What you make as a nurse Vs. Cost of living

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Specializes in Ante-Intra-Postpartum, Post Gyne.

Where I live RN's make between $23-34/hr, depending on expereince title ect. Here you can not buy a modest home (and even fixer-uppers)for under $300,000.....every one talks about how well nursing pays, but with the cost of here is terrible. What do you make an hour and what does an "average" home go for in your area.

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Specializes in SNF-LTC; Gero-psych.

LPN's around here make between $12 - $18 and an average home i would guess to be between $75,000 - $125,000

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Specializes in Ante-Intra-Postpartum, Post Gyne.
LPN's around here make between $12 - $18 and an average home i would guess to be between $75,000 - $125,000

LVN make about $15/hr here, thats about the same......but great house prices! (for you I mean!)

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Specializes in SNF-LTC; Gero-psych.

i live in a VERY SMALL town..lol i actually plan on moving sooner then later. But then again I also plan on having my RN soon and becoming an APRN

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Specializes in ED, CTSurg, IVTeam, Oncology.

In New York City, with 21 years exp, currently at $45 per hour. Homes go for anywhere from 1/2 million on up, and that's for the size 3 shoebox. That's why I rent.

If I lived in some other financially reasonable state, I would be able to support two wives AND a mistress. In NYC, I'm barely keeping my kids fed. If it wasn't for overtime, she would have divorced me years ago... LOL

Ralph

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

I live in central IL. I make $26 hour with 12 years RN experience and my current house is worth about $210,00 and its very nice.

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In Virginia Beach LPN's make around $15 - $19 an hour and RNs make $19 - $26 and hour.

It cost $250-$300 thousand to buy a nice home here, nice meaning 3 to 4 bedroom, NOTHING fancy. If you want a really nice newer home (less than than 10 years old) your looking at $400,000 and Uuupppppp!!

And don't even get me started on the how much it cost to rent a 1 bedroon apt. Grrrr!

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Specializes in Open Heart/ Trauma/ Sx Stepdown/ Tele.

I make $29 an hour, current worth of townhouse is $200,000.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Center/East Tx: salaries ~20.50 for new RN grads up to ~35.00 for years and years of experience.

My house: 3 br on cul de sac across from park: 97k. Decent range from 80-150k.

It's a great place to live.

~faith,

Timothy.

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Maui, HI. LPN for 2 years, LTC about $20hr. Cost of living is thru the roof. Our 2bdrm condo could be on the market for $325,000. Milk=$7.00gal, gas-$3.66 gal,2 plastic bags of grocery $55.95, living next to the ocean=PRICELESS

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It's tough in California, very tough.

Luckily though, my salary as a nurse will only help us. We just purchased a home last October, average price in the area is around 500, our home was in the upper 400 range.

So we are tight right now, but once im working we should be fine. In California you almost always need 2 salaries.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

I'm an LVN in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex who earns $18.50 hourly with no experience, as I just became licensed in January.

I bought my brand new 1,860 square foot house for $104,000 in Fort Worth nearly 8 months ago. My house in central California is worth $300,000; however, the California LVN salaries are slightly lower.

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