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Specializes in Cardiac/Med-surg/ LTC.

1. Where do you Live?

2. When you started...As a new LPN~

What was your job setting- where did you work?

What was your starting salary?

3.NOW TODAY~

What's your job setting now?

Where do you live?

How many years of experience do you have?

What's your current salary?

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Just wondering where everyone falls I was looking on-line for LPN job outlooks & found this: Just curious where everyone falls.

LPN Salary

Overall, LPN salaries are based on years of experience, location, the type of facility and shifts.

According to Salary.com, the current median expected salary for a typical Licensed Practical Nurse in the United States is $37,028. ( :yeah: I'm right there )

As stated at PayScale.com, LPNs in the states of New Jersey and Washington have the highest median annual salary at $40,000 and LPNs in Pennsylvania have the lowest median annual salary at $30,989.00.

( ***I LIVE IN PA & RIGHT NOW I'M AVERAGING $37,500:D always wish it was more but it's ok- Guess it JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE YOUR JOB SETTING IS- SALARY EVEN IN LTC VARIES GREATLY IN ANY JOB MARKET- just need to keep your eyes open & hunt around ***)

A recent survey reveals that a NEW Licensed Practical Nurse earns about $11.88 (*** :typingWHEN I WAS A NEW LPN IN 1992 MY STARTING SALARY WAS 9.54 I worked in a hospital.*** & as a new starting CNA in 1986-LTC- I made 5.25~um.) but can very greatly based on location, as follows:

Starting salaries; New LPN

New England - $14.65

Middle Atlantic - $12.08

East North Central - $12.60

West North Central - $10.84

South Atlantic - $11.53

West South Central - $10.11

Mountain - $11.76

Pacific - $14.16

LPN Job Outlook

A recent survey indicates that approximately 702,000 jobs were held by licensed practical nurses, by 2016 LPN jobs are expected to grow to 854,000 jobs with the greatest needs being in LTC. Hospital jobs for LPN will continue to be rare and are steadily decreasing and this will continue to be the trend as hospitals are shifting to an all Rn staff but Employment opportunities for licensed practical nurses are expected to be excellent in the years to come. Between now and 2012, the number of LPNs is expected to increase at a steady pace due to the growing elderly population and baby boomers, which requires more care from trained, Licensed Practical Nurses, and the general growth of health care. Job growth will be faster than the average in physician's offices and outpatient care centers.

There is an expected growth of 10%-20% through the year 2010 for LPNs. Nursing schools are graduating far more LPNs than they have in the past in order to keep up with the demand in the job market.

As long-term care of elderly patients will be an increasing concern to the nation's health care

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:Dok..i'll play....

1. Where do you Live? rural upstate NY

2. When you started...As a new LPN~

What was your job setting- where did you work?....house for 12 medically frail MR residents

What was your starting salary?15.50...state benefits....

3.NOW TODAY~

What's your job setting now? same...

Where do you live? same....

How many years of experience do you have? 8 months...i am SO new

What's your current salary?same..but get a 40cent raise in july....(1 year)

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
1. where do you live? fort worth, texas

2. when you started...as a new lpn~

what was your job setting- where did you work?

what was your starting salary? in february 2006, i accepted my first lpn position as a charge nurse at a small nursing home. the starting pay was $17.75 hourly.

3.now today~

what's your job setting now?

where do you live?

how many years of experience do you have?

what's your current salary? i still live in texas and am employed at another nursing home. i have approximately 3 years of work experience as an lpn. my current salary is $25 hourly, and i had to hop from job to job to find that pay rate.

e.o.m.

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Specializes in psych. rehab nursing, float pool.

1. Where do you Live?

Southwest Florida

2. When you started...As a new LPN~

What was your job setting- where did you work?

What was your starting salary?

Ah, I started in Feb 1978 at $4.00 an hour as a gpn. once I passed boards I got $4.10. I started on an acute care Psychiatric unit in our hospital in Minnesota.

3.NOW TODAY~

What's your job setting now?

Where do you live?

How many years of experience do you have?

What's your current salary?

I work in a Rehabilitation hospital connected to our local hospital, I live in southwest florida. I earn over $41,000.00 a year no over time working straight days 36 hours a week.

I have a total of 30 years experience.

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

I live in very very north Wisconisn

I started in LTC made 10.03 per hour

I am still there, and have way over doubled my salary. I have been there for almost 13 years and I love it!!

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Specializes in Wound Care, LTC, Sub-Acute, Vents.

1. where do you live?

central new jersey

2. when you started...as a new lpn~

what was your job setting- where did you work?

what was your starting salary?

ltc-county owned

with shift differential(3-11), i get paid almost 24/hr

3.now today~

what's your job setting now?

where do you live?

how many years of experience do you have?

what's your current salary?

same company. i have 11 months experience. last year i made 60k a year. i only did little ots.

i strategically schedule my ot during holidays and weekends because those days get paid the most.

i get triple pay for holidays. i think we have 12 holidays per year. when i work double during holidays, i get paid

6x my regular pay for working 16 hours.

really, new jersey is one of the highest paying states for lpns?

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Specializes in tele, oncology.

I'll bite...

I live near St. Louis, MO. I started out at $11/hr working geropsych nine years ago.

Still live in the same area, but I've worked tele/oncology for five years now. I make $16.50/hr now with $1.25 diff for weekends and $2.25 diff for nights.

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Specializes in SN, LTC, REHAB, HH.

i just knew mo. was on the low end of the pay scale for lpns. i was told that new lpns here could make anywhere from 18-22hr. i was making 15hr. as a tech and that was without differentials. mo. sucks!

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Specializes in Military training, mostly med surg..

well, this makes me feel better...i am scheduled to take my refresher course in may to get my inactive license back to active. with all the posts about having a hard time finding a job..this makes me feel like i will be able to find a job as an lpn. i live in pa, but am on the boarder of md, so i will be able to look in both states!

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Specializes in LTC, Urgent Care.

1. where do you live?

south central pa

2. when you started...as a new lpn~

what was your job setting- where did you work?

what was your starting salary?

graduated 2005 from nursing school, but did not get my license till 2006

ltc, where i had been the receptionist prior to becoming a nurse.

made $15/hr as a gpn and $16/hr after getting my license

3.now today~

what's your job setting now?

where do you live?

how many years of experience do you have?

what's your current salary?

i now work in an urgent care setting.

still in south central pa.

4 yrs experience

salary: $15/hr

:)

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Specializes in Mother-Baby, Rehab, Hospice, Memory Care.

1. where do you live? dallas-fort worth, tx

2. when you started...as a new lpn~

what was your job setting- where did you work? ltc

what was your starting salary? $18.25/hr

3.now today~

what's your job setting now? hospice

where do you live? same as above

how many years of experience do you have? about 3

what's your current salary? i average about $19.25/hr, but i always work a little ot and i get mileage reimbursement so annual salary will be around $52,000

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