LPN wages average $13.53 an hour in Mississippi but range to $23.67 per hour in Connecticut. It appears likely that unionization is one of the major factors contributing to higher wages for LPNs.
LPN Salary
States that have high union density for hospital nurses – Alaska, California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington – also provide higher LPN wages. Nationally, nurses with a union earned 13 percent more than their non-union counterparts.
LPN Median Wages:
Employment services $41,550
Nursing care facilities $35,460
Home health care services $35,180
General medical and surgical hospitals $32,570
Offices of physicians $30,400
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