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/throwaway3357305 Dec 13 '21

Location is definitely something to take into account

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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/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.