Cynthia asks:

<< How did ILCA get this figure?  Does anybody out there actually make
$25,000+?
  And if that's an *average* it means some of us make much more than that?
  How can that be?  Are they including LCs who lecture and run courses?  I
 can't imagine making $25,000+ doing private practice LC work. >>

There are far more LCs in hospital than in private practice.  My daughter,
brand-spanking new RN straight out of school, is making a base pay of over
$33,000/year.  (She works nights, so it is higher).  LCs in hospitals are
going to be paid more than a brand new grad -- I would hope!! -- so what
hospital LCs make is more than going to top out what those of us eeking along
in private practice make -- about enough to take our kids out to MacD's
periodically without going into debt.  Or in my case, enough to support my
computer habit and keep the IRS from assuming I have a hobby, not a
profession.

And yes, there are some private practice RNs who will make $25,000 +.

Jan Barger, who ISN'T making $25,000+ and wonders if staff nursing is really
the way to go....