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I’m a travel RN and have been for 3 years now and I can tell you California for nurses from every aspect is hands down THE BEST and it’s no comparison. This is the #1 state I’ve travels and banked from and it’s amazing. Btw I’m from FL
@NursesToRiches You are very gracious. Your videos randomly started popping up and Hubby and I started watching you ever since 4 days ago and we've been obsessed! Just realized that I need to subscribe. Keep up the great work! You're humility is a beautiful and honorable attribute. I absolutely love hearing your story with Monica blossom into love. God bless your family!
I’m a Texas nurse who’s been a travel nurse in California. The very best travel assignment I’ve ever had was at UC Davis in Sacramento. I felt so spoiled and loved it! Shout out to all Texas nurses….and stop hating on California 😆
@@SweetAsLiyahwell for new grad RN, pay starts at $30/hr in the hospital. PRN positions from $33-36/hr. Some staff nurses with 20 years experience making $40-45/hr.
Another banger of a video. Thank you for what you do for the nursing profession. I’m a burnt out new grad (1 year in CVICU), will I be able to get a job in Sacramento in outpatient surgery or outpatient endoscopy there?
That will be extremely unlikely. It's rare enough for an internal candidate to get a position like that but they do pop up every now and then. I suggest you sign up for notifications on the Kaiser career page so you can get notified every time a job gets posted.
Thanks for the answer. That’s what I thought. Wasn’t specifically talking about Kaiser but just in general. Kaiser would be the long-term goal though! Much love
It’s called working in understaffed shit show environments filled with toxicity while working nights and bordering on losing your marriage due to never seeing your significant other. You don’t know my story so don’t judge me. Bless your heart sweetie!
Hi Jason,have been watching your videos for a while and I appreciate that you took the time to educate nurses and students. I will graduate in the middle of 26 as an RN and will move to California,for sure. Wanted to ask you how much money a nurse will bring home per month working 60 hrs a week in any hospital,after state and federal taxes were deducted.Thank you.
The Beauru of Labor Statistics doesn't have enough salaries to collect from the South Lake Tahoe region. So, the closest cities I've got on the list are Reno, NV and Carson City, NV. --
They don’t pay the same, but I get 1hr lunch breaks. If you’re hired for 8hr, anything over is double just like 12hr shift anything over is double time. We get sick time from the hospital and state m. Paternal and maternal paid leave. Starting is $45 for new grads.
I'm not going to lie. Even with that salary, the cost of living still isn't making it worth the move if you're buying a home in California, plus no state taxes in Texas&Florida. Just Google 500k home in California and try that for Texas and Florida. Money just look different in almost any other state. 160k in Cali isn't going to be that comfortable vs 110k in Florida or Texas a 500k home is worth millions in Cali
If you're comparing only state vs state and not cities in one state vs cities in another state, then sure, Texas and Florida win. But if you're strategic about it, you'd move to a low-cost-of-living city in California with high wages and you'd be way better off than any other state, even when you take taxes into account. Another thing you aren't noting is that even though Texas doesn't tax your income, it has one of the highest property tax rates in the country. It's like 44th on the list of states and territories with the highest taxes (1 being the best, 51 being the worst). Monica and I only worked 19 and 16 hours, respectively, per week last year and still had over $14,100 left over every month after 401k contributions and FSA deductions.
@@NursesToRichesI agree with u but as someone who is from & grew up in California, Sacramento to be exact & also an RN for over a decade , I’ve seen my little city expand & then explode in literally everything so it’s going be harder and harder to find those little towns & cities that still are “affordable” bc all of California is becoming new developments & sky high rents & they’re just building everywhere , im getting ready to move to the East coast (Bc my husband lives there, so not by choice) 😢 & I hate the snow 🥵
Thank you for this information, I graduate this August and thinking about moving to California. I'm also Dominican so moving to Cali is a big difference than NY
I’m suspicious of advocating for Cali nursing it’s not really as good as they make it seem.. plus taxes and housing trust me 150k a year quickly turns into 110k (90k w 401k)take home l, that you spend on your 3k a month rent, 800/month car w insurance , and 2k a month on food/gas so roughly 6k don’t forget California registrations expensive af my sister paid $600 to renew her yearly tag. So yea if u live frugal you might save but u won’t be living like a king by any means.
Like what if I rent in the beginning, there will be different rent prices based on what I want to live in. So the spreadsheet only has Mortgages factored in. Let’s say full time new grad 36 hrs net pay ? Around for northern Cali or Dallas or Houston ?
@@andylin-g9i I have the spreadsheet with the rent prices that I'm still working on but the results still show California at the top. You make too much money here compared to the other states, so regardless of mortgages and rents, you'll still have more left over.
I am a Nee graduate nurse with my license. Ive been applying to residency jobs in Dallas Texas but have not been lucky. I currently work on a Cardiac PCU in Michigan. I would like to move by June July but I’m scared to do travel assignments because I still need to learn how to be a nurse. Any tips???
I would suggest come to Dallas Texas and do Walk in Wednesday interviews at HCA hospitals in Plano or Mckinney TX these hospitals are not far from Dallas and they have HCA hospital in Dallas as well. Blessings on your journey.
This is great advice. I got my nurse extern job with the walk in Wednesdays at a HCA…. Just so that, do your 1-2 years, then move on to another hospital
Yeah, had to cut it down from the nearly 2 hour Livestream to a 20-minute video for people who didn't want to sit through an entire Livestream and just wanted the important bits of the video.
And you have every right to disagree with me but are you disagreeing with the fact that California does have the laws that I mentioned which the other states do not?
I like the strategy of disagreeing but giving no reason. Aside from the best return on investment as a nurse (pay vs. your time) Matching retirement? Paid vacation? Paid maternity/paternity leave? Better patient care with definitive nurse to patient ratios?
How about talking about other states other than California. You have 20+ videos about "Why move to Cali.", "Why Cali is better than XXX", "How much money you can make in Cali", "Let's break down how much to you make at each Cali hospital". We get that you LOVE California, but make videos about other states (not comparing other states to California). Not everybody wants to move to California, regardless of the pay.
I just compared California to four other states in this video. Isn't that what you just asked for? I discussed topics that are unrelated to pay amongst those states and you can make your own decision about where you want to move but if we're strictly speaking about the nursing profession, I am not going to tell nurses to work in a state that does not have nurse-to-patient ratio laws, poor parental leave, no laws that force employers to provide their employees paid sick leave or meal breaks. I'm also most definitely not going to promote a state that undervalues their nurses and pays them as much as someone without a college degree who works at a fastfood restaurant or department store... That makes no sense to me. Sorry.
@@NursesToRiches Just because a state doesn't require mandatory ratios and meal breaks does not mean that the nurses are working unsafe ratios without a break. There is a nursing shortage and nurses have options. If they are not happy with a hospital, they move on to other hospitals in the area. Not everything is solved by the government getting involved. I work at a non-union hospital group in a state without mandates. I have excellent pay in a VLCOL area. Low patient to nurse ratios and get my lunch break and two 15 min. breaks at the same time every workday. If your employer treats you right, you don't need the state government to get involved. Having the state government mandate every aspect of your life is not always a good thing. Maybe that is why California has been losing so many residents to Texas, TN, and Florida.
I get your point but that's the beauty of this profession. If you don't want to work in a state that pays you 1.5x after 8 hours or double time after 12 hours and on your 7th day of work, that's your choice. If you ever want to have kids and are ok with relying on your employer to give you time off without the job protections you may receive from a state's government, that's your choice. If you want to work in a state that doesn't give concrete guidelines to hospitals that must be followed with regards to nurse-to-patient ratios, that's your choice. I'm not telling you where you have to work but I am stating facts about the states I speak about. In California, these things are guaranteed. You don't have to go searching for an employer who provides these benefits. If you've never worked in California, you will not understand these things. And if you are happy where you are, with all of the benefits you've mentioned, why not tell everyone about it instead of resorting to talking about how California is losing its residents. I guarantee, the nurses who are leaving California are nowhere near the same percentage of those in other professions. You can see this from the comments in almost every video where travel nurses have confirmed that California is the best state to work as a nurse.
@NICU, Jason works really hard and tirelessly to create this contents.please try and do the same wherever you are and stop being a hater.If his content does not resonate with you unsubscribe and go elsewhere.
Jason, it's Rob, Florida's rent is out of control. The cost of living here is terrible. My rent is going up to $2500 per month. My wife is currently applying for jobs out of state.
Hi Jason! Great video!! Can you make a comparison between California vs Arizona? I've read that it's the friendliest state and has the most job offers for nurses. Is that true?
Disability in California was over $6,000 ($6400) a month when I went out a few months back. It was just raised. That’s wild. It’s up to one year! After PFL it transitions to regular disability. You need to know what to do but yeah, KP covers your job for two full years.
I did and it was one of the worst-performing videos because not enough viewers were interested in that topic so I only made it visible to our RU-vid members.
Another question: can I apply to jobs in CA (once I have my CA license) even while I'm in NY? Or would I have to be there so I can interview in person and whatnot? I'm going to follow your advice and once I graduate I'll just take a nursing job where I currently work as a tech while applying to CA jobs. You inspire me a ton, thank you so much for your videos.
Yes, you can apply from anywhere in the country. That's what I did while we were still living in NY. I had 1 job interview over the phone and one through Skype. I even spoke with one of our managers who told me they often interview nurses through a video call because they don't live nearby and one time she had a candidate who was in his car at a parking lot (although she did mention it was a bit unprofessional of him to do that-as you would imagine).
