What was your starting LPN pay?

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Can someone help me out and tell me what the average LPN pay is for a nurse just starting?

K

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Ok. I've just been reading one of the more popular older threads and I see that it really varies from $10/hr to $26/hr depending on location and experience. Any recent feedback is appreciated.

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In my area three years ago it was $18-$20 an hour. Today it is $15-$17 an hour.

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Hi. Can ask what area you are in?

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Los Angeles

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OMG! That was a long time ago! $1.50 in 1968!

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

In February 2006 my starting pay rate as an LVN new grad in a Texas nursing home was $17.75 hourly. I still live in the same city, but nearly four years later my hourly rate at a different facility is $26 per hour.

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I work 2 jobs, was offered several others, I'll give you what I make and what I was offered. I graduated Aug 2009, I'm in East TN.

Civilian hospital - PRN (no benefits) started at $17 hr base, $2.45 night diff, 7% acuity pay.

Western NC - VA Hospital, $16.55 base, 12% night diff, 25% weekend diff

Jobs offered:

Home health - $17 hr

LTC - $15 hr

Dr. Office - $10 hr

Not bad for East TN, not great if you live in a higher cost of living area.

Tony

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Specializes in Pediatric Private Duty; Camp Nursing.

LTC facility in Allentown, PA: $18/hr day, $19/hr evening, $18.50 overnights.

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In New York you get $26 and above..below that is a no no

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Specializes in Chiropractic assistant, CNA in LTC, RN.

Most of the LPNS I know work in LTC here in NW NC. They start at 20 with no benefits and 15 or so with benefits.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Several years ago in the Washington DC area I started out at $23 an hour. PRN work at that time was paying about $28.

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