Intro and Career advice needed!

Hello fellow forum members,

I've been searching this site for info for months now and finally decided to register. My wife and I are starting clinicals in January. We are trying to search for the best pay in order to maximize our nursing degrees. We are young and have no kids so relocating is not a problem. We have considered traveling, per diem, and moving to cities like northern cali etc. I guess I'm just wondering what type of advice can yall offer us in order to maximize our earning potential besides more schooling. I've heard oppurtunities like nurses making $100 per hour in NY(not sure if this is true) and other opportunities similar to this. New York is a place I wouldn't mind relocated to even if its only temporary in order to save money. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!
The best salaries are on the West Coast, NW and NE United States. Travel nursing and agency nursing tends to be the best salaries. Nurses do not make $100.00 hour unless they are working a strike, which is another money making opportunity. Good luck!