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I am in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Starting pay for LPNs/LVN new grads in this area widely varies. Nursing homes pay between $18 and $23 hourly, hospitals and clinics pay between $14 and $18 hourly, and home health agencies pay between $20 and $30 per hour.
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sounds like i need to move. lol when i started out five years ago, i was making 10.60 an hour, after three years i was making 12.50. i took a year off to persue employment outside the healthcare industry, and i'm making 13.45 now, back at the same facility. i have a few things working against me though. i live in a small town, the facilty is union (which isn't bad thing, it just works against me where i'm at) and the facility is only 62 beds.
]Here in NYC LPNs are generally offered 43-52k to start....anywhere from $23-28/hr generally. Pay in other areas may be much less due to the fractional cost of living. =]
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Thats similar to the DC area also. I started out at $23. My friends that did perdiem in LTC were making $28 but that was a few years ago.
Where I am at they start new nurses out at $18.15/hour this in MI for LTC. Hospitals are not hiring LPN's here. I'm not sure about doctor's office but I know they are a lot less. I knew someone who left one to come to work at our LTC facility and had work there over 8 years as a LPN and left making $12 something an hour.
dana0509
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Hi, I'm a new graduate. Does anyone know the starting pay for LPN's?