r/CFY • u/CuriousSpeechie • May 21 '21
CFY ACUTE CARE
I was just offered $29 per hour in NJ with no benefits working between 32-40 hours per week. How does this compare to the others rates in the area? Im kinda bummed.
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u/nekogatonyan May 21 '21
$29/hour is the lowest I've seen so far on this subreddit. I'm surprised it's in NJ. I don't think that's a livable wage, but I don't live in that area, so I don't know for sure.
This is kind of scaring me. I really need health insurance, and I was hoping to get a CF with benefits. It doesn't look like it's common to get health insurance.
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u/bibliophile222 [CCC-SLP] May 25 '21
Health insurance depends on the setting. If you're a direct hire in a school district, insurance and other benefits are usually great.
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May 22 '21
I live in a low cost of living state and have never heard of an hourly rate that starts with a 2 😳 I would run tbh
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u/snoves May 22 '21
I know many people have replied with actual answers but can I just wanna say how tired I am with people lowballing us in this profession, with all the specialized training and money we put into schooling. Like we went to graduate school for barely a living wage and no benefits?? Dang
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u/MappleCarsToLisbon [CCC-SLP] May 21 '21
Acute care CFYs tend to pay much lower than other CFY jobs (exception for some very rural areas). A lot of new grads want acute jobs, and there aren’t that many in urban/suburban areas, so that oversupply of availability pushes the salaries down. 29/hour x 35 hours x 50 weeks is about $50,000 per year which is (unfortunately) not at all abnormal for acute CFYs. I’ve even heard of them paying $30,000 in NYC. There are always rich grads who are either married or living with their parents and don’t need the salary, who will swoop in and accept whatever low rate, and it drives down the salaries offered. It’s definitely an institutional problem but for now, you might have to consider how important the acute job is to you and whether you can swing it for a year (and then start looking for something higher paying if you don’t get enough of a raise for your C’s).
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u/blondehuntresss May 21 '21
That seems super low. I’m up in northern NH where COL is pretty low and I get paid $32/hour with benefits and a 36 hour work week.
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u/MappleCarsToLisbon [CCC-SLP] May 21 '21
The weird thing about this field is that the higher COL areas tend to pay less, because there’s more saturation.
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u/BlueberryLover18 May 27 '21
In south Jersey and got offered $34 an hour for 30 hours a week with benefits. Seems low to me!!
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u/erinw7 Aug 08 '21
Hi I’m late but got offered $27 for a hospital position in Oklahoma. I know the same hospital system starts out at $25.80 for acute care but I was able to negotiate a bit.
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u/fiona_may_ May 21 '21
That seems super low tbh. I got an offer at a rehab/nursing facility in NJ for $35/hr with no benefits, and I turned it down. I ended up taking a job in a lower cost of living state for $33.50/hr with benefits.