LTC nurse wage more?

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Specializes in acute care.

I see many threads that indicate what a new nurse's wage is in a hospital, but what about the LTCs? Does a nurse typically make more or less at an LTC than in a hospital? TIA!

Specializes in LTC , SDC and MDS certified (3.0).

my expirence has always been LTC make more !!!!

Specializes in Brain injury,vent,peds ,geriatrics,home.

Ive done LTC in ohio and was paid pretty well but busted my buns!!!I have a much better position make a little less,but LOVE my job!!!

My experience has been a better base rate for LTC, but it is a harder more physically demanding job than the hospital. My hospital shift diff. was better than LTC's, but the base rate was a couple dollars less. All in all, it evened out to about the same. I have recently returned to day shift LTC for the hours MON-FRI 7-3. The work load is triple what I was doing at the hospital, but the hours make it worthwhile for me and my family.

Specializes in LTC, Hospice, Case Management.

My area in the midwest, the hospital pays more. Often $2-5/hr more.

Specializes in A myriad of specialties.

In my experience in the northwest the LTCs pay much more.

Specializes in Gerontology, Med surg, Home Health.

The hospital here pays much more than any of the SNF's. The nurses have a union at the hospital.

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

I am in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. The LTCFs tend to pay higher starting wages, especially for LVNs/LPNs. Hospitals around here start RNs off at $19 to $22 hourly, while the LTCFs start them off at $23 to $25 hourly. Local hospitals start LVNs off at $12.50 to $16 hourly, whereas the local LTCFs start us off at $18 to $22 hourly.

Specializes in Knuckle Dragging Nurse aka MTA.

I saw an ad in my old LTCF for RN's, pay was $28/hr. What a joke! RN's in hospitals make $35 - $48/ hr. or so around here.

Specializes in Assisted Living nursing, LTC/SNF nursing.

From what I see, LTC pays less in Iowa. Where I work, the LPN's working as Charge get $1.00/hr. extra but if your an RN, no extra pay but still more responsiblitiy.

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