LPN salary in MN

pielęgniarka, RN · Oct 27, 2008

I was trying to see if someone had asked the question of the salary of an LPN in Minnesota. Someone did ask that question, but I couldn't find an answer. Does anyone know the average salary of an LPN in Minnesota? If not, that's ok. I was just curious, just to get a general idea. If anyone knows, that would be great! Thank you in advance!!!

People are sometimes sensitive about talking about wages. I will say depends on where you work what shift you work, evenings and nights will make more than day shift due to shift differential. But base wage about 15-17 dollar an hour at the area of MN I live in. More or less depending. Check out salary.com and check out the occupational outlook handbook (can google that too) and you'll get more info. Good luck.

MN BigJ · Oct 27, 2008

Depends on where you live and work. Many Hospitals are cutting out LPN's, but when I was an LPN I was at about $17 in the hospital and $13.50 in the LTC. CLoser to Metro is higher.

aprilr · Oct 27, 2008

I worked in a Pediatric Home Healthcare company in a rural part of Minnesota. I was fresh out of school. I was getting $14.75 with night and weekend incentive pay.

SunnyAndrsn · Oct 27, 2008

I was trying to see if someone had asked the question of the salary of an LPN in Minnesota. Someone did ask that question, but I couldn't find an answer. Does anyone know the average salary of an LPN in Minnesota? If not, that's ok. I was just curious, just to get a general idea. If anyone knows, that would be great! Thank you in advance!!!

$17.02 for 2nd shift in east metro. PM me if you want more details as to where--it's considered "metro" but it's not Mpls/St. Paul. This is for LTC.

k777 · Oct 31, 2008

Thank you everybody for your help! It means a lot! The salary isn't a huge priority on my list, but it's nice to know the abouts as to what the LPN's get. I was talking to my aunt, who is an RN, and she said that if I want to go as far as an LPN, I might as well just finish to be an RN...do you agree? I cannot remember which person said this (sorry!), but I did hear that some are looking for RN's more than LPN's?!?!? I'm not exactly sure on what to do, but I agree with my aunt, I think, because it makes the most sense. She says that they pretty much do the same thing, with slight differences (like others have said on allnurses, too), but you can get paid a lot more, so she said it would be the best option. Again, thank you guys for your help and resources. Have a great night!!!! :heartbeat

SunnyAndrsn · Oct 31, 2008

An LPN's license is not as broad as an RN's. I've heard it explained to me that LPNs work with stable patients, while RNs work with all types of pts. It is getting harder to find LPN jobs in Minnesota outside of long term care and home health agencies. I went straight on for my RN, will be done in December.

Ultimately, it depends on the type of pts you want to be working with and they type of nursing you want to be doing. Figure that part out and you'll have your answer to LPN or RN.

Good luck!

Thank you everybody for your help! It means a lot! The salary isn't a huge priority on my list, but it's nice to know the abouts as to what the LPN's get. I was talking to my aunt, who is an RN, and she said that if I want to go as far as an LPN, I might as well just finish to be an RN...do you agree? I cannot remember which person said this (sorry!), but I did hear that some are looking for RN's more than LPN's?!?!? I'm not exactly sure on what to do, but I agree with my aunt, I think, because it makes the most sense. She says that they pretty much do the same thing, with slight differences (like others have said on allnurses, too), but you can get paid a lot more, so she said it would be the best option. Again, thank you guys for your help and resources. Have a great night!!!! :heartbeat