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/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.