What was your LPN starting salary????

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I am currently in school for LPN, I will not graduate until May of 2011 but I would like to know what is the average starting salary for a LPN fresh out of school. I have seen salary threads on here but nothing recently for a starting LPN salary. So can you tell me what was your starting salary, where do you live & what type of facility did or do you work for? How long did it take you to find a work? I know all these factors are what make up your pay. Also do you like your job?:) I currently live in northeastern PA. Thanks!!!

Specializes in Geriatrics.

I started at 10.02 an hour, at a county owned facility- in 1994!!! My salary has almost tripled, I am the 2nd highest in seniority there!! 10 bucks at that time wasnt too bad!!

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
wow seeing all the starting pay is gettin me jealous. just started in a convalescent hospital in long beach,ca. Start at $18 but with no differential.:mad: (im working graveyard) given im a newbie lvn but still!
You are very lucky to have landed a job in the first place when you take into consideration the fact that you're a new grad LVN in the Los Angeles area, which is one of the worst nursing job markets in the country right now.
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Specializes in Geriatrics, Dementia.

I live in Lancaster, PA. So we are sorta close.

My first job, I was being very picky and only wanted day shift. I got offered jobs second shift skilled for 26/hr. I declined, because like I said, I was being greedy with the shift.

So...I ended up taking day shift, no holidays, barely any weekends at a Dr's office. I got payed 12.00 an hour. It sucked. The job itself wasn't so bad. I got lots of injection and phlebotomy experience, but the pay sucked and I was doing the exact same stuff and got the same pay as medical assistants.

Now I am 1st shift assisted living, dementia unit, making 18.00/hr. I started out second shift there.

Bottom line, don't be picky. That was my big mistake. :p

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Specializes in Homecare, Public Health.

$26/hr with $2.00 wknd diff - mix of 1rst and 2nd shifts at LTC & Rehab facility.

One year later 33/hr at another LTC & Rehab

I prefer my VNA job $30 a visit and a visit can be anywhere from 20 minutes to occasionally an hour, and paid mileage.

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Specializes in geriatrics.
I live in Lancaster, PA. So we are sorta close.

My first job, I was being very picky and only wanted day shift. I got offered jobs second shift skilled for 26/hr. I declined, because like I said, I was being greedy with the shift. :p

If you don't mind me asking, where was this in Lancaster? I'm close by and prefer 2nd/3rd shift.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Dementia.

That was a skilled nursing facility in Columbia, actually. It had a very bad reputation. I read an article in the Lancaster newspaper about the best and worst in the area and that nursing home was the worst rated. That was a factor as well.

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Im also in Indiana. I became an LPN in 1989. My starting pay was $6.53 at the hospital. Other classmates hired in at the local long term care facility starting at $9.00. My how things have truly changed!!

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