RN vs MD Salary | 800k in 1 YEAR as a NURSE in Sacramento California | **NOT CLICKBAIT**
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Are you trying to decide between RN vs MD and Salary is a factor? Find out how I work with someone that made over 800k in 1 year as a NURSE in SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA.
We all know that nurses in California are the highest-paid nurses in the world. And in this video, I will show you how nurses are able to earn just as much, and even more than doctors by working the same amount of hours they do. Surgeons are the highest paid MD specialty in this country, yet I work with a nurse that is earning a surgeon-level salary.
In fact, I only work 3 days per week and am able to earn over $200k/year and more than primary care doctors.
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Intro 0:00
MD Specialty pay 01:30
How do I earn 200k per year? 02:32
How do my coworkers earn 300k per year? 03:40
How does my coworker earn 800k per year? 05:05
Outro 07:35
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I think I'd rather be the APRN working two 16 hour shifts on the weekends. Makin' bank. And then run a side business that's simple to manage the other 5 days.
That sounds like a dream 😃
I’m back as well, glad to see you posted. I also want to love to Cali, but I’ve yet to pass NCLEX, cuz I graduated nursing school 5 weeks ago. I live in CT. To maximize income, should I move to Cali or should I do travel nursing in Cali? Can you please make a video on comparing travel nurse pay in Cali as a bedside nurse vs staff nurse. Thank you
I'm going to make a future video comparing RNs vs NPs vs CRNAs.
I was wondering if by any chance you can interview the RN who worked a year without a single day of rest, how she's managed to do it, how's her health conditions after working for a year, tips/tricks, and if she'll continue to do that. Thank you
Hi, I am an LVN. I work in Sacramento at an assisted living facility.
I went to school for 11 months all for free. Through grants. In 2003-2004.
I started at $15 per hour in 2004 Monday-Friday 8 hour shifts at Sutter Health.
$2400 per month.
Today I work for $35 per hour. 3 days a week 16 hour days.
$708 per day because of overtime.
I make a little over $100,000 per year!
Just on an 11 month accelerated LVN vocational school commitment!!
I love how easy my job is too. Just pass meds. No catheters, no IV’s no Gtubes, no doing any ADL’s my aides do all that.
I work 3 loooong days then get 4 days off per week!
I love your channel great content!!
That’s great. Why are so many nurses complaining about their pay then?
MD graduate here - I love this video! Please continue to put out content with pay breakdowns and financial info. There is far too little transparency about real-world pay in healthcare, so videos like yours are valuable.
I was just discussing this on the phone last night with my mom, who is an NP for vascular surgery. We are told that certain careers in healthcare are well-compensated, but we know little about what exactly that means. Patient care tends to self-select for individuals with an altruistic nature and concern for others. This is obviously good, but these same personalities are also prone to accepting unfair compensation rates and being exploited without advocating for themselves.
It's important to know how much your labor is worth in terms of dollars and cents so you can negotiate a fair salary. However, it's difficult to find reliable compensation info with real numbers since it's still perceived as "taboo" to talk about finances in the field. So thank you for sharing information like this!
(And shout out to all you nurses and NP's for your hard work! I learned far more about hospital life from nursing staff than I ever did from our med school curriculum.)
Well said. Thanks so much for the comment!
@@NursesToRiches hi I don’t think nurses should be paid more than doctors or surgeons. That is just a disgrace because nurses don’t work nearly as hard enough as all those other specialties.
@@harshanhothi455 By that logic, I don't think Wall Street traders should get paid double what a surgeon does. But they do. You get paid for what you bring to the market and how you can advocate for your skills and profession, *not* how "hard" you work.
I think your comparison is business field eWall Street is a completely different field from healthcare. Business field CEO have MBA, PhD business. But in healthcare a Physician MD/DO is doing the heart surgery, trauma surgery so to get paid less than a nurse from a 2 year community college or even a university masters in nursing & make more it will discourage students to become physicians & people won’t survive because we need physicians. Unless we phase out physicians and train nurses to do trauma/ heart surgery etc.
👉 💕 nurses are 🦸
yessss I did a travel assignment in cali I was blown when they said anything after 8 hours a day was time in a half....... Just Lovely........Great video
Thanks for watching! Yeah, it's too bad California is the only state that has such amazing overtime pay. If NYC had all of the benefits CA has we would have never moved.
I’m taking an assignment in Cali. So although I’ll 36 hrs in a week, I’ll still see OT pay on my paycheck?
@@KeiyunnaFloyd if you’re talking 12 hour shifts then yes! Anything over 8 hrs in a single day becomes OT!
But not all California hospitals follow this time and half over 8 hours rule right? Specifically Southern Cali..
I had no idea California had such awesome overtime laws! Being a nursing school student who routinely works 16 hour shifts as an EMT, this has me side-eyeing applying for a CA license and doing some travelling as soon as I put in a few years for experience.
With such clear and organized presentation AND the transparency, this channel will definitely take off. Great video
I really hope so. Thank you so much!
@@NursesToRiches, he's right. Your transparency was the first thing that got me hooked. Of course I'm happily subscribed to your channel. Great channel, great presentation!
All states need to adopt California's overtime law
To make it even more expensive to live like in California? People leave California in mass for good reasons. Absurd high cost of living is one of them. If you want to get paid more, move to California. Don't drag other states down the hill by following California.
Im a nursing student in Sacramento!!! I’m very stressed about the amount of student loans I’ll have to pay off. Having this info eases my mind greatly. Thank you for all of your research!!!
You're welcome! And I used to feel the same about our student loans until Monica (my wife) and I moved here. We managed to pay off our student loans in less than, when we actually made the effort to do so.
Do not buy this BS.
Ok.
Dejah, look at cost of living. Calculate your monthly loan payments. Sacramende is def a place where living is cheaper. How you use that excess money is up to you but I say work to pay off your loans before life gets bigger lol
Thank you very much sir
I’m a nurse as well working in Germany and I’m moving to California next year
Can’t wait 🤘🏻👍
Awesome! Good luck to you 🙂. Let me know if you have questions along the way.
Oh wow, I live in Sacramento CA, and recently graduated from UC Davis. I was thinking about medical school but changed my career to first RN and then CRNA. This is really something I needed more information about because I was not sure that living in Sacramento I can get a lot of job opportunities and even a good salary. So, Thanks again for this info.
I'm glad you found this video helpful. Thanks for the comment!
Fantastic Video! Literally FANTASTIC!
Thank you!
I absolutely love your content. I am a nursing student.
Another great video Jason!!!
Thanks Christina! How's the baby???
Wow, I work sutter in sacramento. Been thinking about picking up another part time position or per diem with kaiser. This really motivates me to keep looking for better opportunities.
If you're looking to make a higher hourly rate than Kaiser is definitely worth considering.
You’re base pay is equal (overtime is more) to a primary care MD/DO. I respect the hustle!
Yeah man I gotta pinch myself every day just thinking about it.
Wow this is amazing! Also being a doctor is hard because it takes forever to graduate medical and start working as a fully paid doctor… let’s also not forget the debt after med school… it SUCKS! So this is really eye opening 🙏🏼
Yeah and as a trainee doc we often work over 70 hours for peanuts. 😅
His sentiment seems to glorify RNs making more than MDs/surgeons without ANY changes in their technical craft or education or patient care providing. He literally says just work more hours and you get paid more. cool. That is true for any sector of work. But why did he implicate MDs in this? It’s not parallel work at all. I’m not appreciating the constant RN/MD pocket watching when the pockets are different. So unnecessary and tacky. You can help yourself without comparing yourself to others in a different ball room.
@@sunflowerpower642 y u mad
@@Seansyy62 He has a point. But also from a content stand point it makes sense. Gets the people going!
@@sunflowerpower642 Most of the MDs I know , parlay their degrees into healthcare oriented businesses …making millions …not requiring shifts like this .
Great inspirational video!
Thank you so much!
Thank you for this week's video. As always, very detailed and informative.
I saw where you did the run pay analysis in the comment section of your video of 5/2/21, that is worth an entire video. If I were you, I will use Monica's example as you did and do a what if with the 800k earner if the they did not forfeit theirs.
You might also want to do an analysis of the after tax take home using using the format of your video of 6/6/21 if you have access to the W2 of the 3 hospitals. That will help clear up the tax myth of California. I see that you have debunked the COL myth in Cali, now some of us are shifting our focus to the tax myth.
Wow, you just gave me so much good content to upload. Thanks!
I would like to know the net pay. Taxes could be crazy in California. I experienced last month the double pay. Unfortunately, we do not have that in Florida. As a travel RN, California is the spot to get good pay. Overtime after 8 hours sounds so nice and double shift pay is awesome. Thank you for sharing great videos with us.
I did include the net pay in my other videos (look at the one where I talk about nurses making 20k/mo) and I reveal another nurse's paycheck.
@@NursesToRiches I will watch a lot of your videos today. By the way, you have done a great job.
Thank you so much! 🙏
I mean, not talking about md vs rn or anything, but Cali is where it’s at bro. Everyone tells me oh Cali is expensive to live but when you’re making 200k per year if taxes are 40% you’re still making enough to live quite comfortably, Mann I’m about to start actual nursing next year, it will be the most challenging journey in my life but I want to live comfortably and I’m from upstate ny. Can you do a video on how to pass nursing like the techniques that you used? Thank you, this vid was it bro.
Everything you said is exactly right. When you're making so much damn money and they take 30% to 40% in federal and state taxes, you're still left with a crapload of money! Monica and I live more comfortable here than we could have ever lived in NYC.
I will see if I can do a video on techniques I used to pass nursing school and the NCLEX. Stay tuned!
A current 4th-year medical student here.
Physicians actually take pay cut to live in California.
This is wild. Physicians deserve better pay.
I agree! I have a great relationship with the attending in our ER and we have joked that they need to unionize because they don't have nearly as many benefits as Nurses do.
I agree. It's kind of not fair, to be honest. Doctors wasted so much of their lives to have an MD degree and get into numerous so specializations, only to get paid less.
@@zenvirgil life is never fair.. You should know that by now. And female dogging about life isn’t fair is a cop out EXCUSE, you make choices, you create disadvantages in life to favor you.. Listen to the most successful top 1% of the 1%, they created disadvantages in life to favor them because they have made peace with themselves and accepted that life isn’t fair. You REAP what you sow. And biching ain’t nothing but EXCUSES
I agree that physicians should be get paid more than nurses. California is messed up.
Another very informative video. 👍
Thank you! 🙏🏼
We have to keep in mind that most places don’t pay RN $90 per hour. Remember as a new nurse some places start you at $27.00 per hour and you are obligated to work 12hrs shift. Most state you don’t earned time and a half until you reach 40 hrs a week.
That is very true, which is why I used the median income for all of the examples I compared on this list. It is also why I mentioned the median income of a nurse in Sacramento. I want everyone to understand that Sacramento is where nurses should be moving to if they want to live in a city that has the highest-paid nurses relative to the cost of living.
@@NursesToRiches I live in the SF Bay Area, is it still better over there in Sacramento than in the Bay?
@@savagesable everyone leaving other parts of California have been moving to Sacramento. This means that the cost of living has gone up dramatically over the last 2-3 years. However, when you compare Sacramento to other parts of California, the cost of living is still relatively low, and the wages for nurses (particularly in the Kaiser system) are still the same as they are in the bay area.
What you 27 an hour? Around here your lucky to hit 17. Also who the hell is working 3 days a week
I live in Texas, work as an LPN and my homecare agency pays me $28 per hour at one of my jobs, and the other job pays $29 hr. I work 12 hr shifts 48 hrs weekly at first job, and get 8 hrs OT. I work 24 more hours sometimes another 36 hrs at second job, and no OT, but that’s just the money I put into my stock portfolio each month and I never touch that income unless there’s an emergency that requires me to. I’ve been an LVN for 16 years in Texas and 5 of them I’ve done straight up 1:1 care in home health and I would never go back to a hospital no matter how much pay they offered. I got so turned off and burnt out doing hospital care that it made me want to give up the profession entirely. Sure, I could make more as an RN, but I’m happy enough with my pay now and the amount I invest more than makes up for the pay I would otherwise miss out on. I spend at least three hours a day doing day trading stock options while on the clock, and I’d venture to guess my stock options alone pay me another $30-50k per year between options premiums from selling calls or puts, and on dividends. I’m also a retired Army veteran and 100% of my retirement pay gets put into investments. I’m 41 going on 42 years old with almost a million in net worth.
Thanks 😊 for this amazing video ....
And thank you for watching!
Bro these videos are amazing, thank you for your dedication. ✊ How would you describe different nurse specialties from your perspective, let’s say ICU, Med-surg, Cathlab and etc. Why would you choose one over the other, things like that. That would be a good topic knowing your perspective on this when you get a chance to make a video sometime. Anyways, thank you 😃
Thanks for the feedback and topic suggestion! I'm definitely gonna take it into consideration 🙂
@@NursesToRiches interested in this topic as well
I work as a travel nurse in central California making 95$ and hour. I checked how much the doctors get paid specifically psychiatrists in my travel agency. Their paying the psychiatrist 400$ an hour. It’s pretty impressive how much nurses get’s paid but you can’t compare it to doctors especially if it’s locum physicians.
He isn’t being transparent, who the hell is dumb enough to believe this goof. Md makes way more than any nurse in Sacramento. He is full of it. MD is where the money is at. This nurse goof here doesn’t know what he is talking about.
Can you make a video about nursing instructors salary in california virtual and on campus comparison.
I can’t wait for your channel to blow off . You are so organized . But am with you , my sanity first :). 😆😆
I was talking to some of the doctors I work with and they said she makes over 3 times what they make but also can't believe she's willing to put her health on the line by being at work every single day of the year.
Sometimes we never know the whole story as to why someone is willing to do that . But human beings amaze me. What we think we can’t , wow you find someone doing it. Let’s pray she stays safe . Her reason maybe valid .
@@sharonthompson7293 you're definitely speaking the truth. Everyone has their owns reasons.
You got me thinking about moving to California after I become a nurse at least for 2 year's then after back to the South I go lol. Love your videos very informative 👍
While these are excellent salaries, the thought of living in California is a major deal breaker. I am not making quite that much, but when I factor in cost of living it would equate to around 120k+ in california. The city I live in is much better than anything in California has to offer (my opinion). The money there is really good and tempting though, but I dont need many luxuries and live a good life.
Sounds like you found what works best for you. However, Monica and I felt like we had to move. Our work-life balance is a thousand times better here. We work fewer hours and still make twice as much as we did in NYC. We also love the fact that we have nursing ratio laws, better overtime laws, and the best parental leave in the country out here.
@@NursesToRiches so if you subtract the cost of living in Cali how much would you think she was bringing in? Because even half of 800K sounds like a dream and without all the med school debt and waiting for residency to end etc it sounds even better...we're talking about just an RN not a CRNA or an NP...would you say those persons have potential to make even more if they worked the way this employee does? Lastly, what's interesting for me is you don't mention covid at all...the travels are paid well due to covid but this seems like something that will endure either way which is what we need.
@@stevenwilliams6235 she is bringing home at least $39k per month after taxes. I have never heard of a CRNA or an NP making this kind of money but CRNAs are definitely able to make $300k+/yr with OT.
And, yes, the reason why so many travelers stay with us permanently is because our rates and benefits are guaranteed, unlike traveler rates and benefits.
I know a FNP that works telehealth that makes 30-40k a month after taxes all online. It’s all based on the number of patients you see and he works for several companies at the same time and can pick his hours.
FL I started at 26.5/hr mandatory 3 12 hour shifts. No overtime pay. 2 years later I'm making 33/hr, but still no overtime pay. Lesson: don't come to FL if you want to make bank.
$800k nurse. 7 days a week. 365 days a year. Insane, makes me wonder what her goal is?
Good video! I think the MD numbers are low. MGMA shows neurosurgeons making 900k and other specialties higher than those AMA numbers as well. You are still definitely making more than lots of MD’s though! Congrats!
Wouldn’t say lots of MDs would say some. Like if an MD works part time and has a salary of 150k hypothetically then yeah he as a nurse would make more then that
Oh wow, as a hospital rph in another state, i'd be lucky if I were allowed to work over 40 hours. My OT is only given if I work over 40 in a week, not over 8 in a day, and even then, OT can get me in trouble, unless requested by management.
For positions advertised as 12hr /36hr per week, those are paid at regular rate? Or do they pay 1.5x after the first 8hrs in those shifts?
Those are paid at the regular rate for the entire 12 hours worked unless you go over 12 hours in one day, in which case you will get paid double time after the 12th hour, or unless you go over 40 hours that week, in which case you get paid at 1.5x your regular rate for every first 12 hours over the 40th hour in the week, and 2x the regular rate after the 12th hour of work in one day.
she must take a lot of vitamins to work that many hours, Omg, I used to work only 3, 16 hour shifts at a time and that did me in, wow she's superwoman.
She always has plenty of energy when she's at work and never skips a beat. And the crazy part is that she told me her mother was a harder worker than she is.
@@NursesToRiches is she Spanish or Philipinno or African. I am asking cos those foreigners love to work hard.
While the 365 day 16hr run would be brutal, I think there are things that can be done to help someone pull it off. One thing may be to set up a van with a mattress and live-in accommodations in the back of the van, so they can save time driving and just go to sleep in the parking lot every night. Showers can then be taken care of at a nearby gym. 🤔
Lmao, the things you have mentioned are not too far off from what this nurse has done. It also helps that they never assign her to do any kind of bedside care.
Or hospital shower
@@NursesToRiches What kind of nursing job does she do?
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Do you know what unit she works? Because that can be ridiculously stressful if it's a crazy unit, but it can be a breeze if it's an easy unit.
Thanks for this! Just one question: when you accepted the position, did your employers give you options to work 24 hours a week? In the UK (where I am atm), it sounds like part time and no way 24hrs/week will be offered to applicants unless it's a part time position.
The recruiters post jobs online and they list the number of hours and days you will be required to work if you accept the position. They post jobs with hours that may range from working per diem, to 12 hours per week, 16 hours, 20 hours, 24 hours, 28 hours, 30 hours, 32 hours, 36 hours, and 40 hours. But these are the types of hours you will see in the ER. If it is a position for another unit, those types of hours are not plentiful, and they are few and far between.
Over here in Germany this is also not possible.
Everything under 30hours is considered a part time job.
Almost every employer has 40hour contracts, only some huge company industry Job with great unions have 35 hours.
Also the pay is insane!
Nurses in Germany usually get 15-20€ and 50% of it are taxes and state mandated insurance like health etc.
America seems to be insane and hospitals make way too much money under their ridiculous and inhumane health care system.
Nurses in Germany don’t get rich, but every person living here gets the medical treatment they need.
No matter if they make a million or earn not a single cent a year.
@@rolux4853 I feel like each system has pros and cons. It doesn't do anyone any good to speak like this about each system especially when you have no experience in the other system. It is incredibly subjective.
@@roopskee17 can you please tell me the pros of not having healthcare for everyone?
And please don’t come at me with lower taxes, a humans life is always more important than money!
I’m not trying to mock you, I’m really interested what the pros are because I can’t imagine any.
@@rolux4853 First off, there is healthcare for all. Medicaid for those elderly who qualify and medicare for those disabled or unable to afford health-care, and some people qualify for both. Secondly, the ability to also pay for healthcare or aquire it through a company that you pay to have it. This allows for several levels of care with different options in whatever package you choose which allows for personalization. People like to say there is disparity of care based on free health insurance vs private pay but I am a college student who currently gets free healthcare/dental and so does my daughter. I have also payed through company before, I have seen no relavent difference.
I would sacrifice my sanity for 5 years doing this in a heartbeat, to retire for life. I already work 70hrs per week for 200k, not in cali. Why not just work another 30-40.... wild
Wow, thanks for the video ,it's a real eye opener! The only problem I have about moving to Sacramento CA,is commuting problem.I am foreign nurse,I live in Philly PA,so I actually use metro bus to go every where because have not known how to drive yet..I learnt metro bus system doesn't work in Sacramento and most state state of USA..pls what do advice I do? Thanks
Hey there! I would say to start practicing now with a driving instructor so you can build your confidence and get your license. Then if you do decide to move to Sacramento or any other place that does not have good public transportation then you will not feel limited. Then I would suggest finding a place to live near the facility where you will work. It can be scary when you first do something new but it does get better and once you see that you can do it, it gets easier.
I once worked with a nurse who was terrified of driving and would only commute a mile distance to do everything. The hospital and the grocery store were a mile away from her apartment and she did this for 3 years. Just an example to show that it can be done. You got this! 😊
I am a RN in NYC for the past 12 years . Finishing NP school in two months . Opening my business . With my side hustle I make more in my nursing stressful hospital gigi
What side gig?
Hi! Great video! And super transparent! Not sure if this has been answered already, but with being a “part time” employee do you still get benefits if only on a 24 hour a week schedule?
Many union hospitals out here give you benefits as a part time employee but they all have different requirements for the minimum amount of hours you must work in order to qualify for benefits. Kaiser, for example, will give you all of the benefits of a full-time employee as long as you work 20 hours or more per week.
@@NursesToRiches wow! That’s awesome! Thank you so much for the reply! Will def be applying there after nursing school! Thank you :)
Hello, I know most of the time, nurses work 12 hr shift. So does that overtime starts at 9th hour of your 12 hour shift? Or you need to take a job that specifically says it's an 8 hr shift job and they ask you to work additional 4 hrs to cover for short staff? Just want some clarification on that. Thanks!
It would be the latter of the two. You do not qualify for OT after the 8th hour if you're hired as a 12hr-shift employee. Only employees that have taken an 8hr-shift position qualify for the OT. That's why a nurse that is hired to work 3 8hr shifts per week can still earn more than a nurse that is hired to work 3 12hr shifts, if the 8hr shift nurse comes in and works a full 12hr shift every day they are scheduled to come in for work (with the caveat that OT must be available and offered to the 8hr shift employee in order for that to work).
This is really helpful to know. Is working in psych a good specialty for doing this?
Majority of nurses are prescheduled 12 hours tho. This is pretty rare ( 8 hour) circumstances if you look at nursing jobs in general
Thanks amazing video!! I got a question. Why do they let you stay part time when you are doing full time hours for the sake or overtime pay? Is it a known loophole on hospital management side?
They probably find it cheaper to pay nurses OT than to hire more nurses to work full time hours because it won't be busy all year round.
Great video! As an MD student hearing my attendings talk, it's pretty apparent that MD salary data is heavily underreported. Starting cardiologist salaries at my University's hospital are $700,000 per year and the department chair makes $2.5 million, and I precepted with a dermatologist who started at $500,000 after residency and currently makes ~$1.5 million per year in private practice. Internal Medicine salaries are low but that's the only path to access a fellowship in cardiology, pulmonology, oncology, etc... I feel bad for emergency medicine doctors because the state of that field isn't great right now.
Either way, I totally agree that nursing is an excellent field too! A friend of mine is a travel nurse making easily $250,000 a year, and he finished school far earlier than me. Whether RN or MD, it's important to remember that it hopefully shouldn't be about the salary at the end of the day.
This video is a waste of time. You never actually stated what you do or how you earn that much. Cut out the filler, and state exactly what you are doing if you want to be helpful.
@@h5u7p5gt9 I wouldn't say the video is a waste of time, he has to discuss wage laws in Sacramento to explain how it's possible. tl;dr work in California and take on as many 16 hour shifts as possible to earn $800k as a nurse. Or for my comment, become a board certified dermatologist/cardiologist and work in any academic or private hospital system in South Florida-- no filler there.
You make more in rural places. In NY most academic places surgeons make 350k and derm 30pk. Of course those who have a nice private practice and are doing well are probably are making much more
What type of private practice is the dermatologist in? Like in a group practice or he has his own thing?
@@uclaboy4lifewhere did this myth come from that you supposedly make more in rural places? Also how do you know the exact salary of a surgeon in an academic place in NY?
My goal is to become an MD, but I want to start as an RN first..
That's an awesome goal! With that path, you'll be one of the only MDs that can relate to what the nurses you will work with are going through.
@@NursesToRiches hold my beer. Look at my bio. MD transitioned to RN pathway. Finish soon, then nclex and off to Cali , make bank n later become travel NP in Cali
Wow, that's legit! I've seen RN to MD but never the other way around. Props to you! You must be one of the best RNs in the profession.
@@NursesToRiches many foreign doctors who came to the states , passed medical licensing exams but couldn’t get into residency spot had to transition into first RN and then some went NP. Florida international University IMG-RN program is known for this. Tons of MD turned RN via FIU. Google it bro. And while I might be topping my nursing classes, nursing is a different beast and very challenging. Still in my 3rd year. 👍
@@vcnap In the same boat man...foreign med graduate, board certified, just finished a BSN... when i see all the options in nursing, i even question considering a residency again (the only argument is the struggle endured to complete all those steps!!). All the best man, almost there!
This must be lovely in No Cal. In So Cal most RNs aren’t making 92. I think even Kaiser is like $77 most places are $45-55
You are correct.
An RN can reach financial freedom earlier than a doctor just because of the time. Though MDs have a salary during their residency(50-70k in California), it most likely goes towards their living expenses. While MDs have to be in school for 10 years, a nurse can get their license in 2 years and start investing while taking on a debt of less than 100k(20k if you get your ADN in FL). MDs have to take on up to 500k in tuition debt. A nurse will have more than 10 years of investing time which will have better returns in the long run. Especially if that nurse aims to earn 200k a year with overtime. Imagine a nurse investing 100k a year for 10 years while a doctor will focus on paying off his debt after their residency. A nurse who invests 100k a year for 20 years will have 6.3m while a doctor who invests 200k a year for 10 years will have 3.5m. The doctor would need to invest 350k+ a year to catch up with the investments. Both avenues will lead to financial freedom, it's just a matter of personal preference.
When do weekend hours start? Is it just Saturday and Sunday, or is Friday included after a certain hour? Thank you!
If you're a day shift or evening shift RN, weekends are Saturdays and Sundays. If you work nights, weekends are Friday night to Saturday morning, and Saturday night to Sunday morning.
@@NursesToRiches Thanks so much for replying.
You're welcome!
@@NursesToRiches please what is the hourly rate for a night shift and what time does night shift start for someone who wants to work just that?
I have watched a lot of your videos (which are fantastic) and you stated that after 8 hours it's time and half but that if you are scheduled for 12hrs shift then you don't get it. So my plan is to schedule 8hrs shift but pick up an additional 4 to make 12hrs. How difficult is this in the ER or working on the floor?
Hi, this is much easier to do on floors that have 12-hour-shift positions like the ER and the ICU. None of the other floors have 12-hour-shift positions, unless you're a traveler.
If you're working in the ER it's extremely easy to do because they always need nurses to come in and help during peak hours of the day.
365 days a year. 16 hour shifts. Sleeps in her car. Hospital thinks it's cheaper to pay her OT than hire more nurses. That sounds unsafe. Not to mention the cost of living in CA is higher. You'd never make that much living elsewhere, and the argument of "move to CA" is not simple if you can't afford to live there on your salary, or you're making just as much take home after monthly cost of living as you would elsewhere.
Now we just need to advocate for pharmacists too. We get $50-$70 per hour for most of the inpatient jobs and unless you're a residency director or something, you're pretty much capped.
The pharmacists in our hospital system earn up to $95/hr.
@@NursesToRiches Ahh, California. I guess I will move back after BCPS haha. Thanks for the tips!
I just got my permanent Cali license. I don't have a clue if I will ever use it, but as a east coast nurse...California is the place to be!
How long did it take to get your Cali license? I’m planning to fly into Cali for fingerprinting in August and hoping to start work there in January of 2024 if my license comes back that quickly. I’m hoping it doesn’t take a year like everyone keeps saying 😢
This is great I hope to have the stamina and energy like your co-worker when I finish my msn soon jk . 😂😩♥️😊 I love that with nursing it’s versatile
I think we all wished we had that kind of stamina but I personally value the time I spend with family and friends more than my time spent at work.
When that nurse turned 18, she told her parents to move out and get a job.
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What!!!??? I live in BROKE a@#$$%! FL and the average hourly pay in that is Median- 31 dollars per hour. As a traveling RN I made the 6 figures in CA. I love CA. I will return to CA soon. Some FL nurses don't fight for better INCOME or pay.. CA has always been the forerunner for RN nurses. I am looking for a home in Sacramento, CA. Oh, I know what some folks will say," The cost of living is higherrrrr." I would say," No! Not if you are educated enough to get that best pay. For example, If I make 300,000 per year or more and I just rent not buying YET(!) I pay 1200 per month for a 2 bedrooms and 1.5 bath in a less crime area. Yes, I did. i was able to afford it. Then how much I am paying for rent? You do the Math. 300,000 after F/S taxes. It is only 12k per year for RENT. So, I have 288k in my pocket after F/S taxes again. Ok, take away another 10k per from the 288k. 277k. Wow! in contrast, with 300k in CA, FL RNs might TOP OFF 70k and the rent for 2 bedroom is 1800 a month or more. a I am not kidding 18k per year plus utilities and other things. so you are paying 25k and you only make 70 in a D.O.N or supervisory position. Along with a profit healthcare corporation that care a RAT@#$%! how it cause you to lose your license as an RN. Anyway, 58 to 70k per year. Then take away 25k. The 58k person may have 33k left. The 70k RN person may have 45k left. So, tell me how does " the cost of living viewed now when You do the math? ' RNs in CA average close to 800 to 900 percent better than FL RNs and other states. Yeah! Folks talk but have not lived in CA. I have. I will be BACK!! I just have some things to sell. These are the the bitter truths. Anyway, Man I love what you are saying.
Dang, starting base pay for Kaiser CNAs in Norcal is $32 right now😬
Yeah but CA taxes are way higher than FL.
I know a friend working in Miami, FL ; and he is making $45 per hour as a registered nurse.
How do you find offers like that that are 800k? When I look online the most I can find in California for travel nursing is 6k per week
Thank you for these videos! Would love to see how much CRNA’s make at these hourly😅
I'll look into that 👍
lets say $800K is in the best market, in the best paying area, with working non-stop, but $400K should be easily attainable and is still a TON of money with less college and less responsibilities as a doctor, I know as a nurse you do get your hands dirty more as nurses do most of the work and doctors usually just confirm what the nurse should or will do.
nursing is so brutal that it's almost physically, mentally, and spiritually impossible to keep that type of overtime up bc most have horrible working conditions.
Thank you for not making an intro of you smiling, getting coffee and looking cozy sorry but most nursing vids start off like this to look cool. Your vids get to numbers and facts and if you show this to most guys they would jump to nursing school right away.
Thanks for the great feedback. I do wish that my videos could get as much attention as the ones those nurses make but I think I just need to start making them as entertaining as they are informative.
Which hospital do you work in Sacramento?
I am a RN living in Sacramento. It is really hard to get a job here at Kaiser even with years of experience.
I didn't find Kaiser to be any more difficult to get into than most other places I've worked. It took me 8 months to get a job with 1 year of experience at a hospital in NYC. It's just about being open to applying for any position. If you are only interested in working in one particular type of specialty, or unit, then yes, it will take longer than normal to get a job at Kaiser.
Can you do a video about NP salary at kaiser ?
I will see what I can do. I have a long list of video topics in the queue :-(
This is a great video, but how many hospitals will hire you for a 3 day, 24 hour per week schedule, and allow you to exploit the overtime like this? Is this common in California hospitals? Genuinely just asking (as a Nor Cal student whose graduating soon), not because I'm skeptical. I'm only curious because I've never heard of nurses here doing this. Yes, obviously, a lot of them pick up overtime when needed, but out of all the several hospitals I've done clinical rotations at in the bay area, you're either hired for 8 hour shifts or 12 hour shifts, and they tend to be VERY strict about avoiding overtime for both of those shifts. Again, that's only what I've seen as a student, so I appreciate any input you have. Thanks!
Unfortunately not many hospitals will give you this much overtime. However, if you're working at a Kaiser in Northern California, you are more likely to get a lot more overtime than in any other hospital system. Also, working in the ER helps even more because you can come in for just 4 hours per day when they need extra nurses.
Can you make a video about how to get a job in California as a new grad? Thank you
I'm working on a "How to apply for jobs and get hired at one of the top-paying hospitals in Sacramento" video. Stay tuned!
If everyone goes to Sacramento, wouldn’t that lead to over saturation and lower salaries like what happened to NP salaries especially FNP
@@vcnap possibly but Sacramento is growing so rapidly that Kaiser is going be building a brand new state-of-the-art hospital in downtown Sacramento, and UC Davis is also investing 3.75 to expand their hospital system in Sacramento. So, there will be plenty of jobs available for nurses moving to the area.
You also have to remember that Sacramento has many other cities nearby (Roseville, Folsom, El Dorado Hills, Elk Grove) that have seen an explosive growth in the population and they will need healthcare workers to care for them. Plus, those cities also have their own hospitals, or are investing in the expansion of their own Healthcare facilities.
This is eye opening yet not everyone is willing to move to northern California/ it is not plausible for every nurse in the country to saturate this small area. Working this much can lead to burnout and if you want this rate you can only obtain it in northern California. In this sense, financial freedom from making this much comes with the cage of being in 1 area and working unhealthy amounts of hours-if you can beat out the other nurses eyeing these areas. New nurses in Oklahoma start at 19-22/hour that is criminal for the amount of work and stress. This is why I am leaving bedside.
Omg 😳 I literally could never do what she is doing!!
I don't think I'll ever meet anyone who can do what she can do.
so how do we setup the entire 8 hours and then work the extra 4? is that just how everything is setup for nurses in California or
Question- why is your base hourly so high? Are you specialized? I googled Avg nurse pay in Sacramento and its $65... but yours in 150% of that?
I have several videos that break down the numbers (exact numbers) of what nurses get paid in Sacramento and many hospitals in California. Don't go by what Google says is the average. The numbers are wayyyy higher than that. And I am currently at $98/hr with my base and night shift diff.
@@NursesToRiches It sounds like google is underestimating a lot of salaries. I know lots of primary care MD/DOs who are making well over 400K in CA. I wonder why everything is so secret lol
@mgmt girlyeah it's secretive because that's how employers would like to keep it. The less we talk to each other about how much we earn, the more they can get away with paying us low wages.
How do you even get $93 per hour base rate? Usually that's already the overtime rate.
You can check out my last video. I reveal the pay scales of the top 3 hospitals in the Sacramento area.
Salary inflation in California to account for cost of living.
@@XxKiDCuDiFTWxX that's true. However, the salary for nurses is very lopsided when you compare it to other professions. Our cost of living here in Sacramento is less than it was in NYC, yet we earn 2x-3x more per hour (even after taxes) than we did in NY.
Great video! I love your presentation. But I have only one question. What level of damage does uncle Sam do on her earnings? I ask because I know that the more hours one puts into work, the more ruthlessly uncle Sam digs into one's pocket.
On one last note, working almost every day of the year is scary. When does she live life? What quality of life does she actually have? I couldn't do that, no matter the pay rate.
Currently a nursing student in Sacramento. I’m definitely NOT going anywhere. 😆
I wouldn't either if I were you 🙂
The lady who worked 365 was not born in America almost sure of it
You're right about that, lol
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I work 240 hours a week so I made like 1.6M a year.
Can you explain how you are getting paid overtime (1.5) after 8 hours of a shift when you only work 24 hours a week? Looking at the California guideline’s its time and a half only after a 40 hour work week. Thanks for taking the time!
California actually has laws that state employees must be paid 1.5x pay after the 8th hour of work in a 24 hour period. After 12 hours of work you must be paid 2.0x pay. Nurses working 8hr shifts, regardless of how many hours per week they work, benefit from this law. However, nurses working 12 hour shifts can only benefit from this law (the 1.5x after the 8th hour) if their employer agrees to this.
In California anything over 8 hours In one day is overtime. I work three 12 hour shifts a week, so I get about 10.5 hours of overtime pay a week.
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Great information. But are you making 93 hr with a BSN or MSN ? How much experience is required before making these types of high salaries in California ?
I have my BSN. I work with nurses that have their ADN. Our union contract does not discriminate against degree types. I have a video breaking down the wage schedules of the top 3 hospitals in Sacramento. You can watch it here: czcams.com/video/w_zeCiRCZnQ/video.html
@@NursesToRiches thank you 🙏
you're welcome!
Yep
Working every single day of the year, esp. working 16 hrs./day, is crazy! It’s extremely unhealthy, not good for the RN, his/her pts., or the nurse’s family, & is unsustainable & unsafe! I’m sure we’ve all done a 16 here and there on occasion, but not often. As a pt., I would not want an RN that worked those kinds of hours! I’ve worked numerous types of schedules in my 30 years as an RN, & there are limits to what one can safely do. Granted, that has variations per each individual person, but everyone needs rest at some point. I typically will work 3 12’s in a row, and at one point did 1 8° night followed by 3 12° nights, then one day off, then another 3 12° nights, then off til the following week. I loved having a sort of “built-in vacation” every other week (or time where I could pick up an extra shift mid-time off), & I knew that working 4 12’s in a row pushed me beyond what was safe. Here, we get pd. OT (time and a half) for either 8/80 or over 40/wk. if on 12° shifts all the time as our normal schedule. My last RN job I made $34.50/hr., & one I made $39/hr. + shift diff. However, I don’t pay near the cost of living you have in CA, thank goodness!!!
You'd be surprised with the cost of living here in Sacramento. You can find houses for as low as $150k. Our friends (two nurses that were working for Kaiser earning $300k+/yr) bought their house for $250k. In fact, if you compare it to a city like Austin, Texas, the cost of living in Sacramento is actually lower: "Sacramento is 0.9% less expensive than Austin. Sacramento housing costs are 11.3% less expensive than Austin housing costs. Health related expenses are 2.4% more in Sacramento."
And the oay here is at least 2 times higher than other places, so at the end of the day you are still better off financially than almost any other city in the country (I've actually made a video comparing the cost of living to the 50 highest paying cities for nurses in the US).
Currently I'm only working 20 hours per week and I receive health insurance for me and our family of 4, pensions benefits, matching 401k, and a host of other benefits. I also still earn more than I did when we worked in NYC and I work less than half as much as I did when we lived there.
Does your hospital allow nurses to work as much OT as they want? At my hospital they cancel nurses even if it means they’ll be short staffed cuz they don’t want them working OT
It's cyclical but OT is available almost every day of the year and if you're a senior nurse you will get OT any day of the year that you want.
I thought there were laws against nurses working over 36-40 hrs per week. Also - hospitals are so flush, they will just let people work time and a half year round?
There are laws against employers requiring employees to work more hours than allowable by the specific law, but there is no law that prohibits employees from working as many hours as they choose to work. And yes, the hospitals I've worked for are always in need of Nurses so they are always willing to pay nurses extra to have them pick up additional shifts.
@@NursesToRiches ok thanks for the info. I graduate in a year and would love to grind for a few years to get ahead financially. 🤞🏼
@@jdomsmith that's the way to do it man. Don't be like every other nurse making hundreds of thousands per year, yet living paycheck to paycheck.
Can pharmacists in the sacramento area make something similar to RN's there? If not, how much do they earn?
The pharmacists here make around $85/hr. They don't have as many benefits as the nurses do because the nurses' union negotiated the benefits they have.
Let's see how your Perspective is 10 years down the line. To all you NEW GRADS out there.
Nurse Practitioner / Nurse Anesthesiologist top tier paid nurses?
What hospital do you work at that pays you over 90.00 an hour? I work as a RN for 11 years in California and make 1/3 less than you. Thank you
Any Kaiser in Northern California pays these rates. I have coworkers that make over 110/hr as benefited staff. My wife makes 114.25/hr but she's per diem. I made a video where I broke down the pay of the top paying hospitals in the Sacramento area with actual rates for all of them.
Lol literally almost all hospitals in Northern California
@@JeffFallout pretty much lol
nurses average 40 $ per hour where i live so the 800k one would be around 300-400k
Dang.. Senior nurses at Stanford are making $300k/yr without OT.
No way you know nurses that make 300k base
@@rjsmusicstudio4716 you'll see it on my next video
@@rjsmusicstudio4716 also, you're right. It's more like 260k with no OT.
I'm surprised they let her work that much. From a health pov that is so unsafe for the patient and her.
You would think... But if you met this nurse you would understand why. She's is super sharp and wants to be in every single code that shows up in our unit. I think the thing that surprises me even more is when she told me her mother used to work harder then her! 🥴
@@NursesToRiches that may all be true but it’s still unsafe.
@Chris she's always assigned as a resource nurse. She's got it to easy. Never has to do any physical labor at work.
@@NursesToRiches I was meaning to ask . Her job have to be easiest if she works that much. No hard labor and never really have an assignment just help out here and there .
The average RN in US makes $39 and NP makes $55. In CA it's $58 and $70. So cut these numbers by 30-50%, still great though!!
Some things you're forgetting to mention are the overtime laws in California, parental leave, and nurse to patient ratios (just to name a few). We get 1.5x pay after 8 hours of work, 2x pay after 12 hours, 2x pay on the seventh consecutive day of work. There's way more to it than just an hourly rate.
@@NursesToRiches yes my numbers are before overtime pay, I am just making the point that when you use median or average hourly as your base number (before overtime, seventh day, etc) for the video it would have been better to clarify those details
@@slayerzerg you're right that's why I have a ton of other videos on this channel going over all of those details.
I don’t understand how they let someone work this many hours. Why not hire 7 other people in their place. It makes no business sense.
Can you please explain. Why would the hospital pay all these double rate and not hire another nurse?
They do it because they have a hard time keeping up with the amount of Nurses that leave the department.
Hello bro please talk also about midwifery jobs
Where can I apply that will keep me on 16 hours??
I love that this nurse is focused on her career, but I don't know how safe I would feel as her patient. Working 112 hours per week is an insane amount of hours. I'm very surprised that the hospital allows her to work that many hours.
@@1960tlm she never provides direct patient contact. She's a resource nurse.
@NursesToRiches, oh that's good to hear, but how long can she continue to keep working like this? I'm assuming it's not good for her physical health or her mental health. The money is fabulous, but if you're sick, it's useless! Love all your content btw, it's truly wonderful and so inspirational. 💖💖
Have you asked the nurse why she's doing it? Does she have a goal or something? I can't imagine doing that much work without a out planned.
A coworker of mine asked her. Her answer was that she plans to donate all of her money to a children's charity when she retires.
Where can you din this same type of information for nurses in Texas?
I have a video where I kind of went over this: czcams.com/video/DAOeO0cEmMc/video.html
California is super expensive so the pay for that area makes sense.
I've addressed this statement before but we moved here from NY. The median home cost in NYC is 107% higher than Sacramento. In Sacramento the median home price is $327,300 vs NYC's median home price of $680,500. Utilities are also 52.9% higher in NYC. Monica and I also earn $17,500/mo after taxes, pay $4k/mo for a house we bought at $697k and is now worth over $1 million dollars based on zillow and comps in our neighborhood. After our mortgage is paid, since we have no debt, we are left with $13.5k/mo to invest, spend, or use for anything else we'd like. I'd say we're doing just fine with the cost of living here.
There should be limitations to the number of hours per week a nurse could work. Similar to truck drivers. How can 7-16s be safe for her patients?
Simple, she never has any direct patient care. She never even has to lift a finger while she's at work.
@@NursesToRiches I don't understand. Does she work in nursing informatics? I figured nurses would be interacting with patients a lot.
There are so many areas of nursing that don't require direct patient care. She is usually assigned the role of resource nurse in our department. This role does not require direct patient care.
$93/hour wow, here in LA it’s only $35-$65/hr, is that kind of salary normal in nor-cal?
Yes, most hospitals in Northern California pay above 60/hr to start. But Kaiser in particular pays up to 120/hr for staff nurse and 140/hr for per diem.
@@NursesToRiches Kaiser is total care I heard? I’ve had a lower back injury and I’ve tried working two jobs with low intensity a couple years ago and I just couldn’t keep up. In your experience, approximately how much more physical labor is required to work in Kaiser vs other hospitals that are not total care? Meaning RN can delegate some work to CNA and LVN.
@andygreat423 Kaiser is not known for being a sophisticated trauma hospital system, that's for sure. But the amount of physical work is gonna be highly dependent on the unit and Kaiser hospital you work in. For example, I work in the ER and barely get to sit all shift. Monica, on the other hand works in a Tele floor with a great set of coworkers and they often times get to sit the majority of the shift (but they do also work nightshift so that could be part of the reason).
@@NursesToRiches I’m interested to know the differences between Kaiser RN and RN at other hospitals. Hopefully you can make a future video to talk about this. 🙏🏻
@@andygreat423 You are not the first so ask, so I will definitely make a video about it in the future.
Where do you apply as an RN fulltime in Kaizer? :)
I go over that in this video czcams.com/video/6MDPEbCoSZ0/video.html
Thanks!
I’m curious what is that nurse doing with all that money she’s making ? Great video keep it up
She owns two 7 elevens and she plans to donate all of her money to a children's charity when she retires.