CNA salary

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I'm not a CNA, have never been one- but I wish I had been. I appreciate CNAs, and I am trying to convince my brother to become one. The job market is wide open for CNAs and he needs a job with benefits. Right now he makes in the $7/hr. range which is hard to live on, even when working 40hrs./wk. Unfortunately, he is pretty much the only income in his household right now while his fiancee is out of work and he could not afford to spend 4-6 weeks in training if the pay is not much more than he makes now. So, if not too intrusive, how much do you make working as a CNA, and do you work in a hospital, LTC, or for an agency? TIA

Specializes in nursing home.

i work in southbend indiana, and have been a cna for 17 months, and i make 12.00 an hour:banghead:

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How does a cna make in nj? I am currently finishing my classes for it.

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I was hoping to find a place in atlanta where they pay you for training and then hire you if anyone knows of any place please let me know also what state where you in when you did this i might need to move lol

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Specializes in LTC.

oops...

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I started out making 14 dollars an hour and I am a fresh new cna with no experience. I think if you keep looking around you can find a place that is willing to pay good money for your work

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Anybody know how much a CNA (Patient Companion) at Cooper University Hospital makes??

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Reading some of these pay rates are outstanding to me. I know pay rate will change with location and experience...but dang! lol.

I worked at a nursing home in East Texas and made base which was 8.25--and I started working right after health care workers got some kind of overall raise. (so I'm saying they made less than that at some point.). I then moved to an assisted living home, where I am now, and got bumped up to 8.50. They said I would get a .50 raise if I learned how to pass medicine with them, but I never got that. I got a cost of living raise, which was about .14. Oh, and I was with the nursing home 2 years (but the first year I was a housekeeper) and I've been at this job almost 2 years now.

:\ Honestly, I tell everyone who wants to be a CNA to think twice. It's hard work with little pay here in East Texas.

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CNA's do not get paid enough.

I agree!

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I work in a small town as a CNA, I make $11 an hour & I also have another job at the locate hospital makin $18 , for being a seventeen year old that is great for me

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Specializes in UM.

i live in richmond va i make 11.50

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