Highest paying LVN job??

Bala Shark · Jul 15, 2006

San Francisco, California is considered a place where the cost of living is the highest in the nation..The top pay for a LPN/LVN at the San Francico county hospital is $28.51...

When you think about wages, you have to consider the area you live in, in terms of the cost of living..And usually county hospitals pay the most out of all hospitals because they are public hospitals..That is in California..

L.O.E.N. · Jul 16, 2006

yea, but 28.51 isn't going very far in SanFran.... considering that a 3 bedroom 1.5 or 2 bath house in a semi-decent neighborhood can easily run $300,000+. :eek:

I'd venture a guess that corrections nurses and contract nurses willing to work strikes are pulling in the most as far as LPN pay is concerned. Why do they get the $$$? Because not many people want to work those jobs. If working around convicted murderers/rapists/sex offenders/etc. doesn't bother you, that's where I'd look... working strikes has to be a drag. Plus, it's kinda shafting the nurses, especially if they have a ligitimate reason for being P.O.'ed at that facility.

Bala Shark · Jul 16, 2006

yea, but 28.51 isn't going very far in SanFran.... considering that a 3 bedroom 1.5 or 2 bath house in a semi-decent neighborhood can easily run $300,000+.
I'd venture a guess that corrections nurses and contract nurses willing to work strikes are pulling in the most as far as LPN pay is concerned. Why do they get the $$$? Because not many people want to work those jobs. If working around convicted murderers/rapists/sex offenders/etc. doesn't bother you, that's where I'd look... working strikes has to be a drag. Plus, it's kinda shafting the nurses, especially if they have a ligitimate reason for being P.O.'ed at that facility.

Well the price would be probably close to 600k or more in San Francisco...

nursecrickett · Jul 17, 2006

Really.....San Fran is THE most expensive place to live....houses run 600,000+ and thats probably not in the best neighborhood.

Most run a mil or more.....CRAZY....so $20 something an hr isn't doing squat there!!

Crickett

HeartsOpenWide, RN · Jul 17, 2006

yea, but 28.51 isn't going very far in SanFran.... considering that a 3 bedroom 1.5 or 2 bath house in a semi-decent neighborhood can easily run $300,000+.
I'd venture a guess that corrections nurses and contract nurses willing to work strikes are pulling in the most as far as LPN pay is concerned. Why do they get the $$$? Because not many people want to work those jobs. If working around convicted murderers/rapists/sex offenders/etc. doesn't bother you, that's where I'd look... working strikes has to be a drag. Plus, it's kinda shafting the nurses, especially if they have a ligitimate reason for being P.O.'ed at that facility.

Try more like 700,000 or more. My husbands grandparents sold a one bedroom shack right inside S.F. for a little over 700,000 two years ago....

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Jul 17, 2006

yea, but 28.51 isn't going very far in SanFran.... considering that a 3 bedroom 1.5 or 2 bath house in a semi-decent neighborhood can easily run $300,000+.

An average-looking home is going to cost nearly $1,000,000 in San Francisco County. You could find a condo/townhome in Pacoima (Los Angeles County) for $300,000; however, Pacoima is dangerous and the LVN pay is low. I know someone who earns $15.00 hourly at an outpatient clinic located in Pacoima.

Prison LPNs/LVNs and area agency LPNs/LVNs tend to earn the most money because most people don't want those jobs.

Bala Shark · Jul 17, 2006

Yes, if you apply for like prisons in California, expect to make 70k a year, the higest pay..But also you will be trained to be a correctional officer also, carrying a gun....This is prison for you

lilypad2424 · Jul 17, 2006

Prison work might be interesting?

Bala Shark · Jul 18, 2006

Prison work might be interesting?

You have to realize when I said prison in California, I was talking about the ones with the death row inmates..You know, killers, child molestors, etc...These are very violent and dangerous people.

neygray · Jul 18, 2006

I would think contract nursing would pay the most. I've lived in GA and NC and the prison jobs there were state jobs. The pay was just about the lowest scale of any other facility. The only upside to corrections were the state benefits and retirement.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Jul 18, 2006

When I completed my California LVN program nine months ago, a recruiter from the prison system came to our school and told us that the top LVN pay for California correctional nurses was $6,100 monthly. Of course, all nurses who are amployed with the California Department of Corrections are trained as peace officers and carry loaded weapons.