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After reading several of these comments, I think we need to value ourselves and our profession more. We should be demanding more compensation for the knowledge and risks we take with this profession. It is sad that a plumber or electrician makes more than a nurse. It's sad that a family law attorney can charge 270.00 to 400.00 per hour for their services and we can't be valued enough to be paid for what we are really worth in saving lives every day. I think nurses should unionize across the country to finally get the message to these hospitals, agencies, and LTC facilities that we deserve much more than the pittance that they throw at us.

Living in Northern Illinois, the pay rates for RN's are not high enough for the cost of living. With over 30 years experience, I am working 2 jobs just to survive! The pay rates are from 26.00 to 32.00 per hour which is an insult to the profession. We deserve to make at least $50.00 per hour and up. Also, the health insurance benefits are very costly. Twenty years ago, I made 21.00 per hour and the pay rates have not increased enough for inflationary cost of living expenses. And they wonder why seasoned nurses are fed up!

We pay our nurses up to $50/ hr. Those must be very old figure. http://www.msgstaffing.net

Michigan maybe one of the top ten states with the most job openings but good luck finding them. I have friends who have just graduated and they are having a horrible time finding a job, some are even having to leave in order to find work.

The wages are irrelevant obviously the higher the wage the more it cost to live in that state. DUH.

I think when speaking of worst vs best or quality of where you work it is insulting to base it only on salary or job availability. To look @ where you want to work you need to look @ the quality of care, who has ratios and where or how are pts best cared for. You can be paid a nice salary, but if your patient care is poor or your working conditions are poor (i.e. no breaks, poor benefits), than who cares about salary. When rating best to worst places to work these should be the things that are considered not how many jobs are available or how much money are you going to make.

The information for Nevada is wrong here. In northern Nevada, at least, a new ADN grad will make about $30 per hour, not 22.

I have heard new grads in my state of California are making around $38 and hour. I wonder if the information was taken from union hospitals or not and if union hospitals are paying higher than non-union?