Salary Roll call!

Hi Kellink,

Here in the Twin Cities hospitals pay entry level nurses about $24 to $25 per hour. As of May 2005, the Fairview "chain" of hospitals pay an associate degree nurse $24.35, and a bachelors nurse, any bachelors degree, $25.20 to start. Not to shabby for a rookie employee. They also have tuition reimbursement at many Twin Cities hospitals, up to $10,000. On the down side, the severe shortage of nurses seems to be over in MN. The word on the street is that the "market" is cooling for RN's. Snoopd

as you can see from my tag line, salaries here run the gamut but are still lower than our neighbors in Ohio, Virginia, or Pennsylvania no matter RN or LPN.
Charleston pays better than most areas, new grad at 17.00 for RN. LPN are around 9.50 to 10.00. As the years roll by the salary does not increase too quickly. After 20 years a nurse, depending on where she works, can expect to be making 22.00 to 28.00 with benefits. LPN do better in the nursing homes, around 18.00 with benefits. Now if you do not need benefits then it can be 32.00 to 36 or more. But you are the first to be called off.
Hope this helps.

In Oklahoma, an LPN can start out at $14.00/HR. and that is for the day shift, night shift is about $2.00 higher, depending on where you go. I know of a hospital in Oklahoma City where an LPN on nights started off at around $17.00-$18.00/HR

Pay ranges based on longjevity. New RN's make about $30/hr. range with 18Yrs. it is about $38/hr.

14 years under my belt(RN). $33.75/hour for LTC noc supervisor(basically easy). The best pay was float nurse/ any shift $38.00/hour plus benies AbbottNorthwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN. Best Place I ever worked.