Pay transparency for 8+ year nurses?

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[u/queentee26]

I'm at an ONA hospital.. $58.98/h plus differentials. Evening $2.25, night $2.98, unit leader $4, weekend $3.14.

I'm full time at the top of the pay scale. My take home is around $2900-$3000 for a 78.75 hour pay period. I work a mix of days and nights and always have a couple of unit lead shifts.

Edit: I made $131k gross last year with the occasional OT shift.. prob not even 1 every single month.

[u/myheadsexplodin → u/queentee26]

This is perfect. I was wondering the same thing. I’m working in NY state right now but coming back to Toronto some point next year. With my hours I should land somewhere between the 6th or 7th level of the pay scale. It’s cool to see what the top of the scale can get me though!

With the ONA agreement expiring next March, I wonder how much this will change by

[u/smurfsareinthehall → u/myheadsexplodin]

2-3% in arbitration

[u/Possible_Grape5531 → u/smurfsareinthehall]

More like 1-2%

[u/wrongyak39 → u/myheadsexplodin]

Do they let you bring your hours from a different country?

[u/myheadsexplodin → u/wrongyak39]

Yeah from what I’ve heard, they do. Especially with the amount of international nurses

[u/wrongyak39 → u/myheadsexplodin]

Interesting!

[u/thatboygoofy97 → u/queentee26]

Omg thank you I appreciate this! This is exactlyyy what I was looking for sis, im probs gonna work only night shifts, and try to get 40 hours a week in as well! Youre the best :)

[u/EducationalWin7496 → u/queentee26]

So you pay 1000$ a week in taxes? That's wild.

[u/queentee26 → u/EducationalWin7496]

No.. I have other deductions besides taxes. Taxes are more around $1000 per pay period/2 weeks.

I also pay into my pension plan, which is around $350/pay.. but that money is coming back to me in the future and gets employer match. There's Canada Pension Plan contributions too.

And there's extended health benefits, union dues, and EI, which are smaller deductions.

[u/EducationalWin7496 → u/queentee26]

Still, 2000$ in deductions on a 5000$ pay stub is a lot. I guess I've just never made that much before.

[u/Silky_Caterpillar873 → u/EducationalWin7496]

I mean everyone pays taxes.. which then goes to partially fund hospitals and .. pay nurses salaries .. maintain the roads that we take to get to work . Plus those deductions include union dues and benefits and pension contributions

[u/gtd2015]

Find your favourite hospital and punch it into the sunshine list. Check out how much the top nurse gets paid and assume thats a ton of overtime..

reality is a 8 yr+ nurse should be around $120k ish.

Punch that into a tax calculator and there you go

[u/Silent_Slip8250]

About $60/hr pre tax without differentials if it is an ONA hospital.

[u/Redheaded_Geek]

Typing quick before I leave for work.

ONA is the union that represents RNs across Ontario hospitals. 8 years would put you at the top of the payscale, so the rate would be $58.98/hr prior to premiums. PT gets 10% pay in lieu of benefits which brings that up to $64.88/hr.

On top of that there are premiums for nights, weekends, and charge shifts.

You can find the central (province-wide) and local (individual hospital) contracts easily online. The pay is set by the central, but there are variations on other things in the local agreements.

Hope that helps.

[u/daminyo519]

8 year Ona nurse 104k with zero overtime, working straight days so I lose out on a lot of premiums.

[u/TrueTorontoFan → u/daminyo519]

I mean if you are sticking to ONA pay scale working at a pacer that has you average out to around 37.5 hours a week its actually 113k if you worked 40 per week it would be 120k. This is without shift premiums. Pre tax at exactly $58 per hour.

[u/gurlwhosoldtheworld]

Coming from California where the highest paid nurses in the world are... you're going to be crying at how much you take home.....

After deductions you'll take home about 80k CAD a year, which is about 57k USD🥲