Minimimun wage raise will it affect us

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Hello i live in California, and i was wondering what is going to happen to the starting wage for LVN'S when they raise the minimum wage . Would our rate increase as well. Help

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Yes the range for a LVN is 18.00 here in california but the cost of living is high aswell. How much is the cost of living in CT. Here dependimg were u live but a 1 bed room apt is no less then 975 and thats looking at some areas that are not that nice.

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$975 for a one bedroom is dirt cheap where I'm from. I was paying more than that for a studio 3 years ago. I would not expect to see a huge increase in pay in response to an increased minimum wage.

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Come to Vegas! That's more than I pay for a two bed/bath in a nice neighborhood! Lol. Seriously though, something has to give, people can't live off of minimum wage with the cost of living being what it is today. It's getting out of control.

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Yes the range for a LVN is 18.00 here in california but the cost of living is high aswell. How much is the cost of living in CT. Here dependimg were u live but a 1 bed room apt is no less then 975 and thats looking at some areas that are not that nice.

I earned $18.50 hourly as an LVN in Texas, but this was back in 2006. During my last year as an LVN (2010), I was up to $27.04 per hour. My earnings went far here because my mortgage for a 3bd, 2bath newer house with 1,900 square feet of space was less than $400/month.

I am originally from CA, and I trained to become an LVN there. But the low pay rates and high cost of living caused me to flee from CA to another state where I could actually attain a middle-class standard of living with my earnings.

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Sucks, not fair so if the raise goes up too 15 and we get payed 18 theres only 3 dollars differential for a person that studied i don't see that as good

I decided to do some fact-checking. After all, curious minds want to know.

California's minimum wage is nowhere near $15 per hour. It was $8/hour since 2008 and recently increased to $9/hour. It will increase another whopping dollar to $10/hour starting in 2016. Since CA is such a high cost-of-living state, this is not all that unreasonable.

Minimum wage increases to $9 and other new laws for California July 1, 2014 - 23ABC News

Minimum wage goes up to $9 in California. In 2016, the wage will go up to $10 an hour: Minimum wage
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