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Shift roster

Nurse pay calculator: stack the shift the way payroll does

What's the pay is never one number for hospital nurses. Enter base rate, hours, optional differentials, and OT — then see a gross estimate for the week.

Shift roster

Base

Differentials

Overtime

Shift stack

Live
Base
Diff
OT
Gross

When to use

First pass on an offer; rebuilding a weird week.

When not to

Pure travel contracts with big stipends → travel nurse pay. Net after tax → not this product.

Assumptions: Gross, pre-tax estimate; differentials and OT multipliers are user-supplied.

Worked examples

  • Input

    $40/hr · 36 hrs · night +$4 on 36

    Output

    Base $1,440 · Diff $144 · Gross $1,584
  • Input

    Same · +4 OT hrs blended

    Output

    OT adds on top of the stack

Common traps

  • Salary blogs crowd this word — we win on shift stack clarity.
  • Don't confuse annual salary banners with hourly + diff reality.
  • Benefits are outside this calculator.

Next metric

Differential focus: shift differential. OT: nurse overtime. Travel: travel nurse pay.

Common questions

Hourly plus differentials and OT per policy.
No — gross estimate.
Start here for staff-style weeks; use travel calculator for stipend packages.
No.

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