First Year Raise Amount?

[SoCal_PA]

I just finished my first year of practice out of school as an ER PA in los angeles. 

My current contract as an employee:

$58/hr base rate. Each shift is 10 hours and at 1.5x for the last 2 hours the average comes out to $64/hr.

I work about 14 shifts/month which comes out to about $107.5k/year. 

Benefits: 4 weeks PTO which equals an additional $9.2k

7% 401k match which I am maxing. 

And then basics like malpractice and health etc

 

Question is what should I ask for in terms of raise to my base rate? I feel like they are going to offer something nominal like $60/hr which will only increase annual pay by about $3.3k

 

Any help? Thanks 

 

(I also posted in Contracts but thought you guys may be able to give me some better info)

[marktheshark89]

The standard raise offered in my area is 3-5%, often linked to some performance measure either for the provider (how many patients they see) or the hospital (quality measures). For you that would mean anywhere from 1.74 to 2.90 per hour. 

[AbeTheBabe]

I got a $5K salary bump after my first year in ortho in LA. Do you negotiate or is it a set raise? That's just what I got, no negotiations.

[norcalpa]

On July 12, 2017 at 5:16 PM, SoCal_PA said:

I just finished my first year of practice out of school as an ER PA in los angeles. 

My current contract as an employee:

$58/hr base rate. Each shift is 10 hours and at 1.5x for the last 2 hours the average comes out to $64/hr.

I work about 14 shifts/month which comes out to about $107.5k/year. 

Benefits: 4 weeks PTO which equals an additional $9.2k

7% 401k match which I am maxing. 

And then basics like malpractice and health etc

 

Question is what should I ask for in terms of raise to my base rate? I feel like they are going to offer something nominal like $60/hr which will only increase annual pay by about $3.3k

 

Any help? Thanks 

 

(I also posted in Contracts but thought you guys may be able to give me some better info)

Hi SoCal_PA, I was wondering what ended up happening.. were you able to negotiate for a raise? Your benefits sound very similar as to mine. I also work in the ER but in Northern California. I have a review coming up next month (I've been working in the ER as a new grad for 6 months now) and would like to bring up getting a raise, but wasn't sure if it was too soon to ask. 

[pavlovacloud]

Mine only went up 2% last year. Waiting for my next review but I assume it will also be 2-3%. It's been 2 years since I started working here as a PA.