starting wage for lpn

leeae85 · Aug 7, 2006

i take my nclex this wed, and i have 2 job offers, one starts @ $16 for day shift ($20 for nights), and the other starts @ $17 for days w/ $21 for nights. they are ltc, and they both have weekend baylor positions. i live near the charleston area in sc.

pagandeva2000, LPN · Aug 9, 2006

Well first of all I am from Arkansas, Our hospital starts out 2 year nurses @ $10.87. I am really disharted to have a college certificate and still quailify ( if I applied) for welfare and foodstamps and subsidized housing. Where is the justification in this??? Is this just a horriable paying hospital or all NWarkansas hospitls this pitiful? I am just having a bad pay period LOL I love what I do but my kids love to eat.

My goodness...medical assistants get that amount of pay here in New York. Again, I am surprized of the salaries in other states. I had a friend that is an RN that applied somewhere in Virginia about 5 years ago, and she told me that they offered her about $16-$17 per hour. Not worth it for all of the stress nursing school puts you under.

BlkQueenLPN · Aug 9, 2006

Here in Michigan it starts at $18 & up. I'm makeing $24 now in LTC.

lilthorina · Aug 14, 2006

Im a New LVN Grad. I just got my license... and now im working at a nursing home. they pay me $22/hr..... but i know the min wage they pay is about $18/hr... the DON told me that i have gud experiences as a CNA.... i think that's why she gave me $22... with a $3500 sign-on bonus.... the $22 was actually the per diem pay rate no benefits. but since i wanted benefits, she recommended me to per diem first and later during the orientation i could ask the lady that i wanted the benefits.. so i will be getting my benefits and keep the per diem pay rate anyway... that was really nice of her to do that...

the hospital i workd at as a CNA was around $18/hr in the AM 12hr shift with $3500 sign on bonus.... a night differential of $4 with a sign-on bonus of $5000 for the PM 12hr shift..... i was gonna work for this hospital and work the pm 12hr shift...... but i didnt wanna deprive myself with sleep... the only difference wud be the $2000 from the sign on bonus in the hospital and still get paid $22/hr for pm 12hr shift.....

im happy i found the job that accomodate my skedule, i work the 3-11 shift.... i go to skool in the morning taking 10 units at a community college....

lisalpn06 · Aug 17, 2006

I live in Indiana, just graduated in May, and am working at a correctional facility at $20.50 an hour.

skittlebear · Aug 17, 2006

location: TN. left my last job making 12/hr. Currently making 17/hr working with developmentally disabled.

Ahill1988 · Nov 25, 2009

Wow, i am reading through these and am sooo surprised by the wages you guys are posting! I worked at a retail store as an assistant manager here in Washington state with no high school diploma and made $12 an hour. I cant believe some LPN's out there are making $10 an hr, thats barely higher than our minimum wage here! A woman i know works as an LPN here at a jail and makes $25 an hour starting out.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Nov 26, 2009

Wow, i am reading through these and am sooo surprised by the wages you guys are posting! I worked at a retail store as an assistant manager here in Washington state with no high school diploma and made $12 an hour. I cant believe some LPN's out there are making $10 an hr, thats barely higher than our minimum wage here! A woman i know works as an LPN here at a jail and makes $25 an hour starting out.

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