CNA's want to share salary info?

[kimmy436]

CNA's what state are you in and what salary? thanks

[Angel@MyTable, RN]

I live in Minnesota, and in 2005 when I last worked as a CNA, I was making $14.10 per hour. They were capping CNA wages at about that and I figured I was tired of breaking my back, so if they weren't going to pay me what I was worth (no raises) I needed to pursue a career in nursing! Not that you don't do hard work in nursing, but the pay is significantly better.

I graduate May 2010 and will be taking my NCLEX sometime in June! :)

[NP Sam]

I live in FL and I make 13.25, but I'm PRN. Full-time people on 3-11pm make 10.55/hr.

[kimmy436]

Wow,congrats to you!!!1

[Bug Out, BSN]

I was a CNA in AZ about a year ago.

Acute care I was making a base of 12hr, + my 20% night diff was 14.40, plus the 10% weekend diff it was 15.60

[cjcsoon2bnp, MSN, RN, NP]

I make almost $14 per hour base shift. You add .75 per hour for evenings, $1.25 for nights and $2.00 per hour for weekends and double time for anything over 8 hours in a day. I am PRN but I usually work evenings or overnights on the weekend ($16 - 17/hour) and I usually try to work 12 or 16 hour shifts so its (>$30/hour after 8 hours). I work as a CNA (we call them Techs.) in a Children's Emergency Department in RI.

!Chris

[rosey2007cna]

I had to waive my insurance to get $10.86 an hour. If I did not do that I would make $9.70 working the day shift. I live in Washington State

[eveningsky339, LPN]

Whoa, I wish that CNA's here in Maine made as much as you guys!

Starting pay is 8.50/hr, and with all the wage freezes, it won't be getting any higher until the economy improves. If you start out washing dishes in the kitchen, you make 10.50/hr.

[missmonkey]

Doing my job search in Southern California. Most employers are coy about posting pay and I don't know any working CNAs. However, I searched job listings for County of Los Angeles. If you have a year of experience in a LTC facility or in acute care, a position in a rehab hospital is about $14/hour.

[GCTMT]

Kentucky CNA here. Full-time night shift @ an LTC since July of 2009, making $10/hr.

The hospitals pay better.

[hawaiicna]

I work for a Home Health Care agency in Hawaii. I make $12.35 per hour and $13.05 per hour, after 4 pm. Not too bad caring for one person.

[sakura_k]

I happened to luck upon the type of job I never dared dream about when I got my CNA - I work in a hospital in WA, making about $15/hour, M-F day shift.

I will say that this is brutal when you're trying to go to school at the same time...(so there IS a trade-off...)