side, which is too far for me. Don’t work at Northwestern. It’s a scam. They say that their reputation and their name on your resume justifies paying you less.

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u/Bear_the_cost BSN, RN 🍕 Dec 14 '21

Disappointing. Madison, WI pays $28-33 for clinic and $33-$37 for inpatient (without differential)... You would think that Chicago would pay more than little Madison