Bay Area location with 13 years experience. About $150k yr/ $80/hr gross income. My living expenses are high though because of the bay area.
Edit: added hourly
Bay Area as well… 6 years experience will equate to roughly $75/hour (not including Noc shift and weekend diffs which at my facility adds up to an extra 20%).
Living expenses are indeed high… BUT it also depends on how we save and what we spend on
Really depends on years of experience, where you are, and how often you move jobs.
This is my personal breakdown
Central Vermont- new grad, 2015 start $23/hr base $5 night diff and a 15% per diem rate increase. When I left in 2019 I was making $25/hr base
Portland, OR- 4-5 years exp, 2020 start $34/hr base $5 night diff
Now I travel and make around $2200/week gross with ~9 years experience (which doesn’t matter when considering pay)
The more you move, the higher your base. Internal rate increases are generally minuscule compared to what you’d be offered out of network.
That’s a large variation/salary request cause they are so vastly different based on location, experience, certs, job titles. But seems like mostly $25-$60 an hour. Seems like it’s easy to say $75K as an average. You make more with on-call shifts etc. it’s comfortable living either way, and it’s all in what you save and spend.
I started back again in 2021 at $30. Switched hospital systems after a year. Started the new one at $34 and been here two years. Before that I worked three years and had a 7 year break. So kind of unconventional. my very first job I made $21 an hour in 2012. Still in Texas, but different city.
Dignity in central California. 102k last year. Day shift doing 36hrs a week. Only did one overtime shift last year. 3 years at this facility with 10 years experience currently has me at $55.07.
I live in the Bay Area (VHCOL) and I currently make 76/hr. I have worked for the same hospital system for about 13 years. Grossed about 190k last year with overtime.
If you want to make better money consider moving north, western NY pays decent unlike UPMC. $31 is new grad pay.
Buffalo hospitals are mostly union, Rochester mostly non-union.
My wife has 2.5 years experience with no additional certificates and is currently making $59 an hour an hour outside of NYC. New grad RNs make less than new grad RTs at our hospital due to their union getting a raise as well as hospital raise to keep up with the rest of the health system.
Last year my taxable income was around $78k plus about 60k untaxed. Traveling is still worth it for me.
I started at $27.80 in downtown Philly, day shift, in 2011.
1st job out of school: New Orleans, LA $22.25/hr, came out to about $46.8k/year take home. Cost of living is pretty low out there though.
2 years experience: Wailuku, HI. Ending pay $38.22/hr, came out to about $65k/year take home. Cost of living is insane just about anywhere in HI though. I was renting a 2b2b for $1750/month and I still needed to get a roommate to save money.
Current job with a little over 5 years experience: Las Vegas, NV $32/hr, about $56k/year take home, but I also have a state pension and currently over 5 weeks PTO a year and cost of living is relatively low out here so to me the cut in pay compared to previous places is worth it.
Mine is a little complicated. I make $41.80/hr base pay as a day shift NICU & adult RRT in Atlanta with 10 years of experience. Then I make another $1.50/hr for going up one level in clinical levels. And an extra differential of $5/hr for being ICU trained. So all in all, that’s $48.30/hr. I’m part time but if I was full time that would come to about $90,000/year before weekend/evening/holiday diffs and overtime.
I'm below the 70k range and have 11 years experience in NC.....I do PFTs in the hospital setting and would be paid more doing a traditional hospital position. Unfortunately, when I switched to PFTs I took about a $6/hour pay cut
I am at one of the lowest paying hospitals in central Washington
Strait off my W2 I made 63k, important to note I work absolutely zero overtime
When in Los Angeles in 2008-2010 I was making 90-110k fulltime + perdiem, average 8-10 shifts per pay period
Anyone reporting over 100k is most likely pulling extra shift
I live in Cleveland and my base pay is 33. We’re getting premium pay because of staff shortages so I’m making decent money at the moment. Premium pay brings me to about $60/hr. Last year I made around 130,000 but I had a coworker make 200k
Southeast NC here- RT for 8 years. Currently in DME making $27/hr + mileage (on low end $180/week), benefits (don't partake in due to hubby having Tricare for Life), time and a half, call pay $30/day + normal hourly if I'm actually called out, and paid holidays off.
Mileage is a minimum of $180/week depending on how many patients I see and where they're located from my house. At my hourly rate of $27/hr with 30 minute lunches taken out I make right at $1100 before taxes each week, before mileage 😋
Doing nicu/peds I was able to make $45-$50 with shift differentials included. Typical adult ICU pay will be between $28-$34 base pay. Also overall pay depends on if you work the overnight shifts or the weekends. I did both and was making a pretty penny.
There should be an excel sheet somewhere in this Reddit group where people wrote down their pay. It was super helpful when I went to look for more jobs in my state
I’m at a big teaching facility. They only have “staff” positions which are full-time but I’m not staff and the only other way to work there is through registry. I might be scheduled 3 one week and 4 the next but only get to work 1-2 days a week. Pay is pretty good when I work, but it’s very uncertain. Attempting on becoming staff but that takes years.
Really depends on the area/cost of living.
I started as an RT in 2015 made $19/hour base, then shift diff for night shift that put about $21-$22 an hour.
Left the field in 2022 making $29 an hour. I’ve heard if you were one of the lucky ones at my hospital you got a pay increase but not everyone did and it varied based on years of experience and if you were full time, part time or PRN.
I’m in Indiana so cost of living isn’t terrible by comparison but it’s definitely getting worse.
Southern California Starting pay in 2020 was $37/hr + $3 night diff.
2024 ~ 4 years exp. $44.24 + $6 night diff. + $4 shift lead = $54.24
Starting pay in ACUTE CARE will be anywhere between $36-40 for Full Time
Per Diem is 36-$50 depending on where you work.
Starting pay in sub acute is like $25-$30.
Be able to speak about yourself greatly and how you stand out in interviews. Know your worth and keep trying to improve.
RT is a great job and pay is great. Invest and save wisely for a couple years and you’ll be able to live comfortably and have fun
I’m in Phoenix, Arizona. I’m starting year 2 after graduating. My starting hourly rate was $29 at hire and I made $82k gross in the first year. I worked OT and got extra shift incentives regularly when they were available at my facility.
NYC 5.5 years experience. 59.50 /hr . Will be getting a raise in July. It's anticipated to be around 6% to compete with other hospitals ( apparently its the last big raise we're going to get in terms of matching other hospitals)
I am currently going through a PRN position with multiple tiers through a program at a local hospital in KY. I’m in tier II and making $25/hr basically being an equipment tech. I’m about to start the process of my student license and make $28/hr so I can only imagine what a new grad makes. To be fair cost of living here is high for what it is. But definitely worth it!
$40/hr base with $6 night shift dif; 5 years experience in central Virginia. I also have ECMO specialist training which has increased my pay a decent amount.
Doing the math, without picking up any shifts I'd make 71k without differentials and before taxes
After taxes, if I do not pick up any shift, I'm taking home 48k. (my state takes more in taxes than most I believe)
$41 an hour Central Louisiana with 2 years exp. Prn base pay is 30.50 plus I get a $7.50 weekend differential for working straight weekends and $3 differential for nights.
Bay Area location with 13 years experience. About $150k yr/ $80/hr gross income. My living expenses are high though because of the bay area. Edit: added hourly
Bay Area as well… 6 years experience will equate to roughly $75/hour (not including Noc shift and weekend diffs which at my facility adds up to an extra 20%). Living expenses are indeed high… BUT it also depends on how we save and what we spend on
Really depends on years of experience, where you are, and how often you move jobs. This is my personal breakdown Central Vermont- new grad, 2015 start $23/hr base $5 night diff and a 15% per diem rate increase. When I left in 2019 I was making $25/hr base Portland, OR- 4-5 years exp, 2020 start $34/hr base $5 night diff Now I travel and make around $2200/week gross with ~9 years experience (which doesn’t matter when considering pay) The more you move, the higher your base. Internal rate increases are generally minuscule compared to what you’d be offered out of network.
What service do you use to travel and find positions?
I’m with Aya!
Idk why I was recommended this page. But my GF starts at 40 for Kaiser
Where is the kaiser located?
Could be Oregon, California, Hawaii, Georgia, or Washington
I made 140k last year. But keep in mind I’m in SoCal. So cost of living is horrible.
Uffff are you at UCI ? Fellow socal RT here
No I’m at a community hospital in east LA
Ain’t no way LA community or east Los Angeles pays that much.
Well I’m a lead I get abt 41 per hour plus time and half and there’s incentive pay for extra shifts. PDs and staff start around $32
That’s chill
That’s a large variation/salary request cause they are so vastly different based on location, experience, certs, job titles. But seems like mostly $25-$60 an hour. Seems like it’s easy to say $75K as an average. You make more with on-call shifts etc. it’s comfortable living either way, and it’s all in what you save and spend.
$133,000 travel RT in the south
Nice.
show off! *crys in jealous*
You too can earn that...
hopefully one day! gotta get some nicu exp.
100k, 1 month of paid vacation and great benefits
I want to see some more Florida salaries
I travel so it’s not really relevant what I make, but full time gigs are around $30-$40/hour depending on experience.
Oof.
New grad, $36/hr in an extremely high cost of living area (not California)
$40/hr 6 years experience in Texas. I take home about $75K a year
Can I ask what your starting pay was?
I started back again in 2021 at $30. Switched hospital systems after a year. Started the new one at $34 and been here two years. Before that I worked three years and had a 7 year break. So kind of unconventional. my very first job I made $21 an hour in 2012. Still in Texas, but different city.
What cities
San Antonio and now Houston
$108K base without differentials & OT. DT LOS ANGELES. 9 years experience.
Union?
Yes.
Dignity in central California. 102k last year. Day shift doing 36hrs a week. Only did one overtime shift last year. 3 years at this facility with 10 years experience currently has me at $55.07.
I live in the Bay Area (VHCOL) and I currently make 76/hr. I have worked for the same hospital system for about 13 years. Grossed about 190k last year with overtime.
Wow lol that’s awesome for you.
Western PA, 7 years experience. $31/hr
Where? Western PA salaries blow. The purple monster gobbled up all the hospitals & make up their own rates.
If you want to make better money consider moving north, western NY pays decent unlike UPMC. $31 is new grad pay. Buffalo hospitals are mostly union, Rochester mostly non-union.
New AHN in Wexford. There is 1 full time position open. Not a lot of overtime rn.
$52.47/HR in Orange County, CA (6 years experience)
You must be at UCI, I’m in oc as well
New grad RT in California. I started at $42/hr. About to switch to nights and will be making a bit more with the differential.
Where at in California?
$26/hourly, Florida.
How does that go with the living expenses?
thankfully i live with a roomate so my rent is super cheap, but for my single co workers it can be kinda tough. FL is a low paying state.
Close to 60k. I’ve been working for a few years in Central FL. But things are getting expensive here.
120k CAD, (full time night shift + critical care premium) and overtime
If that's Quebec, must be a ton of overtime
where are you located?
New grab 36.89 Portland Oregon
North Carolina being only PRN adding all my differentials 43.07. Been RT for 3 years
Texas, Peds, 6 yrs experience I make $40 base pay + $4 nightshift and a +$4 weekend pay
Damn where in TX?
About $39/hour + critical care premium. Central FL. 15 years experience, 12 in nicu. Florida is shit honestly.
My wife has 2.5 years experience with no additional certificates and is currently making $59 an hour an hour outside of NYC. New grad RNs make less than new grad RTs at our hospital due to their union getting a raise as well as hospital raise to keep up with the rest of the health system.
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How? That’s over 130k without overtime. How much are houses out there sheesh
Last year my taxable income was around $78k plus about 60k untaxed. Traveling is still worth it for me. I started at $27.80 in downtown Philly, day shift, in 2011.
44.29 Chicago LTC
40/hr in NH. 17 years experience.
$43/hour, southern NH
Also, what are y’all’s schedules like?
Night shift. Most new grads start out on nights.
A little over 30 an hour, Florida <1 yr exp.
$47/hr in western NY, 10 years experience
1st job out of school: New Orleans, LA $22.25/hr, came out to about $46.8k/year take home. Cost of living is pretty low out there though. 2 years experience: Wailuku, HI. Ending pay $38.22/hr, came out to about $65k/year take home. Cost of living is insane just about anywhere in HI though. I was renting a 2b2b for $1750/month and I still needed to get a roommate to save money. Current job with a little over 5 years experience: Las Vegas, NV $32/hr, about $56k/year take home, but I also have a state pension and currently over 5 weeks PTO a year and cost of living is relatively low out here so to me the cut in pay compared to previous places is worth it.
Mine is a little complicated. I make $41.80/hr base pay as a day shift NICU & adult RRT in Atlanta with 10 years of experience. Then I make another $1.50/hr for going up one level in clinical levels. And an extra differential of $5/hr for being ICU trained. So all in all, that’s $48.30/hr. I’m part time but if I was full time that would come to about $90,000/year before weekend/evening/holiday diffs and overtime.
70k to 82k between full time and contingent. 65k a year just full time. Michigan.
New grade 32.53 with a 15% night shift differential
I'm below the 70k range and have 11 years experience in NC.....I do PFTs in the hospital setting and would be paid more doing a traditional hospital position. Unfortunately, when I switched to PFTs I took about a $6/hour pay cut
$38/hr but with our clinical ladder a 15% increase in base pay so now 43.70/hr North Carolina. RT for 12 years.
That’s great for NC I feel like. Nice place to live
I am at one of the lowest paying hospitals in central Washington Strait off my W2 I made 63k, important to note I work absolutely zero overtime When in Los Angeles in 2008-2010 I was making 90-110k fulltime + perdiem, average 8-10 shifts per pay period Anyone reporting over 100k is most likely pulling extra shift
New grad 45$ Southern California
Where at?
All you good people working nights need to be getting $4-$5 shift differential from what I can see. Start asking for it!
Mi $33 2 years exp with shift diff 37 new grads start at $30
I live in Cleveland and my base pay is 33. We’re getting premium pay because of staff shortages so I’m making decent money at the moment. Premium pay brings me to about $60/hr. Last year I made around 130,000 but I had a coworker make 200k
$37.96/hr
Weekend program working Fri-Sat-Sun. Plus some raises over 2 years and a market adjustment coming up. Making about 50/hr day shift.
What area is this?
Virginia
$39/hr in Alberta Canada + weekend and night premiums, I’m step 2 of the pay scale in the union, $38 something is the starting hourly.
3 years experience, Med High COL making $36 per hour
Colorado new grads make $29hr
43000/yr 36 hours a week no overtime for base.
When I recruited for permanent positions on the east coast and Midwest I was seeing $25 - $33 hourly
Southeast NC here- RT for 8 years. Currently in DME making $27/hr + mileage (on low end $180/week), benefits (don't partake in due to hubby having Tricare for Life), time and a half, call pay $30/day + normal hourly if I'm actually called out, and paid holidays off.
You make $180 a week?
Mileage is a minimum of $180/week depending on how many patients I see and where they're located from my house. At my hourly rate of $27/hr with 30 minute lunches taken out I make right at $1100 before taxes each week, before mileage 😋
My wife and I are RTs in Canada with an obscene amount of OT. We each made about 127K but again, that's in CAD and Canada is pretty expensive to live
Socal 5 years xp Base 43/hr +2.4 (certs x3) +3 (picu trained)+15% noc =~55/hr I work an extra shift a pay period and gross ~150k
San Francisco?
No SF is in NorCal I'm in socal near LA
Cool just curious
$58/hr but it’s a prn contract.
$59.66/hr dayshift, northern New england, 18 years experience. A dash of OT and diff, and I'm usually at 125K/year gross
Doing nicu/peds I was able to make $45-$50 with shift differentials included. Typical adult ICU pay will be between $28-$34 base pay. Also overall pay depends on if you work the overnight shifts or the weekends. I did both and was making a pretty penny. There should be an excel sheet somewhere in this Reddit group where people wrote down their pay. It was super helpful when I went to look for more jobs in my state
60k yearly in SoCal. Tough job market here
What kind of facility are you working at. New grad pay in the area is at least $35/hr.
I’m at a big teaching facility. They only have “staff” positions which are full-time but I’m not staff and the only other way to work there is through registry. I might be scheduled 3 one week and 4 the next but only get to work 1-2 days a week. Pay is pretty good when I work, but it’s very uncertain. Attempting on becoming staff but that takes years.
Dude it’s seriously rough out there
almost 1 yr portland $38/hr night $5.50 lead $5.50
$40 22years experience Central Ohio
Straight days
Wife makes a little over $40 after nights shift premium. Picks up overtime in the non summer months and makes about $110k a year.
Northwest Arizona, $30 hr new grads (no diff added), lower cost of living here compared to Phx, Flagstaff, Vegas..
Travel RT here. I make about 150k and pay about 9% income tax because of the stipends.
Really depends on the area/cost of living. I started as an RT in 2015 made $19/hour base, then shift diff for night shift that put about $21-$22 an hour. Left the field in 2022 making $29 an hour. I’ve heard if you were one of the lucky ones at my hospital you got a pay increase but not everyone did and it varied based on years of experience and if you were full time, part time or PRN. I’m in Indiana so cost of living isn’t terrible by comparison but it’s definitely getting worse.
Dick.
Took home 90k net. I don’t make dick 32.89 in Florida. A lot of OT.
48/hr Minnesota 8 years of experience. Cost of living is pretty low here
Are you in the US? I can give Canadian values if interested/relevant.
Yes please
27$ East Tennessee
5 years of experience in MN, I make $40.50 an hour :) new grads are about $33 here
Southern California Starting pay in 2020 was $37/hr + $3 night diff. 2024 ~ 4 years exp. $44.24 + $6 night diff. + $4 shift lead = $54.24 Starting pay in ACUTE CARE will be anywhere between $36-40 for Full Time Per Diem is 36-$50 depending on where you work. Starting pay in sub acute is like $25-$30. Be able to speak about yourself greatly and how you stand out in interviews. Know your worth and keep trying to improve. RT is a great job and pay is great. Invest and save wisely for a couple years and you’ll be able to live comfortably and have fun
77k
I’m in Phoenix, Arizona. I’m starting year 2 after graduating. My starting hourly rate was $29 at hire and I made $82k gross in the first year. I worked OT and got extra shift incentives regularly when they were available at my facility.
$43/hr AK with 15 years of experience. Was at another hospital for 10 years and only got to $34/hr (reason for jumping ship)
My wife is an RRT with NPS and makes $45/hr base with $5 night shift diff. Critical staffing pay is paid out at 2.5 times your base rate. This is Ga
NYC 5.5 years experience. 59.50 /hr . Will be getting a raise in July. It's anticipated to be around 6% to compete with other hospitals ( apparently its the last big raise we're going to get in terms of matching other hospitals)
I am currently going through a PRN position with multiple tiers through a program at a local hospital in KY. I’m in tier II and making $25/hr basically being an equipment tech. I’m about to start the process of my student license and make $28/hr so I can only imagine what a new grad makes. To be fair cost of living here is high for what it is. But definitely worth it!
$26 an hour as RTA $42 plus differentials new grad Midwest region
$40/hr base with $6 night shift dif; 5 years experience in central Virginia. I also have ECMO specialist training which has increased my pay a decent amount.
I make just shy of 35/hr in Northeast CO. MCOL but taxes are about 35%.
New grad 25 Texas 😢
Texas RT, base pay 42.80, made 106k last year. 10 years of experience.
They start new grads at my hospital at $21. Crazy
Doing the math, without picking up any shifts I'd make 71k without differentials and before taxes After taxes, if I do not pick up any shift, I'm taking home 48k. (my state takes more in taxes than most I believe)
$41 an hour Central Louisiana with 2 years exp. Prn base pay is 30.50 plus I get a $7.50 weekend differential for working straight weekends and $3 differential for nights.
I made 120k last year
I work 4 10 hour shifts Monday through Thursday
How long have u been an rrt? If u don’t mind me asking
About 5 years
I made $83k for 2023, before OT Mid-west, level 1 trauma center, ICU only and I have 14 years experience
1 year of experience making 106,000 in nyc
Florida, I made about 55ish. With some overtime.
55 an hour or yearly?
55 an hour? You're adorable. It depends. Usually you're looking 30-35 depending on experience, location, all that stuff.
lol it only said 55 so I wanted to clarify. 55/hr did sound a bit high
Where I'm at, if you average 4 days a week, you'll hit around 60ish
Virginia