LPN/LVN rate of pay in your area.

nursemelani · Jan 12, 2006

Would like to know if anyone in California can tell me of a nice area to live thats affordable with good schools for the kids.

Oh, honey...........If you are coming from Miss, you are going to have sticker shock at the housing prices out here. Southern CA and the SF Bay Area are ridiculously overpriced. We're talking a small, 30 year old house in an iffy neighborhood for 500,000. A nice house (2500 sq feet), in a nice neighborhood, will set you back at least 750,000.

Here in the Sacramento area, it is a little more reasonable. You can find a decent house for 400,000. A condo for 350K.........

MeLisPsaN · Jan 14, 2006

Im currently an LPN in Buffalo, NY and am in the process of moving to Tampa, FL.

Here, i make $15.25/hr and have been licensed 1 year. What is a typical rate for LPNs in Tampa, FL??

nursealbanese · Jan 14, 2006

Hello. I was just fixing to post asking if anyone knew anything about El Paso when I came across your post. I think you responded to my E-mail several months ago about working in El Paso and I do appreciate it. I am half way through LPN school and we are hoping to transfer to El Paso at some point after finishing (God willing, I'm doing well thus far). Do you think it is possible for a new LPN to make at least $16.00/hour second shift LTC there? Also, I was wondering if your friend there spoke Spanish. One DON there told me she has nurses who speak no Spanish at all and she has no problem with this (this particular LTC seemed to have a majority Hispanic population). I was wondering if this was the norm or do most places hire only English-Spanish speaking nurses? Thanks again for your earlier reply.

I lived in el paso for 4 years while my husband was in the military. I wasn't an LPN then so I couldn't tell you exactly what the critera was for the hospitals but I will tell you that in other work places it was very hard to get hired since I wasn't fluent in spanish. It is primarly a spanish speaking city. It really does help to know the language.

ChronicNurse · Jan 15, 2006

I live in Louisville, KY area. I have seen pay rates ranging from $16-$22 an hour depending on facility and experience. I do a lot of hospital agency work and get 24-26 for telemetry.

colter517 · Jan 16, 2006

I am in Mass and work for an agency doing LTC. I make $29 weekday, $30 weekend.

mzarica5150 · Jan 16, 2006

Hi my name is Erica this is my first posting. I was reading some of the replys about the different pays in different states, and WOW.. I thought my pay sucked in cali. I was making 16.00 as a new grad @ a LTF. Someone hit it right on the money when she said Cali was over priced, she was right. I moved to Las Vegas 6 months ago because I didnt want to buy a shack for 5hundred-thou. I make $26 for agency work on the weekends and $22. at my LTF- full time with benefits and its m-f 6:30 to 3:00, weekends off for my other job. I Bought a brand new house for 305,000 which in cali would have cost me 700,000. Moving here was a pretty good choide for me. Good luck to everyone who wants to relocate, My advise investigate salaries and cost of living. Have a great day everyone.

wt2001 · Jan 16, 2006

I work at a LTC facility in Kentucky which is hospital owned and the starting pay for LPN is $12.20 and RN= 17.85. I believe that we are the lowest paid in the area. Also this rate was only increased in July 2005.

LoFaTrEsS · Feb 8, 2006

does anyone know what a lpn makes in virginia i am thinking of moving there after i finish school does anyone have any ideas

LoFaTrEsS · Feb 8, 2006

hi, this is my first time on here, I would like to say it has all the info I need man you guys stick together and help one another out this is beautiful, ok I gotta question I am thinking of moving to Virginia after i graduate do you know how much a lpn makes there :nurse:

This topic has been around before, but I was looking for something more up to date. Things have fluctuated in past two years or so. I know people are always looking for salaries and most of the time its for RN's. I'll start ;-)
Around the Cincinnati area here I'm not sure about the starting pay or pay in hospitals for LPN's. But I know LTC facilities are about 16 to start ranging up to about 22. I've seen ad's in the paper saying $24 but I don't know what that was for. Agencys are about 21-25 dollars for LPN's also. I believe Jobs are plentiful around here! Also when I was up in columbus, I heard an instructor saying they are starting their LPN's out with $27-30 while the RN's get about $40-50 ..I don't really believe that, but I just tossed that out there maybe for some clarification?

flalpn · Feb 8, 2006

I live in Orlando. In the hospital on a unit, I make $18.00 with bennies. With the agency, I make $25.00/hr.

hi there i am in orlando too . i was told the hospitals here start at about 12.00 did I miss something somewhere??????

pedinurse05 · Feb 8, 2006

hi there i am in orlando too . i was told the hospitals here start at about 12.00 did I miss something somewhere??????

Hi! I don't think you are missing anything. As a RN I only made about $19.00 hr at the local Orlando area hospitals. I doubt that LPN's make this much...as a matter of fact many LPN's I have spoken to qoute around $12.00 hr for hospital wages. Unless this person was at the job several years or is the exception, I doubt this is a realistic qoute.

angelonsunset · Feb 12, 2006

Any Alabama LPN's ?

I live in AL. In a assisted living it is about $14 per hour. PRN is higher up to around 16. Not sure as for clinics or hospitals. Clinics I believe vary per experience.