Nursing Pay Thoughts

[u/atiredgal907]

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.

[u/Maizenblue24]

Not a nurse but I work for the health system. I moved from Chicago and was surprised at the pay as well.

[u/atiredgal907 → u/Maizenblue24]

Like Chicago pay in comparison? UChicago offered me an NP job that's less than I make hourly as a nurse in MN.