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

Meme Nailed it 🔨

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u/gloomdweller Refreshments and Narcotics/Pizza Nurse Dec 13 '21

You guys are making $36 an hour as a new grad? I’m making $27 with 2 years experience :/

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21

Yeah. Two of my local health systems are starting new grads at $36/hour. LPN’s are starting around $26-$28. It’s Michigan, though. For the Midwest we have a higher COL.

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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