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I worked for a county nursing home.
Pay scale was with 3rd shift prem's
cna's got about 10-12 an hour.
And being a MA and having cna training I often had to do all that shit because county nursing homes are way under staffed. Your job must have given u a shit deal hehe. My dental was a $1 a month and health was $3 a month and union So everyday was christmas. LPN's and RN's Got paid massively more than 8$ an hr hehe But different states and whether its county or private makes a big diff =)



Well, NM was like a pseudo Right to Work state. Unions are generally relegated to the large cities - Albuquerque and Santa Fey. My homestate, TX, is a Right to Work and very anti-Union. My wife currently makes a little over $12 an hour with shitty medical working for a clinic. When she worked for a hospital, she made $2 more an hour and had great benefits at minimal costs, but the overtime killed her. I believe RNs in this area start off around $16 an hour. IMO, wages are usually relative. Cost of living isn't too high here, but compared to NM, it's expensive. IMHO, most of NM is like a Third World Country.