sf > wrote:

>On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:04:54 -0500, Dave Smith

>> I don't know how much you get paid. It changes from one area to another.
>> Around here nurses are quite well paid, and I know several Canadian
>> trained nurses who are working in the US and making good money. FWIW, I
>> have a SiL who is a psychiatric nurse and I am under the impression that
>> her annual salary is in the $70-80,000 range.

>Why is that supposed to be considered a windfall if she has years of
>experience? That's what pushers with similar qualifications at the
>supervisory level make (RNs are supervisors too) and you're begrudging
>that salary to her? Why, because she's female?

David said "well paid" not "windfall".

Median household income in the U.S. is still around $51K.

Steve