My teacher said that her daughter earns...

karamarie91 · Feb 19, 2011

that's extremely high in my honest opinion for a CNA. I am still in CNA school but I don't recall anyone mentioning a CNA earning income in the 20's. $20 per hour sounds more like a nurse's salary.

Blackcat99 · Feb 19, 2011

The highest wages I have ever heard of was $15 an hour for a CNA. That CNA wage was in Washington state. In Florida, I see wages for CNA's listed as $8.50-9.00 an hour. :crying2:

yousoldtheworld · Feb 19, 2011

It's very high (more than the nurses start out making at my facility) but I will not say it's impossible. Some private facilities in certain areas pay high wages.

Aides around my area start out between $8 and $10, though, so I wouldn't become an aide simply because you think you'll be able to make such a high wage. Most of us don't make anything near that.

loriangel14, RN · Feb 20, 2011

They make $23 where I work but I live in Canada.

EduardoLugo · Feb 20, 2011

That's in Massachusetts which I assume this state pays well. I was searching for jobs as a CNA to see.. and I saw 15-18.. an hour.

KimberlyRN89, BSN, RN · Feb 20, 2011

It really depends on the area. I remember a couple of aides on this board from NY saying they made $20/hr.

Or maybe she has been at her facility for a very long time?

kool-aide, RN · Feb 20, 2011

I make $14.50 base pay at my hospital in the resource float pool and that's why I get paid more. They call us CNAs but we're comparable to "techs;" we have a wider scope. I also work weekend nights, so I have weekend pay and shift diff($16.00/hr) :up: !

caliotter3 · Feb 20, 2011

The $20 an hour CNA jobs that I have seen have been for private duty clients. Discouraging when CNAs earn more than licensed nurses.

kool-aide, RN · Feb 20, 2011

The $20 an hour CNA jobs that I have seen have been for private duty clients. Discouraging when CNAs earn more than licensed nurses.

I agree.

christinibodini · Feb 20, 2011

Hi, I got my CNA/STNA in 2008 and worked for $8hr in rural Ohio. I made $10hr private pay in Florida also. I have seen some larger cities offering $10 to $17 probably not the higher to start and those were with large hospitals corporations. What I did NOT know is this secret... First I am in nursing school towards RN so I figured rough it out and make low wage and in a couple years make $20ish to start per hour. Well I always sorta wished I could just find more private pay clients but most can not afford it and didnt figure the insurance comp would pay me for caring for them. So I have discovered that you can fill out a lengthy application for most/all states through their medicare/aid program, pay for a bci/fbi check and have other requirements sent exactly as they are listed, in 30-90 days you get approved/ if no issues.. For example, In Ohio it is carestar for medicare.. Once I am approved with my bci check etc I should get a welcome packet in the mail and also will include a provider number. I will then be able to log into the states webportal, each provider has their own, and search for clients needing assistance in any county in Ohio. I could choose specific counties etc.. and contact their case manager and hopefully get my foot in the door. You have to be organized and sorta have it together from what I see, do your own billing, forms, procedures etc.. basically cut out the middle man/agencies.. Well the pay for Ohio is $24.76? an hour for a STNA which is a CNA in some states. You have to pay your own taxes, non benefits, but get to choose who you work with, the hours you are available and not, etc.. you can choose to increase your hours or lower them when you need to. The pay for RN's is like $56/hr!!! I had no idea I could make the $24 and hour before getting my degree or I would have done that years ago and a much more stable income for raising my kids. Good luck, and check into this and please leave some clients for me!

EduardoLugo · Feb 20, 2011

Hi, I got my CNA/STNA in 2008 and worked for $8hr in rural Ohio. I made $10hr private pay in Florida also. I have seen some larger cities offering $10 to $17 probably not the higher to start and those were with large hospitals corporations. What I did NOT know is this secret... First I am in nursing school towards RN so I figured rough it out and make low wage and in a couple years make $20ish to start per hour. Well I always sorta wished I could just find more private pay clients but most can not afford it and didnt figure the insurance comp would pay me for caring for them. So I have discovered that you can fill out a lengthy application for most/all states through their medicare/aid program, pay for a bci/fbi check and have other requirements sent exactly as they are listed, in 30-90 days you get approved/ if no issues.. For example, In Ohio it is carestar for medicare.. Once I am approved with my bci check etc I should get a welcome packet in the mail and also will include a provider number. I will then be able to log into the states webportal, each provider has their own, and search for clients needing assistance in any county in Ohio. I could choose specific counties etc.. and contact their case manager and hopefully get my foot in the door. You have to be organized and sorta have it together from what I see, do your own billing, forms, procedures etc.. basically cut out the middle man/agencies.. Well the pay for Ohio is $24.76? an hour for a STNA which is a CNA in some states. You have to pay your own taxes, non benefits, but get to choose who you work with, the hours you are available and not, etc.. you can choose to increase your hours or lower them when you need to. The pay for RN's is like $56/hr!!! I had no idea I could make the $24 and hour before getting my degree or I would have done that years ago and a much more stable income for raising my kids. Good luck, and check into this and please leave some clients for me!

Yeah, RN gets paid a lot of money. Nurse practitioner earns even more! I want to go for NP or CRNA after RN.. not for the money.. because I want to learn more skills and help patients. I am 24.. by the time I start working as a RN, I will be 30.. then I have work as a RN for a couple of years and then go for CRNA or go for NP right after I earn my BSN in nursing degree.