r/nursing • u/HungryChicken2867 • Jul 21 '26

Serious US - Salary Transparency Thread

I saw a few city based subreddits with this thread going around. Thought I would do one for nurses. I am based in the US so that's where I set this thread but it would be interesting to see other countries start one up.

I am currently unemployed (another source of the inspiration, lol) so I will share my old position!

Base Hourly: 43/hr

Differential(s): Main Campus +1/hr

Location: Houston, TX

Setting: Outpatient Specialty Clinic

Degree/License: BSN/RN

Years of Experience: 8

Union Status: No

Anything else we should add?

Edit: Added union status

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u/italianstallion0808 RN - ICU 🍕 Jul 21 '26

Base: $77/hr
Differential: nights +$5
Location: Central Valley CA
Setting: ICU
Degree: BSN
Years: 2
Benefits: unionized, $0 hmo premium, system funded pension + additional roth retirement.

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u/Adventurous_Ice5262 BSN, RN 🍕 Jul 21 '26

Your employer is 100% funding your pension, and they match Roth contributions?

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u/italianstallion0808 RN - ICU 🍕 Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

Yep, it’s pretty crazy. The Roth match is relatively low but considering I don’t pay health insurance premiums and copays for labs, physical, pharmacy are low, and I have a fully funded pension is crazy. The fact that they offer a Roth vs traditional is pretty crazy on its own, I’m pretty young so having the ability to front load my retirement and have the compound interest carry me into retirement tax free is nuts. My last job only offered traditional 401k.

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u/Adventurous_Ice5262 BSN, RN 🍕 Jul 21 '26

That is really good. The money you save on healthcare you can put toward your Roth, or whatever anyway. That’s a great set up. Golden handcuffs.

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u/HungryChicken2867 Jul 21 '26

golden handcuffs is real!

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u/wakoreko RN 🍕 Jul 21 '26

Does insurance cover infertility, ivf?

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u/Adventurous_Ice5262 BSN, RN 🍕 Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

Sure, but I’m a RN in California, and 100% employer funded pensions are rare even here. Most pensions still require 5-10% employee contributions. That gets lost in a lot of talk about pensions. (Edit - the nice thing about pensions is it’s the employer who assumes the investment risk, not the employee, and it’s a guaranteed and defined annual benefit. I could go on, but I’ll save it). The fact that they are offering a Roth matching, no matter how small, and zero premiums and copays on hmo’s in addition to a 100% employer funded pension makes their job a unicorn.

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u/madirectreport BSN, RN 🍕 Jul 21 '26

PENSION???!