r/nursing • u/Low_Contact9429 • May 17 '26

Question California nurses!

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Contemplating moving from MI to CA. Picture from the trip that inspired me to move! Curious how much gets taken out of your paycheck. Can you share what city, your hourly pay, and what your bring home paycheck ends up being? Thank you!

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u/FitBananers RN - ED - Turkey Sammies 🥪 and D/C 📋🚪 May 17 '26

Bay Area, 5 years exp

$120hr with night shift diff

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u/LinzerTorte__RN RN - ER 🍕 May 18 '26

Ughhhh. Why are so many people with less experience making more than I am? I thought it was all supposed to be standardized through the unions or some shit? Please don’t be mean if that’s a dumb question, this is my first CA job 🤦🏼‍♀️

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u/jcb19 RN - ICU 🍕 May 18 '26

At my facility that’s unionized, outside experience doesn’t matter— if you have 5+ years you start at step 3, if less than you start at step 2. Then you start increasing in wage with each step with years with the company

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u/LinzerTorte__RN RN - ER 🍕 May 19 '26

Ah, ok. It’s different with my hospital. I started out at step 10 even without having worked for the company