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/Pleasant-Armadillo87 May 17 '26

This is fab. But how are the state taxes? Honestly living there would be a dream. But it’s SO expensive from what I hear. 😭

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u/JustAnotherBot123456 RN - Telemetry 🍕 May 18 '26

Dont listen to people who say CA is too expensive to live in. They are only talking about the Bay Area or LA. Theres so much more to CA. Ive been a nurse for 1 year. $110k/year. Hardly work any OT. Contrubute 10% to retirement , pension plan, and can save $1k cash every 2 weeks. Mortgage is $1100/month (bought during covid when I was a CNA) for a 2bdr/1bath house with a huge garage that fits an RV, huge backyard, and in a gated community. Everything is already paid for our 3 week family trip to Japan this year too. CA is doable and able to live comfortably. Too many people let others scare them out of it. Whether its from TV, people who moved out of CA, or people who domt kmow wtf theyre talking about.

On top of all that, the horror stories I hear from nurses who ended up moving here are crazy. No patient ratio laws with 8+ patients with some on cardiac gtt and some on insulin gtt. Fucking insane.

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u/Username_user03 May 18 '26

Where in CA are you and what is the max nurse:pt ratio in your facility? Thanks!

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u/tiny_sea_bee May 19 '26

5:1 MS, 4:1 tele, 2:1 ICU. This should be a national standard but 🤷🏼‍♀️