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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it because both occupations are mainly performed by women, and women are not valued as highly as men?[/quote]

I don't think I'm underpaid as a nurse. I live in the Midwest.  My starting salary was kind of low ($28 per hour), but I make decent money now.  I have 6 years experience and am making about $120,000 a year.  I work 4 12 hour shifts per week.  I am paid $38 per hour base pay, with shift differentials. I am paid time and half for every over 40 I work in a week. I also get $30 per hour incentive pay for picking up the extra shift per week. (3 shifts is full time.  4 shifts is one extra shift per week.)  My pay for my overtime shifts is $57 per hour for the first 4 hours and $87 per hour for every shift after that.

I also got a $15,000 sign on bonus when I started this job. If I want to leave after 2 years, I could pick up another sign on bonus somewhere else.

If I wanted to be a travel nurse, I could make around $150,000 - $160,000 per year. My friend is a "local traveler" and makes $1100 per 12 hour shift and sets her own schedule.

The benefits are pretty great. My hosptial pays a pension that vests after 5 years. I have good health insurance and every other beneift you could imagine.  I get $4500 per year in tuition benefits if I want to continue to advance my education.  I am eligible for public service loan forgiveness for my student loans.

The lifestye is also  pretty great. I have no work responsibilities if I am not at work. I walk away at the end of my shift and forget about work. I don't answer email. I don't work on things at home.  I don't answer work phone calls.

I quit being a lawyer to be an RN.  I wasn't the most successful lawyer and am honestly making more money as an RN than I would otherwise.

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