Pay in Central Il?

The starting salary for RN here is $22/hr. It's about 60 miles west of Chicago. Don't forget to look at the whole pic..ie, benefits & OT pay. Nothing wrong with asking for higher rate from your potential employer.
Good luck!

Yikes! Is the hospital you have an offer at a large one?

I live near Peoria and worked at the level one trauma center in Peoria for 10 years. I think the starting salary for a new grad is about $18.00/hour in this area. If you work further out in the boonies, its going to be less unfortunately.

That's just TOOO low!!!
I would ask them for at least $25.00/hr given your experience. You should try to find out how much a nurse in this unit with as much experience as you have is making....that's how much you should get minus a dollar or so.

Actually, nurses in Peoria (new grads) start at 19.75/hr.

Lpn's at the hospitals in Danville,il start at $12 and RN's at $16..Danville is 180 miles south of Chicago and about 30 miles east of Chaimpaign-Urbana.

oh my GOD. i know cost of living and things like that are different,.... but $12 for an LPN? i make more than that as a CNA before shift differential, o granted i work in the chicagoland suburbs... but whoah. although, i have to consider, does this area just treat lpn's as glorified CNAs?

also.. curious [although i have a major bridge to cross first, i took my lpn nclex yesterday and am dying about the results.. i really fear that im going to have to take it again in 3 months..... ]

i'm moving to central il, specifically bloomington-normal and wondering what lpn's out there are doing and how much they're making?
its unfortunate because im really not interested in ltc
i'm coming from an ob unit and it's going to kill me not to be able to work in an ob unit anymore assuming that like everywhere else, the only hospital department that will consider lpns is probably med-surg?