NURSES DESERVE fair pay, plain and simple, but when you consider weekends or night shifts, there better be some type of attractive incentive; otherwise what’s the point? I was curious to know what the different rates are for nursing shift differential, so I posted the question on social media, and the responses were shocking!
Some hospitals pay decent rates, and others are seriously lacking! I mean, 0.15 cents for night shift differential in a hospital in Canada — are you kidding me?! Here’s what nurses had to say about what they get paid for nights and weekends.
Nurse Blake Poll
Not bad, Queensland, Australia! I would definitely work a Sunday night for that kind of diff!
These poor NY nurses! The average home cost in Long Island is supposedly around $600,000. How are they supposed to afford that with this type of pay?!? That’s only about $2 an hour more to work nights. No thanks!
These Canadian rates in Alberta are somewhat impressive. If you worked a 12-hour weekend night shift, you’d get almost $100, so that’s worth it.
$6 an hour extra for night shift is decent, but only a couple of dollars more an hour for weekends? I think Miami could do better than that!
Way to go, VA! 35% shift diff definitely could add up!
Now, this one is just ridiculous! This Canadian hospital only pays $.015 for night shift differential. I imagine they are extremely short-staffed on nights. SMH!
So if I worked a Saturday night in Montana, I could make $3 more an hour x12 hours = $36 minus the cost of a pre-shift Venti Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso at Starbucks ($7) so I can stay awake....nah! I’d rather enjoy my Saturday night and skip this offer!
