LPN Wages

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Considering becoming an LPN and just wanted to know what is the hourly wage that LPN's ake in differnet areas. Alot of the post I saw on this topic are kinda old.

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Specializes in LTC.

S. Indiana $15-ish/hr in LTC, $13-ish/MD office. Hospitals? Not worth my time. They pay and use us as techs. Around $12/hr. That is all for new grads. At about the 1 year mark, it all goes up about $1/hr.

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wow that's it? in PA, they start at like 20 and up! and just found out my friend who just graduated is getting paid 23 dollars at a nursing home! i mean with no experience and just out of school! and all she does is paper work and passing meds!

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

In the Balto. DC area LTC and hospital jobs usually start low to mid 20s, per diem close to $30 for new grads. Dr. offices less but I'm not sure how much. Good luck.

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Specializes in LTC.
wow that's it? in PA, they start at like 20 and up! and just found out my friend who just graduated is getting paid 23 dollars at a nursing home! i mean with no experience and just out of school! and all she does is paper work and passing meds!

Our cost of living is pretty low. My husband and I make around $60,000/yr and live pretty comfortably. Median income in this county is $30,000, so it's not as bad as it looks.:wink2:

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I work as an aide at a nursing home in allentown,pa in the float pool and I make $16. I was hoping to make more then $20 being an lpn or it's not worth it. I know the lpn's where I work start at $23 but I wanted to see what other areas are like.

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Here in central Mississippi, a new grad LPN can make $18/per hr evenings at an assisted living facility or nursing home, $16 days, and $14/per hr in most good clinics. Those Doc-in-the-box corner after hours clinics pay $8-$11/per hr. Hospitals,,if it's money that is your primary goal, don't bother. I could be 17 yrs old, a high school drop out and make the same amount of money working the french fryer at Mickey Dees. I tried the higher paying ASL job but hated it, finally settling in at a nice specialty clinic and love every day! There is always some give adn take ina job, you simply have to find YOUR niche'! Good luck!

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Specializes in Assisted Living.

I graduated (LPN ) in 1993

and made $9.50 straight out of nursing school. After a few years I discovered our company was paying $2 more an hour to the "kids" than I was getting. Get this...I was training these children straight out of high school who made at least $2 more an hour!!

Anyway, depending on your location (political environment), I suspect a recent LPN/LVN graduate can earn $11 to $22 an hour. I recall working a stressful & unrewarding position in a skilled NURSING HOME for many years before I "fell into this Plumb job."

Please note: Even an Assisted Living Facility can rip the life out of you....

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In Omaha, Ne you make anywhere from $15 to $20+/hr depending on specialties and shifts.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

In Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, LVNs earn $18 to $25 hourly at nursing homes, and $13 to $17 hourly at area hospitals. Home health pays $25 to $35 per for 1 hour visits.

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Specializes in CNA/CMA in LTC.

It so depends on where you are...In South Dakota its about 13/hr. I know of some places that will pay 16 w/o benefits. However...my husband and I lived comfortably on less than 35K a year! I live in small town south dakota. However in MA/NH my friend made 18 right out of school, but i don't want to pay her mortgage!

It all depends on location...and types of job!

Happy Earning!

Angela :hpygrp:

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Could i ask where that is...i am in school now and im also in PA..i live near state college pa, but was thinking about working in Lancaster area or philadelphia...thnaks

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