LVN Wages in California

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LVN Wage
Hi....

I have been an LVN for 25 years and currently work in a State Prison where I make $34/hr through a nursing agency. Have been there since Jan. of this year.

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Well it would be nice to see what LVN wages are just in CA as the OP asked. I am from CA too and would like to know. Hopefully more LVN's in CA can post here?

hi guys. when i grad in 97 my first job was in telemetry in hemet-12 something an hour, don't remember the noc shift diff. when i left i worked in tele in palm desert-15 an hour. this was in 2001-not sure how much it has changed! i know the rn rate has skyrocketed in this area since i left-for new grad rns it went up like 5 or 6 bucks (my best friend just started this past jan). good luck to all of u! i had a very hard time finding work in a hosp-ltc isn't my cup of tea! it took me 6 months to find work, and i had to drive an hour and a half to get to the hosp. hope things are better there, but i know there nurse practice act is so tight that i don't see it changing much. it was weird to end up in ga and be expected to push iv meds and all...thank goodness for that drug book!!!

nursing homes - $22/23 an hour
acute hospitals (if u can get into one)- vary from $19 - 24 /hr kaiser pays 24.
psych facilities -$15- 18/hr yes i said 15!!!!!

all northern california rates.

hi im an lvn in a long term care facility, i get paid 19.50 hr been in the facility for 3 years. it depends also what city you work in, the more you get closer to los angeles the higher the pay rate is. i am from southern california, my sister who lives in northern california gets paid a great deal more due to the high cost of living up north, she gets paid 27 dollars hr as a lvn tx nurse.