Hourly Rate For LPNS

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How much does any LPN who works in upstate New York make an hour working in a nursing home passing meds?

Specializes in L&D.

Whoaa!! Being from south jersey I can't imagine working for some of the rates posted in this post. I'm an LPN with 32 yrs of experience..(but most places do Not pay for experience), and work for a local nursing home and make $25.00/hr. passing meds and managing care for 30 pts. I'm pool, but the staff rate would be $21.00/hr. Last job paid me $18/hr and the local hospital paid me $19/hr. I'm in school for my RN, so I don't know what they make. I guess NJ is above the national average!!!

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On your way through South Dakota...keep going, don't exit off the Interstate! I am an LPN of 2 years, working for an Orthopedic Surgeon, as his clinic nurse and scrub in and assist him in surgery such as; Totat Joint Replacements, ORIF/CRIF, amputations, Carpal Tunnel Releases, etc. I earn $10.91/hr no benefits (after raise). I have also worked in a LTC and made about $1.50 less. New grad LPN's make approx $9.30/hr. Options of change are extremely limited in this rural western part of South Dakota. The cost of living does not reflect upon the wage either. Average mid-west cost of living on peanuts for pay. I want to get my ASN but when other RN's with 20+ yr experience make $13/hr and fresh RN grads are starting out at $12/hr...where is the reward in going back to school and adding another school loan to my list of bills? This is a great place to raise my son, and my husband has a secure good job, that he would not want to leave. So my options stagnate. frown.gif

You are seriously underpaid. Not sure why your cheapskate boss is insulting you like that but you should seriously consider getting out. Unless you love your job, with a capital "L", and don't really need the money anyway.

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

I'm in upstate NY. I was offered ~$14.00 as a new grad, but I know some places start LPNs as low as $12.50. A year later I am getting offers in the $16.50-$17 range for staff LPN in LTC, $18-$20 for per diem. Agency pays even better, about $21-24 an hour, and those who do private duty (especially Medicaid providers) make $22.50-$27.25 an hour. This isn't the best pay in the world, but it is substantially greater than I am seeing in this thread.

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Specializes in geri.

Be careful, guys! This is an OLD thread - I would hope things have changed in the last 5 years :-)

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I work in Indiana and have been an LPN for 14 years. I am a unit manager and make 19.32hr. Been at that facility for 3 yrs.;)

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I live in Massachusetts and right now I make $24.00 per hour with 2 years experience, made 56k last year !

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Be careful, guys! This is an OLD thread - I would hope things have changed in the last 5 years :-)
Actually this thread is six years old! :roll
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Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg.

Wow. I'm just amazed at the difference in pay across the country. It makes me curious at what the cost of living is at each place. As a GPN on evening shift at a LTCF in Missouri I am making 12.40/hr and I will get another $1 once I get my license.

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Specializes in gerontology.

In 1999, I was making $8.50/hr at a small town hospital in Alabama. I went to visit a friend in Maryland and applied for a job. I was offered $18/hr. As soon as I heard it, I did not know how to act. I guess my face changed or something because the DON asked me if it was too low. Hehehehe. :D

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Specializes in LTC, home health, critical care, pulmonary nursing.
On your way through South Dakota...keep going, don't exit off the Interstate! I am an LPN of 2 years, working for an Orthopedic Surgeon, as his clinic nurse and scrub in and assist him in surgery such as; Totat Joint Replacements, ORIF/CRIF, amputations, Carpal Tunnel Releases, etc. I earn $10.91/hr no benefits (after raise). I have also worked in a LTC and made about $1.50 less. New grad LPN's make approx $9.30/hr. Options of change are extremely limited in this rural western part of South Dakota. The cost of living does not reflect upon the wage either. Average mid-west cost of living on peanuts for pay. I want to get my ASN but when other RN's with 20+ yr experience make $13/hr and fresh RN grads are starting out at $12/hr...where is the reward in going back to school and adding another school loan to my list of bills? This is a great place to raise my son, and my husband has a secure good job, that he would not want to leave. So my options stagnate. frown.gif

OH...MY...GO_........

I'm a CNA (in Arizona) and I make $10. It's absurd that an RN with so much education and experience would only make $2 an hour more than me. That's terrible.

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:loveya: This topic has been so educational to me...I never knew there was such a difference in pay scales across the country for LPN's. I live in Mississippi and work in a small community LTC facility and have found that my facility is in the mid section of pay scale which pleased me no end. Having lived and worked in MS for a while, you get used to being low on the totum pole so to speak. My facility has a base pay of $13.00/hr with 10 cents added to base per year of experience plus $1.50/hr more for diff on 3-ll hours and $1.75/hr more for diff on 11-7 hours. We work 12 hour shifts and everyone recieves some part of the diff agreement. Even if you work 7a-7p, you still get the diff rate for 4 hours . Also, there is a sign on bonus of $1000.00. Anyone interested in a small friendly community with good working environment, come on down to Mississippi!

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Specializes in LTC, Hospital, Staff Development.

In the Greater Seattle area we all make at least 20.00/hr with bennies, in LTC. I love it!

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