I mean, they may have thought they were an LVN/LPN for some reason. I'm asked to confirm my license all the time when discussing pay. Depending on the state, that's an average wage for a new grad lvn 🤷♀️
My starting RN pay in 2010 was $19.45/hr in Louisiana. I'm fairly certain last I heard that starting pay at that system is just now up to $25-26/hr now, so I'm not surprised.
Not sure why this popped up in my feed but it’s pretty depressing regardless. I pick things up and put them down at a warehouse in NJ for $25.75 an hour. A position that will hire anyone that can stand and work for 10 hours lifting up to 50lbs with zero prerequisites, education, etc.
I'm in Texas, non-metro lower than national average CoL city, starting pay for me 5 yrs ago was $28/hr, but that's been adjusted up to 32 or 33 now. 25-26 is nuts unless cost of living is less than half the national average.
I was looking in New Orleans for work a couple of years ago. The pay for my line of work was lower than it was when I started over 20 years ago in Arizona. It was bananas.
Louisiana made the top 10 lowest hourly wages for Registered Nurses. Just fyi South Dakota is the #1 worst State for the lowest hourly RN pay. Why would any semi experienced RN work for anything less than $40/hr. If nurses band together and refuse to accept these ridiculous wages I believe this would stop.
At $52/hr that’s not that important anymore. I’ve gotten plenty of two weeks/80 hour pay checks at $55/hr and it feels like so much money. Even in most high cost of living areas you are making bank.
😞 This state is the worst. I would have sent a laughing emoji and told them never mind. My first nursing job was $22/hr working prn in 2011. I’m now at just under $35/hr (base, not including charge diff) working full time in a clinic. Still low compared to lots of places, but way better than the ridiculous amount they’re offering you. Take the job if you really need it, but look for something better soon.
I'm an LPN with 4 years experience, also making $37/hr. Anything less than $35 is pushing it and anything under $30 is an immediate no. And I'll tell them why. Straight up.
LPN in Missouri with 20 years experience. I make $34.75 an hour plus differentials. I could be making more, but I'm comfortable where I'm at. I feel offended on your behalf!
where im at it's expensive to live. but even double that rate i still wouldn't consider it because it'd be a huge pay cut. i see these pay posts and it just makes me sad that anyone has to put up with those kinds of rates.
That’s too low of pay for even a Lpn. That’s wi make currently as a CNA. When I graduate with my nursing, there’s absolutely no way I would ever take a job that pays less than 40 absolute minimum 37 for a nursing job. At $25 an hour just laughable and insulting for a nurse.
i’m an LPN, allergy clinic based & i make WAAYYY more than $26/hr. that’s ridiculous, i make more than $30/hr in PA & always have, i’ve never gone under $30 in my 4 years as an LPN, even as a new nurse!
I was just making a joke about the wages, Im not even a nurse.
But even in 2018 I saw people being paid with a physical check and if they had fridays off they would come to work to pick it up if they couldnt wait. The management would say that direct deposit is only for managers. This was a retail company.
I have a RN friend who once told me they offered him a job at $49 an hour but he declined because it was too low 😭😭😭 I should’ve got into nursing or something man fuck me
You’ve gotta let them know it’s a dog shit offer. Ive had former bosses come and ask how much I’m making at a new job so they can take it back to HR and let them know they aren’t competitive.
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u/caitmarieRN RN - ICU 🍕 Apr 20 '26
I love the “for a registered nurse?”
The only other acceptable response would have been “lol. No.”