LPN/LVN rate of pay in your area.

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This topic has been around before, but I was looking for something more up to date. Things have fluctuated in past two years or so. I know people are always looking for salaries and most of the time its for RN's. I'll start ;-)

Around the Cincinnati area here I'm not sure about the starting pay or pay in hospitals for LPN's. But I know LTC facilities are about 16 to start ranging up to about 22. I've seen ad's in the paper saying $24 but I don't know what that was for. Agencys are about 21-25 dollars for LPN's also. I believe Jobs are plentiful around here! Also when I was up in columbus, I heard an instructor saying they are starting their LPN's out with $27-30 while the RN's get about $40-50 ..I don't really believe that, but I just tossed that out there maybe for some clarification?

if you don't mind me asking. what hospital do you work in. i'm moving to the area this year.

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if you don't mind me asking. what hospital do you work in. i'm moving to the area this year.

the pay is very low in orlando for nurses in general. i just moved from orlando this past year, after living there 5 years. the hospitals like ormc and florida hospital do not really hire lpn's for many of the floors...and if you do get on you will work for about $12-14.00 hour. the hospital in ocoee does hire lpn's and the pay is a little higher around $16-$17 hr (it is called health central). as an lpn i chose pediatric homecare because the pay was between $15-21 hour for lpn's (dependent upon the complexity of the child or if you work group home). 2 really good pediatric homecare agencies are children first and psa--they both offer training and support and have a good variety of cases to take...they work well with your sechedule if you need some flexablility. i just finished my rn prior to moving and worked at one of the big hospitals...they start new rn's between $17.50-$20 hr!!!! i fortunately started at $20 because of my 10 years lpn experience. in a nut shell yes the pay is really low. i hear some ltc places pay up $21/hr--but how good they are is the question. good luck with your move. i miss orlando but am enjoying cali (even with the cost of living) the pay is great and the nurse patient ratio's for rn's is even better.

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Hello, I know this thread is old but just read it... I live in Mass and will be moving to the Florida this summer... I will be a new grad and was a med secretary for 3 years prior. I am bilingual(spanish+english)What vna do you work for? What pay range should I expect? Any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanx :)I will be moving to the Miramar/Pembroke Pines area.

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:nurse: okay..this is weird. I live in MA and am graduating this summer and also bilingual in spanish......you're moving to FL also?
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I also work in Oklahoma at one nursing home I made $13/hr no benefits but my job now I make $11 for 1yr experience plus benefits or you can opt out benefits and make 1-2 bucks more. In this area thats pretty good money, its 2x as much as the average 'good' paying job around here. And the cost of living isn't high

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3bdrm 2ba CHA 2 car garage starts @ about $500/mo

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That does seem like a REALLY low rate of pay. I remember reading that the RNs on OK make lousy money too. Your cost of living must be lower......What does a 3 bedroom houst cost? How much is it to rent a one bedroom apartment?

Here in CA, you need at least 300,000 for that 3 bedroom house, and 850 a month for the one bedroom apartment. (Much higher in L.A. or the SF Bay Area)

The cost of living here is low and Im originally from MD but I have gotten spoiled by the Oklahoma's low cost housing, and the utility cost aren't like the big city either. I make $11 plus benefits and hubby my $9 for our family we do pretty well..the more you make the more you spend:uhoh3:
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lllliv, how did you start working as lpn in vegas hospital? cuz i was asking around town and they (hospitals) are asking for at least one year experience in an acute care area. I mean if nobody will hire me as fresh grad lpn how can i start working in an acute care? :lol2:

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I am a new grad from Georgia and my first job is in long-term care with a starting pay of 17.00/hr. The county hospital here only pays 13.84/hr for lpns.

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I am a new grad from Georgia and my first job is in long-term care with a starting pay of 17.00/hr. The county hospital here only pays 13.84/hr for lpns.

Thanks oreocookie! I think I'm gonna do just the same. I was shopping for a registry I stumbled on this great agency and they suggested that I started as an LVN/LPN in a sub-acute/rehab facility (their client) and work from there. bye for now.

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Anyone know the going rate for Los Angeles? I have 5 years experience as a Hospital Corpsman (medic) in the Navy. That breaks down to 1 yr in an ER, 2 years in a FP clinic and 2 years in a physical therapy clinic. I challenge the board in July. Will my experience help me get a good starting salary or will I be looked at as a rookie since I have never actually been an LPN?

Nope, sorry to say that won't get you anywhere. You need the LPN license. I work with a guy in the same situation as you, he was a medic in the army. You can't do anything without the license, sorry.

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Specializes in LTC, Agency, HHC.
I am an SVN in California and we are expecting to make $27 at least when we graduate. Some of the students who impressed the managers and nurses at the clinical site were offered jobs before even taking the boards and are now working 4 days a week, 12 hours per day. Calculated that somewhere in the ballpark of 70,000 a year. Here in Kalifonia, standard of living is quite expensive, but there are sattelite cities surrounding San Francisco, Oakland, San jose, etc that one may wish to live in. I live in the tri valley, it usually takes about 30 to 45 minutes to get to the hospitals that pay this wage. :rolleyes: Housing is on the rise but one may still buy a 4,5,6 bedroom house for 500,000. And the weather is really nice out this way, too.

Nurse Kimmy

"Work like you don't need the money,

Love like you've never been hurt,

Sing like no one can hear you,

And dance like no one is watching."

Sorry I lived in San Jose and you can NOT get a 4,5,6 bedroom house for $500,000...Not unless you live in the central valley, Stockton, Turlock, Modesto, etc. Not in San Jose, not in any of the surrounding areas, and definately NOT San Francisco. The bay area's median home price is $600,000 and rising. My home here in CO would easily go for $600K in Cali. And $70,000 a year in the bay area, HA! You can barely live on that. I know I've been there done that. Yes the pay is more, but so are your housing costs....for example, we had a 2 bedroom 1 bath condo, 903 sq. feet....read (SMALL) We paid $1200 a month mortgage and $2500 a year in property taxes. Yeah not bad but San Jose has over a million people now. But if one wants to pay over $2100 a month for a 3 bed 2 bath house, more power to ya!

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Specializes in LTC, Agency, HHC.
well said! Some people are just not good test takers!

Yes, and the NCLEX does not care how good a test taker you are. The questions you get are the ones you get. If you barely scraped by in L&D and you got all L&D questions, does failing the NCLEX make you a bad nurse and not knowledgeable about the other areas of nursing? That test is hard and nerve wracking because you don't know what kind of questions you'll get. If you took it, you should know that.:nono:

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