I live in the South and that is about what they are paying. My sister-in-law lives in Michigan. She works part-time and makes $36 per hour. You know the nurse anaethetists are making $100,000 a year. But if people into nursing just because of money, they are missing the boat. It's really hard work.
I have people in my classes that are moving from LPN to RN because of the money and those who got into nursing simply for the money.
Some have made it through, some have already dropped out a few have flunked out.
For some people, they want the money to work as hard as a nurse does. I didn't look at salaries when I decided to go into forensic nursing. It wasn't until classes started and hospitals came around recruting that I even looked at money. Even if it paid $5/hr I'd still go into the field.