The exact plan we used to go from $37/hr in New York to over $100/hr in California
Get your California license, pick a city you can afford, land a job at a top-paying hospital, and build wealth while working fewer hours. Now with two mentors who lived it: Jason and Sumeet.
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Show Me the Plans
Northern California RN since 2017
$37/hr → $143/hr
78,000+ subscribers- 78,000+YouTube subscribers
- 8.5M+video views
- 2 mentorsboth Northern California RNs
- 30 daysfull refund, no questions
Working more hours is not the answer
Most nurses think the way to make more money is to pick up more shifts. We believed that too.
Back in Queens, I was a telemetry nurse making $37 an hour. Monica and I had $80,000 in student debt, and we were picking up extra shifts just to keep up with New York prices.
Your paycheck is only half the story. Where you work and what life costs in your city decide whether you build wealth or stay stuck.
I've seen nurses making $115K in LA living paycheck to paycheck, while a nurse making $86K in Texas just got back from Costa Rica. The difference is almost never how hard they work. It's the numbers around them.
After comparing over 600 U.S. cities, the answer kept pointing to the same place. Northern California, and the Sacramento area in particular, is where nurse pay and cost of living line up best.
One move can open a ridiculous amount of doors
This is what nurses in our community are doing right now. Not someday. Now.
- 01Earn$100 an hour and up at a top California hospital
- 02Work2 or 3 days a week, with breaks you actually get
- 03Pay offthe debt that's been following you from shift to shift
- 04Buyyour first home, or your first rental
- 05Max outyour 401k, your pension, and your Roth IRA
- 06Retireyears earlier than the nurses you work with today
You don't need to know exactly where this takes you yet. You just need the plan.
Nurses who made the move
Messages from nurses who followed our videos and advice.
"Moving here in California is the best move I ever done. In Boston, I earn $45/hour. Here in CA, I earn $96/hour. It more than doubled."
@d3r3kyasmar
"Inspired by you, I am putting my home for sale this week and moving to Sacramento next month with my two kids and husband... I applied to over 140 positions and finally got a job offer. I will be making $103/hr, 24 hours a week. I am moving from Indiana, all across the country!!"
@lilianpaz6950
"Like them I'm from NYC and was working for HHC earning a low salary with 8-12 patients on a tele unit... Moved here 3 months ago, now I'm working on a tele unit with 4 patients, guaranteed breaks. It's really been life changing for me."
@oatmealcookies916
"I moved to the Bay too because of you. Got in to Stanford the first time I tried. Thanks to both of you! The best career and financial decision I made!"
amadoii
"JASON!! I got a job in San Francisco thanks to you. I am 50 years old. I get to max my 401k at 30k AND a 457 at 30k. And pay off all my debts. I get to have a nice retirement in 10 years."
Justanurse357
"I accepted an 8-hour-shift position after watching your channel because I remember you telling me I would not get paid time and a half after the 8th hour if I worked as a 12-hour-shift employee. That's how I made over $8,000 per week."
@Oliver
They were in your exact shoes. The only difference is they followed the plan.
I Want the PlanTwo Northern California nurses. Two very different roads to the same place.
Jason moved across the country for the pay, with his wife Monica. Sumeet moved across the world. Both started under $40 an hour. Both now make over $140.
From Queens, NY
$37/hr → $143/hr
Hospital RN, 9 years
Born in India
$28/hr → $143/hr
ER RN, 9 years
Map My Pay co-founderOne visit to Roseville changed everything.
In 2016 we came to California planning to move to the Bay Area, because that's where we heard nurses made the most. Then we saw the rent.
A friend and former coworker told us to come see him in Roseville, right outside Sacramento. We pulled up expecting a small apartment. Instead, he and his wife had just bought a brand-new house, 8 months after leaving New York.
That's the day he told us what nurses at Kaiser get paid.
Monica and I moved on April 22, 2017. I got 3 job offers in 3 weeks.
Our household income went from about $200K to $350K, and we started working fewer hours, not more.
We paid off $128K of debt in under a year.
For years I held a benefited hospital job at $116 an hour, working 5 days every two weeks. That's 20 hours a week for a full-time income.
Today I'm per diem. $143 an hour in California, and $92 an hour when I pick up shifts back in New York. Monica is per diem too, at $149 an hour.
Monica isn't part of the business. I run Nurses to Riches, and I'm the one on the calls. But every step of this move, we made together.
In 2021 I started the YouTube channel to show other nurses what's possible. The videos helped a lot of people, but they're spread across hundreds of uploads. The Accelerator puts the whole plan in one place, in the right order, with the tools we actually use.
ER RN, 9 years
Trained in India"My mindset was simple. No loans, no payments. If you're paying somebody every month, they're making money off you."
Sumeet, on the Nurses to Riches podcast
Saved $280,000 living with her parents before moving out at 29. Bought her first rental for $67,000 in cash and sold it for $167,000.
I walked my resume into every building that would take it.
I grew up in a small town in India. We didn't have electricity until I was in high school. My dad never went to school, and my mom finished middle school. I wanted to be a doctor. I became a nurse instead, and it turned out to be the best thing that happened to me.
I moved to the U.S. in 2012, at 24, with a nursing degree from India and no connections. English is my third language. So I printed my resume and drove it to every hospital and nursing facility that would let me in the door.
My first job was a skilled nursing facility in Stockton at $28 an hour. Then a second facility at $35. Then a Dignity facility at $45. Then the St. Joseph's ER at $48, plus differentials.
I applied to the top-paying hospital system in my area over and over. The day I hit one year of ER experience, they hired me. I've been in the same ER for 9 years.
Today I make $143 an hour, work two days a week, and raise my twins myself.
I max out my 401k and Roth IRA every year. I bought our home in cash. I own a rental, and I co-founded Map My Pay with Jason so other nurses can see the numbers I had to find the hard way.
On the podcast, Jason and I added it all up on camera. My net worth is over $2 million. It started with $28 an hour and a printed resume.
Bring your numbers. Leave with a plan.
Pick the mentor whose road looks most like yours. Both calls use our live calendar, so you see open times right away.
Call with Jason
Northern California RN · moved from NYC · Nurses to Riches founder- Which Northern California hospitals to target for your specialty and experience
- What to fix on your resume before you apply
- How to compare offers: pay, ratios, pension, and overtime rules
- Whether moving to California makes sense for you and your family
You pay when you book. Pick any open time.
Call with Sumeet
ER RN · trained in India · Map My Pay co-founder- The ladder from a nursing facility to a hospital ER to a top-paying hospital, step by step
- If you trained outside the U.S. and you're already here: how she got her first California job with no connections
- Buying your first property, going debt-free, and investing on a nurse's income
- What ER hiring at a top-paying hospital really looks like, from someone who's been there 9 years
You pay when you book. Pick any open time.
Most of what we cover on a call is inside the Accelerator. VIP members get a 1-on-1 call included, with the mentor of their choice.
Your 5-step path to a top-paying California job
Every step comes with the actual tools. Tags show which plan includes each one.
Get your California license fast
Most nurses lose months here. We walk you through the process so you can start applying sooner.
- Step-by-step California licensing module All plans
Pick a city you can actually afford
A high hourly rate means nothing if rent eats it. Find the cities where your paycheck goes the furthest.
- How to choose the most affordable place to move All plans
- Cost of living spreadsheet comparing 600+ U.S. cities Pro + VIP
- 3 months of Map My Pay Pro free: compare nurse pay and cost of living city by city VIP
Target the hospitals that pay the most
See exactly what top hospitals pay, straight from the union contracts, so you know where to apply first.
- Top California Hospitals salary spreadsheet All plans
- Union contracts from 10+ top-paying hospitals All plans
- Every salary spreadsheet I sell ($400 value) Pro + VIP
- Oregon Top Hospitals spreadsheet VIP
Get hired
Use the same resume and interview prep that got Jason 3 offers in 3 weeks, and the ladder Sumeet climbed from a nursing facility into a top-paying ER.
- My personal nurse resume template Pro + VIP
- eBook: 20 nursing interview questions and answers Pro + VIP
- My post-interview thank-you letter Pro + VIP
- Med calc study guide VIP
Earn more, work less, and keep more
Once you're hired, stack your pay the smart way, kill your debt, and put your money to work.
- Guide to working less and earning more All plans
- Personal finance modules: debt payoff and investing Pro + VIP
- Overtime calculator and pension calculator VIP
- Retirement and brokerage account setup guides VIP
Plus: access to our private Skool community on every plan, coaching call recordings on Pro, and a 1-on-1 call with Jason or Sumeet on VIP.
This is not for everyone
This is for you if:
- You're a nurse, new grad, or nursing student in the U.S.
- You're open to moving to Northern California
- You want higher pay and fewer hours, not more burnout
- You trained abroad, you're already in the U.S., and you want a mentor who did exactly that
- You want one clear plan instead of piecing together 100 videos
This is not for you if:
- You won't move to California. The pay elsewhere isn't close, and the whole plan is built around it.
- You're outside the U.S. and haven't immigrated yet. We don't cover that process.
- You want a guaranteed job or a get-rich-quick trick. This takes real work.
Choose how much help you want
Every plan is one payment, and every plan is covered by our 30-day money-back guarantee.
Starter
The full course and community. Best if you like to learn on your own.
- Self-paced video and text course
- Private Skool community
- Top California Hospitals spreadsheet
- Union contracts from 10+ hospitals
- Prizes for community wins
Premium
Everything you need to land the job, plus the money side.
- Everything in Starter, plus:
- Every salary spreadsheet ($400 value)
- 20 Interview Q&A eBook
- Personal resume template
- Post-interview thank-you letter
- Coaching call recordings
- Personal finance modules
Elite VIP
For nurses serious about moving. Build your plan 1-on-1 with Jason or Sumeet.
- Everything in Premium, plus:
- One 1-on-1 coaching call with Jason or Sumeet, your pick
- Bonus: 3 months of Map My Pay Pro, free
- Pension calculator
- Overtime calculator
- Med calc study guide
- Oregon Top Hospitals spreadsheet
- Retirement account setup guide
- Brokerage account setup guide
One extra shift covers the whole thing.
At $37 an hour, a single 12-hour shift is $444. The Starter plan is $149. If this plan helps you land one job at $100 an hour, you earn the difference back before your first lunch break.
Where $149 usually goes: a Target run, two dinners out, a couple of Amazon orders you forgot you placed. Or a plan you'll use for the rest of your career.
Try it for 30 days. If it's not for you, get every dollar back.
Email contact@nursestoriches.com any time in your first 30 days and we'll refund you in full within 1 to 2 business days. No questions and no hassle. We hate getting jerked around for refunds, so we won't do it to you.
Frequently asked questions
I'm not a nurse yet, or I'm a new grad. Is this right for me?
Yes. The course covers getting licensed in California, finding a high-paying hospital, preparing for the interview, landing the job, growing your income once you're hired, and getting out of debt and investing. Starting your career with this plan puts you years ahead.
You post a lot of this for free on YouTube. Why pay for the course?
YouTube is a great place to learn, and we share a lot there. The course gives you the full plan in order, plus tools you can't get from a video:
- Union contracts from 10+ top-paying Northern California hospitals
- Jason's personal resume template and post-interview thank-you letter
- A 25-page eBook with 20 common nursing interview questions and answers
- Every spreadsheet sold on this site (a $400 value)
- A community of nurses working toward the same goal
Do I have to move to California to make this much money?
Yes. We've analyzed over 600 U.S. cities, and none come close to Northern California, especially the Greater Sacramento area, for nurse pay compared to cost of living. If you're not willing to move to California, this course isn't for you.
I'm a foreign-trained nurse. Will this apply to me?
If you already live in the U.S., yes. Sumeet did her nursing degree in India, moved here with no connections, and worked her way from a nursing facility into a top-paying hospital ER. The course shows you how to get licensed in California, and VIP members can book their 1-on-1 call with her. If you have not moved to the U.S. yet, we don't cover that process.
Who do I get for the VIP coaching call?
Your pick. When you join as Elite VIP, you'll get a private booking link and choose Jason or Sumeet. Jason is the better fit for relocation and comparing hospital offers. Sumeet is the better fit for climbing from a facility into a hospital, foreign-trained nurses already in the U.S., and the money side: real estate, debt, and investing.
How long do I have to book my VIP coaching call?
You have up to 1 year to use your call. If you want more calls after that, you can book either of us from the Book a Call section at the VIP member rate.
Is this a get-rich-quick scheme?
No. It took years of hard work for both of us to go from the bottom of the pay scale to where we are now. We've done a huge amount of research to make the process easier for you, but you still have to do the work.
Does the course guarantee me a job?
No, and nobody honest can promise that. Getting hired depends on your experience, your interview, and what each hospital needs. What we do is help you become a strong candidate with a better resume, better interview prep, and a clear plan for where and how to apply.
Do you offer refunds?
Yes. You get a full refund any time in your first 30 days, no questions asked. Just email contact@nursestoriches.com and we'll process it within 1 to 2 business days.
You already know how to work hard. Now work where it pays.
Monica and I, and Sumeet on her own road, spent years figuring this out the hard way. You can skip most of that and start with the plan that worked for us and for thousands of nurses who watched our videos.
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Results are not typical and not guaranteed. Pay, hours, and outcomes depend on your experience, specialty, location, the hospital, and your effort. Testimonials are from nurses who follow Nurses to Riches content. Mentor figures are their own, shared publicly on the Nurses to Riches podcast. This is educational content, not financial advice.
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