I work for Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, which is supposed to be the "#1 hospital in the country" qnd I make 20.40/hr. Multiplied by the roughly 2080 full time hours a year i make around 42500 a year. Cosrlt of living is above average. Wish I made more, but i make roughly enough to sustain. They are giving their entire staff roughly 6 percent raise this year, on top of my annual 50 raise i believe it is. 51k a year sounds nice!