What is the starting wage for CNA in your area?

[flod]

After spending several hundred dollars (maybe more than 500 but less than 1000 dollars) and a few weeks (a month?) investing in a CNA certificate, how much can you expect to earn in different areas of the US? Does night shift pay more?

[KDSkyy44]

I am in northern NJ. Starting pay for LTC is about 11.25 and for nurse assistant in an acute care setting is 14.00. PSA positions are solid ways to get your foot into the door at an acute care setting and those are about 8.25 hr. differentials for evening shifts add about .50 or so and night shifts add about a 1.00.

[kaydensmom01]

wrong thread

[TurtleCat]

It varies a lot by where you live and the type of facility you work in.

I live in Louisiana and it seems like the typical going rate for CNA jobs in my immediate area is $9-10/hr. At the nursing home, the starting pay was $9/hr with a shift differential for the evening and night shifts, and my current job is also $9/hr.

[cnastriving2brn]

I'm a new CNA. I work 3-11 and make $10 during week and $11 on weekends. I stay in VA

[Kitzch]

Here in Alaska~

My CNA training was a little over $1000. I started out in a hospital here at $16/hr after 1 year of LTC experience (which paid about the same- on call in a state run facility - however in the mother baby unit it's less physically demanding). Night shift differential makes it $17/hr

*I'd like to add though, the typical 1 bedroom rental here is at least $900/mo.

[flod]

I live in Easter Ohio. I'm sure that they would hire out of state people, if you plan to relocate to work there. I live in Eastern Ohio, and I just heard an advertisement on the radio yesterday that one of the places is hiring.

Thank you. How could I find the names of the places to contact them?

[MierKat]

Seattle. Home health aide w/CNA certification pay is $12-13. But minimum wage in this state is $9 so wages are higher but that negatively impacts unemployment rates.

[blwilliams10]

It really depends upon your area. Here in southern Missouri it is about $9/hr, with minimum wage being $7.35.

[t2091]

I live in Phoenix and at my current LTC job I make $10.50 but I just got hired at a hospital after eight months and the pay is $14.05.

[chas89]

Hi! I'm in South Carolina & @ my first CNA job I was paid $9.50/hr worked nights in Assisted living facility. My 2nd job was in LTC working 3-11pm. I was supposed to be getting $9/hr + $2 shift differentials ($1 weekends & $1 evenings)= $11/hr but only got $10.75/hr on my stub. I only stayed there for 2 weeks, hated that job. Now I'm at a different Assisted living facility, working nights getting $11/hr & loving every minute of it! :)

[LightX]

Michigan.

It's typical to get around $10. an hour at a nursing home and around $8.-$9 an hour for home care or assisted living. Hospitals (if you can get in) pay somewhere around $11.-$14 an hour.

Most LTC pay more for 2nd or 3rd shift.

I took my training thru American Red Cross which I paid out of pocket. The state of Michigan re-imbursed me most of the money once I began working in a LTC facility. I could have also gone through a process (testing, classes on interviewing, etc) to have the state pay for my class before hand but, I chose not to go through all that.

I know some nursing homes once did the CNA training with a 1 year committment from the CNA but I haven't heard of any that do it now. (I looked for one before paying for the training.).

[flod]

Here in Alaska~

My CNA training was a little over $1000. I started out in a hospital here at $16/hr after 1 year of LTC experience (which paid about the same- on call in a state run facility - however in the mother baby unit it's less physically demanding). Night shift differential makes it $17/hr

*I'd like to add though, the typical 1 bedroom rental here is at least $900/mo.

Why is the wage so high there? How many weeks did it take for you to get the CNA?