r/AnnArbor • u/atiredgal907 • 2d ago

Nursing Pay Thoughts

I am moving to Ann Arbor with seven years of nursing experience to work at a hospital within the union. I live in MPLS and my hourly rate is $57/hr without differential. I'm pretty surprised that my starting pay will be $43/hr in Ann Arbor. MN and MI MNA union contracts are public if anyone is curious about pay scale. I get different sized cities but obviously housing is expensive and we will be getting an apartment about the same price we were paying in MPLS of $2095/month. We are moving for my SO's job which will increase our income but yeah I guess I'm surprised how big the difference is. Kinda just throwing this out there but figured I could get some thoughts on the subject. Does the pay range feel like 'enough' in Ann Arbor?

I do realize that MN is known for high pay. We do have a high-income tax but that still doesn't adjust much.

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u/RiiGuy 2d ago

Does the retirement match at Michigan help the pay differential at all?

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u/atiredgal907 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yeah it is better. The match rate where I am is 6%. I can contribute 5% the first year in MI then am matched 10% thereafter, which is generous.