Montana Annual Book of Reports 2015

Montana Nurses Association
1. Why such a significant increase in dues?
2015 Annual Book of Reports
Now with our organization and services growing based on our members needs, we are asking to
increase dues to apply to our operating costs and these costs to be covered include: increased need
for staff and salaries, CE program and labor departments have exploded, programs and support for
local and district members, marketing campaigns related to MNA and legislation, and allow MNA to
strategically invest in our members engagement at local, state, and national events!!
We are asking for a $10.00 per month increase for operational costs from all MNA members for our
entire professional organization.
Fortunately, over last 8 years dues have remained the same and/or only increasing from 0.8% to 3.05%.
Here is the breakdown utilizing CB dues rates (NON CB are 42 dollars less). We have only experienced
an 8% total increase over 8 years!!
2. What do other nurses pay in membership dues across the labor states? What do
their nurses make per hour?
Washington, Oregon and Ohio are our comparative labor states. They have a blended professional
organization as we do. Here is a table of their CB dues rates.
Yearly
Monthly
ONA-Oregon Nurses Association $975.00 $81.25
WSNA-Washington Nurses Association $892.80-$923.28 $74.40-$76.94
ONA-Ohio Nurses Association $597-$790 $49.16-$65.83
ONA—Ohio 2015 new graduate rate $26.00/hour, annual salary of $58,080.
WSNA—2015 wage average for their contracts is $32.94/hour, annual salary of $68,548.
ONA—Oregon 2015 awaiting response
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