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Sample size of only one, so take it for what it is worth, but the ex who lives in NH, being an RN with an MPH makes $75/hour. Back when at Mass General made $90/hour. (that was to answer the original question of this thread).
$75/hour? Surely this is not at the bedside? The critical care that I worked at in Washington state topped out around $45 - didn't matter if you were an ADN, BSN or masters level. All made the same. I was about an hour south of Seattle, but wages were comparable even there.
$75/hour? Surely this is not at the bedside? The critical care that I worked at in Washington state topped out around $45 - didn't matter if you were an ADN, BSN or masters level. All made the same. I was about an hour south of Seattle, but wages were comparable even there.
Of course this is not at bedside... over a nurse's career they work their way up (as in any profession). Best nurses I ever met were the ED nurses (just a personal opinion, but was married to one, and now am living with one). I could go through the pecking order of nursing, based on department, but I don't want to offend anyone.
(I can go through the pecking order of engineering majors, but that has nothing to do with this topic).
I suggest starting your search in the bigger NH cities - Lebanon (Dartmouth Hitchcock special case), Portsmouth, Manchester, Concord and Keene. Then try the medical complexes in the Boston area. The commute by bus costs around 4 to 5 grand a year along with an additional 2 hours per day.
Check out the pay rates in Mass. There is a good reason for so much traffic going south in the morning and north in the evening. I've experienced 20-30% pay increase in MA over NH.
Yeah but factor in the cost of gas, the time spent sitting in traffic and the MA income tax and is it really worth it?
Yeah but factor in the cost of gas, the time spent sitting in traffic and the MA income tax and is it really worth it?
In my experience, YES. Massachusetts jobs doesn't mean driving all the way to Boston.
My commute from exit 8 Nashua to Littleton MA is 25 miles, no traffic usually. 35-45 minutes. Lowell/Tyngsboro/some parts of Westford would be even closer. I get 28-30mpg average on a tank. There are places in the Manchester area that are farther from me than my job. If you lived in south Nashua (Spitbrook Rd) and worked in Tyngsboro or Lowell you'd have a pretty nice commute, maybe half of what I have.
Mass income tax is 5.3% but pays 20-30% more for most jobs I look at in MFG/High Tech.
My wife was offered NH jobs that pay 50% what she is earning now as a temp in MA. Not exactly apples-to-apples job descriptions but 50% is significant at any income level.
Avlis, having grown up in Salem, NH I always tend to think of going down 93 when anyone says they live in NH and work in MA but I guess there are other areas with tolerable commutes. The thing about living in NH and working in MA is that it's not a favorable tax situation. You're paying both the high NH property taxes and the MA income tax. It's better two work in the state you live in.
Now that NH has elected moonbats like Hassan and others to the NH state senate our economic situation and taxes can only get worse.
The thing about living in NH and working in MA is that it's not a favorable tax situation. You're paying both the high NH property taxes and the MA income tax. It's better two work in the state you live in.
The homes in the MA towns surrounding my company (Westford, Littleton, Boxboro etc,) have similar taxes to what I pay in Nashua. That's because houses similar to mine are valued $100,000 or more than mine.
Don't get me wrong, I still look for work in NH and would love to find a quality NH employer with similar benefits and work environment. We're just not there yet. But my situation isn't as bad as it could be (living in an expensive NH town and commuting to Boston).
It's a funny thing. For me, commuting to many places in MA is easier than commuting to many NH places like Salem because there is no direct route. We went to Cannobie Lake Park this summer and my kids considered it a long road trip.
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