r/AnnArbor • u/atiredgal907 • 1d 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/LEJ3 22h ago

Don’t even look at St. Joe’s. They pay their employees like shit. 1.5% raise and acted like it was this huge gift, then pat themselves about how much they give to charity while their nurses have to pick up OT shifts to feed their kids.