LPN positions are generally increasing as demand for health care services has risen with improvements in medical technologies, life expectations and palliative care.  The area which has seen the most increase in demand for LPNs is that of long term nursing and elderly care facilities and in the provision of home nursing support.  As you might expect therefore where demand is highest, so the sort of LPN salaries on offer is also the highest, as employers compete for human resource.  The only exception to this case is the pay for contract LPN’s which is the highest of all, due to the fact that such roles require flexibility and adaptability and the people undertaking the work will not always be fully employed.

So what can a newly qualified LPN expect in initial LPN salaries?  Well the answer is of course dependant upon location and the particular sector which you are looking for a role, but it is quite reasonable to assume that a starting LPN graduate can expect starting LPN salaries of between £33,000 up to the high $30,000′s.  In addition to the base LPN salary an LPN might also expect to get a shift premium for working unsocial hours on certain shifts and they will almost certainly get some form of premium to the hourly rate when working overtime.

These sorts of reasonable salary expectations demonstrate why the investment and commitment required in order to qualify as an LPN is worthwhile.  Working as an LPN can be a rewarding and fulfilling vocation.  But it can also be relatively lucrative as LPN salaries reflect the relative shortage of qualified staff.  A nurse, can use the LPN qualification as an intermediate step on the way to becoming a Registered Nurse, and demand for the services of LPNs over the coming decade is expected to continue to increase thus making the decision to join the nursing profession in this manner as a way to achieve good stable employment.