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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?
I work in an ICU/CCU in GA and my base pay is $19.88 plus we get shift and weekend diff. My base pay includes a $2.00 diff for working a specialty unit. Not all hospitals in GA hire LPN's and most do not let them work in their units. I was making the same thing with an agency before coming to this hospital. I am also full time and have benefits.
I grew up in Hawaii and like the other post said 19.00hr and a home in a kind of decent neighborhood is hovering around 500.000.00. Lot of crime and drugs in Hawaii, the people have to make money somehow. Would not move back there, only if I hit the lotto! I live in Colorado now and have heard of lpn's making up to 22.00hr in ltc's. The hospitals that do hire lpn's about 14.00 to 17.00 to start, which sucks. But the home prices in Colorado have been going up every year. My hole in the wall 2000 sq ft 4bdrm 3 bth home is going for 300.000 right now. I plan on moving down to dallas though and the pay down there is not bad and u can still get a home out of town for 150.000 with acreage.
SE_BSN_RN, BSN
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Nursemelani, you are exactly right, you said the same thing I did.