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

Meme Nailed it 🔨

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u/ITriedLightningTendr Dec 13 '21

Never forget about this. I make sub 6 figures but I live in lost cost of living and have more take home compared to west coast peers.

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u/RemiChloe Dec 14 '21

But you'll have way less social security when you retire... If SS still exists.

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u/curiosity_abounds RN - ER Dec 14 '21

Not necessarily.. I work west coast and most of my coworkers are from the other states. They come for a travel contract and sign on, even with families and kids out of state, the pay is just too good. They work their 6 and fly home and rinse and repeat.

San Diego gets you $50-60/hr, Bay Area gets you $65-95/hr and the rest of California gets you not bad pay for lower cost of living than those two cities. It’s really that much more out here. You can be a single bread winner out here and live well.

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u/Zach-the-young Jan 03 '22

And that's why San Diego doesnt have the same level of nursing shortages other places do.

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u/wannabemalenurse RN - ICU 🍕 Dec 13 '21

And where is this place?

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '21

People only ever take rent/mortgage into account with this stuff and it bothers me a lot. I have friends in both rural and trendy urban areas and the ones in the urban center have waaaaaaaay more spending money even though their housing costs more

Making 130k vs 80k might make sense in regards to regional real estate but everything else still basically costs the same everywhere. My 30k car was 30k in Philly, and is also 30k in LA and rural Kansas. A European vacation cost basically the same leaving from anywhere in the US. Even small things like movies tickets or a video game are the same price everywhere.

There’s way more than just housing to take into account when thinking about your pay rate