Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$62,340

National average

Salary Range

$47,960 – $80,510

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$92,840$76,120$105,500
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$90,810$75,270$107,440
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$82,190$65,250$95,770
Napa, CA$81,820$68,650$113,330
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$81,300$61,280$103,770
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$80,880$61,960$95,570
Salinas, CA$80,600$66,460$92,910
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$80,480$66,160$97,980
Vallejo, CA$80,380$66,260$105,110
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$80,180$71,120$106,530
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$79,820$60,060$94,110
Grants Pass, OR$79,810$69,010$94,810
Washington$79,700$62,400$96,680
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$79,580$66,900$103,080
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$79,580$63,520$95,470
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$79,460$64,550$101,300
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$79,220$64,000$90,960
Bend, OR$79,040$58,140$93,930
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$78,870$65,080$97,030
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$78,670$65,060$93,650
Kennewick-Richland, WA$78,510$57,500$96,140
Anchorage, AK$78,060$61,950$94,560
Rhode Island$77,940$62,540$90,720
Alaska$77,670$60,060$96,490
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$77,500$65,140$103,940
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$77,280$62,690$98,590
California$77,170$62,390$99,840
Barnstable Town, MA$77,030$62,410$92,900
Bellingham, WA$76,860$58,390$95,530
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$76,640$64,700$97,640
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$76,620$62,470$93,590
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$76,600$61,280$92,670
Oregon$76,570$62,980$94,880
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$76,570$63,930$92,340
Massachusetts$76,560$62,990$90,230
Flagstaff, AZ$76,560$60,590$88,950
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$76,450$59,700$89,500
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$76,450$60,670$93,090
Carson City, NV$76,390$63,110$88,900
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$76,290$62,240$96,090
Salem, OR$76,030$61,700$88,430
Yuba City, CA$76,030$64,000$83,790
Modesto, CA$75,800$59,720$101,970
Reno, NV$75,750$59,590$86,040
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$75,560$61,050$90,750
Stockton-Lodi, CA$75,560$62,130$96,340
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$75,560$63,490$79,060
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$75,560$64,650$82,480
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$75,560$61,490$82,670
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$75,420$61,300$80,950
Boulder, CO$75,420$60,580$86,550
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$75,330$59,180$82,910
Walla Walla, WA$75,310$58,950$91,620
Portland-South Portland, ME$75,270$62,550$83,000
Medford, OR$74,900$60,590$91,100
Worcester, MA$74,870$62,670$82,330
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$74,670$58,780$82,780
New Hampshire$74,660$54,800$94,130
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$74,650$54,800$94,260
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$74,610$63,280$89,970
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$74,580$61,550$92,080
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$74,500$59,820$90,280
Yakima, WA$74,370$58,510$93,650
Albany, OR$74,140$59,090$93,440
Arizona$74,020$58,330$82,580
Nevada$73,820$59,190$85,120
El Centro, CA$73,760$58,560$91,790
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$73,650$59,190$85,120
Fresno, CA$73,340$60,940$97,560
Eugene-Springfield, OR$73,250$59,920$89,450
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$73,200$61,360$85,630
Fairbanks-College, AK$73,110$59,910$84,530
Niles, MI$72,960$58,670$85,180
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$72,920$52,000$88,770
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$72,800$59,340$84,380
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$72,790$62,030$81,390
Springfield, MA$72,760$61,430$80,450
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$72,570$62,420$81,020
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$72,450$55,830$81,980
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$72,420$60,110$75,920
Longview-Kelso, WA$72,130$65,780$95,530
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$71,900$58,610$83,940
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$71,680$57,410$80,560
Manchester-Nashua, NH$71,500$56,500$89,190
Merced, CA$71,430$60,510$78,430
Redding, CA$71,280$57,800$91,830
New Jersey$71,180$60,110$79,980
Visalia, CA$70,900$61,210$85,140
Tucson, AZ$70,890$58,010$81,970
Maine$70,870$50,840$99,860
Bangor, ME$70,870$54,090$74,400
District of Columbia$70,420$58,500$81,410
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$70,030$52,840$81,120
Chico, CA$70,020$46,240$83,990
Maryland$69,870$59,430$85,570
Corvallis, OR$69,760$53,610$93,310
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$69,570$56,260$83,220
Yuma, AZ$69,350$59,490$77,540
Connecticut$69,130$59,490$80,410
Santa Fe, NM$69,040$61,220$82,630
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$68,850$60,070$90,470
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$68,660$58,760$80,530
Greeley, CO$68,490$52,290$81,150
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$68,470$51,780$76,520
New Haven, CT$68,010$58,820$80,410
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$67,890$58,030$77,840
Pittsfield, MA$67,790$59,230$79,150
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$67,620$59,240$79,760
Burlington, NC$67,550$55,950$80,830
Colorado$67,480$52,320$82,850
Pueblo, CO$67,310$49,750$78,460
Lexington Park, MD$67,270$54,770$76,390
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$67,150$57,740$79,230
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$66,900$52,960$88,400
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$66,440$41,520$79,350
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$66,240$58,250$80,400
Colorado Springs, CO$66,190$52,480$77,390
Urban Honolulu, HI$66,180$53,670$81,930
Delaware$66,090$55,210$75,670
Illinois$66,030$51,150$83,940
Ann Arbor, MI$65,610$60,380$79,930
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$65,610$58,390$75,770
Hawaii$65,560$53,920$81,120
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$65,410$54,640$76,810
Boise City, ID$65,170$47,600$77,760
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$65,140$48,700$82,620
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$65,080$52,520$135,030
Farmington, NM$65,070$34,810$77,210
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$65,040$47,840$74,120
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$65,030$59,330$77,320
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$64,990$52,900$79,400
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$64,950$50,190$75,550
Kokomo, IN$64,920$55,790$78,470
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$64,910$53,390$80,660
Peoria, IL$64,590$50,460$79,680
Vineland, NJ$64,590$56,160$72,390
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$64,590$56,390$75,210
Vermont$64,560$50,050$99,240
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$64,510$52,090$81,820
Decatur, IL$64,410$51,760$78,470
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$64,310$50,760$74,990
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$64,240$50,810$91,170
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$64,140$53,490$78,990
Coeur d'Alene, ID$64,060$40,020$77,540
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$64,050$44,520$80,600
Reading, PA$64,030$52,110$77,270
New York$64,030$51,490$80,400
Muncie, IN$63,970$46,930$74,130
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$63,870$48,080$73,170
Michigan$63,810$53,360$77,290
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$63,770$50,840$75,040
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$63,720$55,550$77,360
Indiana$63,690$49,660$75,000
Charlottesville, VA$63,630$49,960$78,980
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$63,560$51,580$81,840
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$63,550$50,450$76,940
Kingston, NY$63,500$52,200$74,460
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$63,480$50,520$74,370
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$63,450$50,970$75,770
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$63,450$59,300$93,580
Bloomington, IL$63,400$50,140$74,120
Kankakee, IL$63,390$48,950$76,820
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$63,250$51,780$74,880
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$63,190$49,440$74,690
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$63,180$56,070$78,200
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$63,120$40,680$77,340
Madison, WI$63,110$53,220$75,140
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$63,100$52,870$75,000
Cleveland, OH$63,100$49,280$74,160
St. George, UT$63,090$51,590$74,760
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$63,050$49,200$74,010
Lebanon, PA$63,040$50,770$71,410
Ames, IA$63,020$49,890$76,340
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$62,960$49,050$75,240
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$62,930$45,260$73,980
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$62,910$46,910$75,930
Jackson, MI$62,860$54,450$76,150
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$62,810$51,180$75,020
Salisbury, MD$62,800$49,290$76,390
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$62,760$45,090$73,760
Kansas City, MO-KS$62,700$51,200$76,090
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$62,650$36,930$71,200
Lewiston, ID-WA$62,610$28,190$77,680
Champaign-Urbana, IL$62,600$39,400$79,370
Richmond, VA$62,590$50,140$78,260
St. Louis, MO-IL$62,540$50,550$78,180
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$62,540$52,860$74,460
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$62,530$49,220$74,010
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$62,470$50,760$75,570
Columbus, OH$62,460$50,170$74,880
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$62,440$49,590$75,870
Naples-Marco Island, FL$62,400$51,210$69,700
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$62,320$51,430$77,810
Virginia$62,310$48,160$77,450
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$62,310$52,570$74,960
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$62,300$48,940$73,350
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$62,240$51,040$72,610
Saginaw, MI$62,220$52,910$77,050
Asheville, NC$62,220$49,090$75,560
Dover, DE$62,220$51,430$71,450
Greensboro-High Point, NC$62,210$51,390$73,310
Monroe, MI$62,200$54,340$73,780
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$62,190$51,100$73,920
Gettysburg, PA$62,160$49,920$71,130
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$62,130$48,350$76,070
Rockford, IL$62,090$47,220$78,550
Evansville, IN$62,050$47,920$74,470
Pennsylvania$62,010$48,890$76,890
Fayetteville, NC$62,000$50,300$74,360
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$62,000$47,930$74,810
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$61,990$50,090$74,420
Midland, TX$61,990$52,580$72,510
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$61,970$47,590$71,210
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$61,930$51,550$74,940
Raleigh-Cary, NC$61,890$49,920$78,470
Wyoming$61,880$48,340$74,370
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$61,870$49,640$73,930
Fort Wayne, IN$61,790$49,350$73,070
Cheyenne, WY$61,780$48,340$74,560
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$61,780$49,600$74,960
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$61,760$50,710$72,390
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$61,760$48,000$72,260
Gainesville, GA$61,750$47,250$75,450
Idaho$61,720$28,190$76,290
Utah$61,710$41,720$79,350
Akron, OH$61,710$48,310$71,900
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$61,700$50,880$74,940
Ithaca, NY$61,670$50,270$68,910
Kenosha, WI$61,640$50,400$75,000
Bozeman, MT$61,630$47,040$74,500
Omaha, NE-IA$61,600$45,430$74,550
Las Cruces, NM$61,600$46,570$75,540
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$61,600$49,160$70,570
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$61,580$50,800$82,780
Bismarck, ND$61,560$49,420$74,020
Fond du Lac, WI$61,540$50,650$73,840
Winston-Salem, NC$61,520$49,690$72,480
Roanoke, VA$61,510$47,920$73,360
Battle Creek, MI$61,510$56,000$74,270
Flint, MI$61,470$56,780$78,080
Rochester, MN$61,460$51,260$71,650
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$61,460$48,040$74,940
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$61,440$26,550$75,870
North Carolina$61,380$49,050$75,580
Iowa City, IA$61,380$49,400$76,340
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$61,380$41,930$76,620
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$61,360$47,670$76,160
Mankato, MN$61,360$50,130$71,620
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$61,310$48,990$72,800
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$61,310$48,920$70,650
York-Hanover, PA$61,280$49,020$71,640
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$61,260$48,810$72,370
Bloomington, IN$61,190$48,750$71,220
Chambersburg, PA$61,180$48,300$73,080
Lancaster, PA$61,140$50,280$71,660
Manhattan, KS$61,140$48,030$76,380
Grand Junction, CO$61,130$47,270$75,800
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$61,130$52,230$71,470
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$61,120$51,060$77,580
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$61,100$48,110$73,220
Wisconsin$61,040$50,560$74,880
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$61,010$51,840$70,790
Ohio$60,990$48,300$73,580
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$60,970$54,800$76,150
Killeen-Temple, TX$60,940$45,430$84,160
Toledo, OH$60,910$48,140$72,100
Ogden, UT$60,890$31,130$75,520
Port St. Lucie, FL$60,880$50,530$74,990
Rochester, NY$60,880$50,110$72,380
Minnesota$60,870$50,130$72,960
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$60,830$50,010$74,750
North Dakota$60,820$49,420$73,260
Pittsburgh, PA$60,790$46,770$72,330
Elizabethtown, KY$60,780$49,410$75,150
New Mexico$60,760$37,980$75,640
Sandusky, OH$60,750$47,420$71,720
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$60,740$48,440$74,840
Nebraska$60,740$47,110$73,520
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$60,740$47,600$75,780
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$60,730$46,590$73,630
Appleton, WI$60,720$49,200$73,940
Janesville-Beloit, WI$60,700$50,110$73,380
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$60,680$49,370$73,790
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$60,670$48,330$72,240
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$60,650$43,890$75,300
Paducah, KY-IL$60,590$48,290$63,880
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$60,570$49,020$72,540
Fargo, ND-MN$60,570$49,450$70,640
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$60,560$48,950$72,810
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$60,520$50,950$75,070
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$60,420$48,410$75,280
Wilmington, NC$60,390$47,690$78,370
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$60,380$48,400$73,650
Grand Island, NE$60,360$46,630$68,760
Minot, ND$60,330$49,210$72,910
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$60,320$51,320$70,550
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$60,310$48,590$72,890
Spartanburg, SC$60,300$51,760$72,210
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$60,290$43,860$73,280
Rocky Mount, NC$60,280$49,310$70,020
Bowling Green, KY$60,250$48,100$64,050
Terre Haute, IN$60,200$38,500$70,650
Missoula, MT$60,190$49,200$75,650
Topeka, KS$60,180$50,310$73,350
Jacksonville, FL$60,180$48,460$70,010
Texas$60,150$47,820$73,610
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$60,140$49,000$74,860
Casper, WY$60,120$55,030$70,680
Florida$60,080$48,970$72,950
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$60,060$48,710$75,880
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$60,050$49,200$74,650
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$60,030$51,230$71,190
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$60,030$48,840$70,270
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$60,010$49,500$71,940
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$59,990$46,570$75,310
Columbia, SC$59,980$48,990$72,780
Kansas$59,920$48,540$73,260
Helena, MT$59,920$48,170$77,900
Waco, TX$59,820$47,280$76,400
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$59,800$49,080$71,730
Springfield, OH$59,780$48,820$78,400
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$59,760$47,600$67,080
Montana$59,750$47,040$74,500
Traverse City, MI$59,740$50,120$74,550
Owensboro, KY$59,730$46,390$67,970
Twin Falls, ID$59,700$34,010$75,020
Columbia, MO$59,700$48,340$72,950
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$59,690$49,670$67,290
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$59,680$48,510$69,490
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$59,680$48,030$73,050
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$59,650$46,740$65,100
Odessa, TX$59,630$48,750$71,560
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$59,630$51,040$64,790
Lincoln, NE$59,600$45,210$72,680
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$59,490$51,560$75,240
Iowa$59,460$48,510$75,320
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$59,430$42,850$68,300
Tulsa, OK$59,410$47,240$70,080
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$59,380$46,090$73,600
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$59,370$49,670$73,820
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$59,360$49,250$66,930
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$59,340$48,080$70,590
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$59,300$42,070$74,580
State College, PA$59,220$48,140$69,700
Glens Falls, NY$59,220$49,960$64,970
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$59,220$48,410$75,700
Erie, PA$59,180$45,630$70,550
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$59,170$49,110$71,630
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$59,160$48,690$72,800
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$59,090$48,700$71,790
Canton-Massillon, OH$59,060$46,850$69,600
South Carolina$59,050$48,140$69,910
Missouri$59,030$46,390$74,810
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$59,020$46,220$73,860
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$59,020$48,850$71,310
Amarillo, TX$59,010$46,510$70,930
Punta Gorda, FL$58,990$49,540$69,330
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$58,960$47,090$70,530
Oklahoma City, OK$58,950$37,860$67,990
Lexington-Fayette, KY$58,950$49,830$69,630
Elmira, NY$58,920$45,600$61,640
Victoria, TX$58,900$47,650$66,040
Bay City, MI$58,890$55,550$69,290
Eau Claire, WI$58,860$50,440$72,210
Gainesville, FL$58,850$47,850$64,540
Williamsport, PA$58,810$47,740$70,840
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$58,800$47,640$71,740
Cedar Rapids, IA$58,790$49,920$74,300
Winchester, VA-WV$58,760$46,910$74,790
Dubuque, IA$58,740$49,110$66,670
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$58,730$50,070$71,600
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$58,720$47,490$71,540
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$58,710$47,990$68,610
Sheboygan, WI$58,700$51,580$72,930
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$58,660$49,710$65,210
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$58,660$48,860$65,850
Harrisonburg, VA$58,650$48,360$74,730
Rome, GA$58,570$39,010$64,710
Homosassa Springs, FL$58,560$48,250$73,670
Wichita, KS$58,530$47,950$70,020
Georgia$58,490$44,500$73,040
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$58,480$45,140$65,160
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$58,480$48,600$68,770
Columbus, IN$58,460$49,110$70,270
Kentucky$58,450$46,230$69,310
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$58,450$47,690$68,170
Altoona, PA$58,420$45,640$70,640
Grand Forks, ND-MN$58,400$49,070$69,570
Lynchburg, VA$58,360$45,900$72,590
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$58,330$48,360$73,680
Corpus Christi, TX$58,290$46,950$67,030
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$58,250$46,740$69,060
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$58,220$43,760$70,600
St. Cloud, MN$58,200$44,230$78,290
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$58,170$47,520$70,650
Sherman-Denison, TX$58,140$48,940$66,650
Youngstown-Warren, OH$58,130$46,310$66,030
Goldsboro, NC$58,120$47,390$68,740
Mansfield, OH$58,100$45,840$69,460
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$58,090$48,810$69,560
Lima, OH$58,080$48,480$70,080
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$58,080$47,110$65,010
St. Joseph, MO-KS$58,040$46,550$65,580
Syracuse, NY$57,970$48,640$67,190
Springfield, IL$57,940$48,620$76,940
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$57,910$47,480$65,440
Wausau, WI$57,900$46,280$70,080
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$57,880$49,210$63,600
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$57,840$43,460$66,640
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$57,840$46,740$71,140
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$57,830$44,450$62,460
Springfield, MO$57,800$42,180$70,910
Great Falls, MT$57,720$47,040$72,090
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$57,710$47,130$65,040
Sumter, SC$57,690$47,640$67,180
Enid, OK$57,660$41,180$60,800
Savannah, GA$57,620$47,940$66,490
Pocatello, ID$57,610$25,970$73,360
Utica-Rome, NY$57,580$49,910$65,700
Tyler, TX$57,550$45,520$63,760
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$57,550$42,660$71,910
Chattanooga, TN-GA$57,540$38,460$63,300
Billings, MT$57,500$40,520$73,460
Duluth, MN-WI$57,500$48,940$66,060
Lawrence, KS$57,500$52,290$70,950
Macon-Bibb County, GA$57,470$43,830$65,980
Ocala, FL$57,440$47,220$63,200
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$57,440$49,000$64,770
Baton Rouge, LA$57,410$46,430$65,300
College Station-Bryan, TX$57,410$45,520$64,470
Binghamton, NY$57,360$48,520$66,670
Green Bay, WI$57,340$50,310$71,710
Clarksville, TN-KY$57,300$42,530$69,830
Athens-Clarke County, GA$57,150$48,110$70,030
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$57,140$45,480$62,100
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$57,110$45,250$61,960
Jefferson City, MO$57,050$46,300$63,120
Longview, TX$57,050$45,390$63,500
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$57,040$46,430$71,210
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$57,040$43,750$62,900
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$57,040$41,380$64,410
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$56,960$44,040$65,910
San Angelo, TX$56,900$45,910$63,300
Tallahassee, FL$56,880$45,910$65,210
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$56,860$45,430$67,960
Lubbock, TX$56,850$45,890$66,480
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$56,830$45,610$61,490
Midland, MI$56,820$51,350$77,100
Joplin, MO-KS$56,800$46,280$68,450
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$56,760$44,700$66,040
El Paso, TX$56,740$46,120$67,000
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$56,730$44,370$65,450
Virgin Islands$56,670$42,200$73,340
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$56,540$47,530$66,400
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$56,530$46,270$64,460
Greenville, NC$56,510$49,410$68,330
Abilene, TX$56,430$46,160$63,010
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$56,370$46,000$69,400
Wichita Falls, TX$56,360$46,000$64,960
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$56,350$48,630$63,870
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$56,100$43,080$72,750
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$56,080$44,550$64,980
Sebring, FL$56,060$46,450$68,610
Logan, UT-ID$55,900$37,250$62,690
Oklahoma$55,870$42,600$64,870
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$55,850$44,670$63,490
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$55,660$47,060$66,530
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$55,470$47,150$72,390
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$55,250$44,860$65,520
Albany, GA$55,240$41,290$63,960
Idaho Falls, ID$55,160$26,400$73,410
Laredo, TX$55,100$45,050$63,990
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$55,010$39,050$65,040
Jacksonville, NC$54,920$45,570$66,310
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$54,750$44,960$63,410
Florence, SC$54,720$45,760$63,540
Tennessee$54,530$38,680$65,140
Huntsville, AL$54,470$37,960$66,600
Albuquerque, NM$54,420$37,980$76,450
Lawton, OK$54,390$42,190$82,060
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$54,350$46,820$67,020
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$54,050$42,550$62,320
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$54,040$43,450$62,690
Wheeling, WV-OH$53,930$43,700$61,200
Louisiana$53,930$42,860$64,240
Johnstown, PA$53,440$45,270$66,040
Anniston-Oxford, AL$53,390$34,930$64,630
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$53,350$42,460$65,040
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$53,290$39,820$68,870
Monroe, LA$53,010$40,250$68,040
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$52,810$44,520$62,590
Texarkana, TX-AR$52,670$40,780$63,360
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$52,590$42,470$64,170
Cleveland, TN$52,470$39,630$60,370
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$52,410$42,460$64,780
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$52,210$39,720$62,280
Warner Robins, GA$52,160$43,510$62,130
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$52,160$36,650$63,810
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$52,040$50,340$60,420
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$52,040$43,150$63,810
Eagle Pass, TX$51,950$43,670$63,600
Montgomery, AL$51,880$31,200$62,930
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$51,860$40,090$61,740
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$51,800$46,110$61,920
Dalton, GA$51,770$43,700$62,270
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$51,700$45,410$69,670
Birmingham, AL$51,580$37,330$65,830
Lake Charles, LA$51,430$45,860$61,630
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$51,420$40,990$66,050
Jackson, MS$51,400$39,340$61,800
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$51,400$42,200$60,210
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$51,380$40,000$60,670
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$51,350$38,960$60,570
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$51,310$39,920$61,130
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$51,300$41,510$63,020
Decatur, AL$51,170$34,950$61,500
Hammond, LA$51,160$41,020$62,760
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$51,130$41,740$62,410
Columbus, GA-AL$51,040$40,500$62,750
Knoxville, TN$51,040$36,660$62,460
Arkansas$51,030$38,700$63,370
Alexandria, LA$51,000$44,230$66,190
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$51,000$42,620$73,680
Fort Smith, AR-OK$50,980$45,440$60,670
Hinesville, GA$50,880$42,110$57,350
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$50,820$42,010$60,920
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$50,780$38,310$59,410
Mobile, AL$50,670$38,050$61,560
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$50,420$38,010$64,870
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$50,410$39,760$61,380
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$50,410$42,070$62,560
Charleston, WV$50,370$41,940$64,670
Alabama$50,100$36,470$63,170
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$50,050$37,030$61,990
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$50,050$38,230$60,330
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$50,020$42,870$61,210
Rapid City, SD$49,970$39,990$69,060
Johnson City, TN$49,970$36,460$59,330
West Virginia$49,850$40,290$64,200
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$49,840$38,630$62,580
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$49,710$38,710$61,360
Morristown, TN$49,410$35,300$60,990
Jonesboro, AR$49,400$38,700$61,720
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$49,350$32,360$63,750
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$49,330$36,760$61,050
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$49,320$29,690$62,570
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$49,310$35,860$60,930
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$49,280$40,990$64,790
Hot Springs, AR$49,210$36,840$61,440
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$49,200$39,730$59,330
South Dakota$49,170$38,520$61,300
Morgantown, WV$49,150$45,590$62,410
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$49,150$37,710$59,570
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$49,120$36,740$59,810
Tuscaloosa, AL$49,110$38,230$62,340
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$49,040$37,770$60,040
Jackson, TN$49,030$37,640$59,990
Lafayette, LA$48,900$39,460$60,090
Mississippi$48,850$37,540$61,440
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$48,770$35,150$60,270
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$48,730$41,630$61,000
Auburn-Opelika, AL$48,590$34,430$62,050
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$48,590$35,030$58,550
Beckley, WV$48,540$40,330$62,600
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$48,290$37,800$61,040
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$48,270$37,910$59,800
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$47,910$39,580$62,100
Gadsden, AL$47,730$33,710$58,670
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$47,530$35,540$58,800
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$46,760$37,220$58,540
Hattiesburg, MS$46,470$37,770$58,390
Valdosta, GA$46,170$38,860$59,120
Dothan, AL$39,780$32,230$54,320
Guam$36,150$27,170$47,800
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$26,750$22,000$48,280
Guayama, PR$26,310$22,270$33,180
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$25,060$21,120$33,200
Puerto Rico$24,920$20,520$41,950
Ponce, PR$24,000$20,560$30,000
Mayaguez, PR$22,510$20,000$39,120
Arecibo, PR$22,230$20,390$29,550
Aguadilla, PR$21,860$19,760$27,740

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses is $62,340, with a typical range of $47,960 – $80,510 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses?β–Ύ

Entry-level Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses positions typically start around $47,960 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nursess earn the most?β–Ύ

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nursess tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.