LPN/LVN rate of pay in your area.

[Couture_Honey]

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?

[JoAnnS]

l.p.n's in michigan don't do to bad i myself work in homecare and make 23.00/hr so oklahoma you need to move to michigan!:)

That is great pay for Oklahoma!!! Good going for you!! I hope I can find a job like that right out of school..

Thanks for the info

[oknurse320]

I live in Oklahoma and LPN's do well here. Our cost of living is lower than alot of places so it pretty much evens out. I have worked in a Dr's office and only made $9/hr but our insurance was great - employee + family with no premium only co pay and they paid 80% of everything. Moved on to Long term psych and made 16.50 - no benefits. Worked Hospice prn 16.50 per visit + .40 cents /mile. LTC part time for 13.50 and now home health for 16.10/hr + decent insurance and $4830/yr car allowance paid out @ $230 biweekly. (@ 3.26/ gal of gas this is pushin it) I work 8-5, M-F and rotate on call with 3 other nurses which pays $75/wk for back up and $150/ wk primary. I have no idea what hospitals pay here, I've heard anywhere from 10.75-14.00, depending on hospital. A girl I went to school with went to agency right out of school in OKC area and made $20/ hr in the same hospital that offered her 10.75/hr on staff! go figure! Enough rambling- I LOVE my job, I LOVE my patients, and I LOVE learning everyday!!!

[Graduate2010, BSN]

Can anyone tell me a ball park hourly wage for VA? Specifically Hampton Roads area + Richmond? I'm hearing $14-$19 for starting in local hospitals.....I knew that wage was low but it wasn't stopping me in pursuing nursing. I'm starting LPN first and the moving on to RN.

Any feedback would be helpful. :wink2:

Thanks in advance!

Wish me luck in school.

Stephanie E

[Chelsey19]

Hi.

I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what an LPN starting wage in British Columbia is and what they top out at?

Thanks alot

[OgopogoLPN, LPN, RN]

Hi.

I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what an LPN starting wage in British Columbia is and what they top out at?

Thanks alot

I am about 1/2 way through my LPN program. Here's what I have been told.

Starting wage is $22.19 and after 600 hours or about 1 year, it goes up to $22.94. I'm not sure if this is the top out or not. But if work casual and depending on the health authority or private employer, you should get a casual differential of about 12%. So on a casual shift, brand new LPN could get $24.85. You could then also get a weekend differential and a night shift differential on top of that. So, you could do pretty well. I'm looking forward to making that kind of $$.

Look up your local health authority's website and look under the career section. Find an LPN job listing and see what the hourly wage is. I'm in Kelowna and most of the job postings say $22.94/hour. Good luck, let me know if you have any other questions about being an LPN. I love the course so far and can't wait to be a practising LPN.

[Chelsey19]

Hi,

I am actually from Saskatoon sask where the starting wage for LPN is 23.54 and top out is 25.89. I am also in my first year of my LPN schooling. My bf is actually from Kelowna and I was just looking for what the wage was in BC for the future. So are LPN's in BC full scope. That is what they are here in Sask. It just kind of bugs me that LPN's in all the other provinces are making less, and I dont understand why the wages are not all the same? Do u know?

Anyways thanks for the quick reply.

Chelsey

[vicky1964]

I live in a small town in west texas and do Home Health Care . I get $20/ visit and at least 40 visits a week , I also work part time in our small Hospital and earn $18/hr,and that is average here,

[openseas]

Central Iowa starting pay in a small town LCF for LPN is 14/hr. The larger cities I hear range from 15-17/hr. Anyone working in a VA facility?

[LPNscottnj]

the lpn rate at the sub acute unit i work in is 23.50 hr with full benefits and overtime if you want it. i also do agency work and the rate is 30. hr this is central new jersey.

seems like the rates from other parts of the country are really low. lpns in my unit are all iv cert. and yes we start alot of them and we are also vent certified. for those drugs that get iv pushed in hospitals our pharmacy pre mixes small 50ml bags with lasix, dilaudid, zofran etc. for us to use so we can avoid the iv push problem. we are also acls trained. i really feel we are just rns under an lpn title getting less money of course. new jersey leaves it up to the institution as far as our job duties include. no set rules on what lpns can do in a sub acute setting. any other situations like this out there. i would be interesting in hearing other stories from lpns that do primary sub acute care.

[aseriousthing]

WHAT? That is crazy!!!!!!!!

[aseriousthing]

Brooklyn NY

I work in a nursing home that pays 23.89 starting and $28 per diem. I have heard of some other nursing homes in the area paying as much $30 per diem. it is better to have a full time job while working some place else per diem. this way you have your full time benifits.

[aseriousthing]

Did you mean CNAs make $10.00/hr in Oklahoma? because if thats true i will never leave New york. My brother has been begging me to move on the military base with him for years!!!! But that will never... never...never happen (sorry big bro).