Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Salary

Median Salary
$64,400
per year
Hourly Rate
$30.96
per hour
Employment
648,410
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$49,740
25th percentile
$59,000
Median
$64,400
75th percentile
$76,030
90th percentile
$83,440

💰 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
Washington$83,150+29.1%
Alaska$80,800+25.5%
Oregon$80,470+25.0%
Massachusetts$80,220+24.6%
Rhode Island$80,090+24.4%
California$79,750+23.8%
New Hampshire$77,110+19.7%
Arizona$77,070+19.7%
Nevada$76,160+18.3%
District of Columbia$75,740+17.6%
New Jersey$75,160+16.7%
Illinois$75,000+16.5%
Maryland$74,660+15.9%
Colorado$73,880+14.7%
Connecticut$73,690+14.4%
Maine$73,200+13.7%
Hawaii$71,140+10.5%
Vermont$69,930+8.6%
Delaware$68,710+6.7%
New York$67,180+4.3%
Indiana$65,720+2.0%
Michigan$65,460+1.6%
Virginia$64,920+0.8%
Pennsylvania$63,940-0.7%
Idaho$63,800-0.9%
Wisconsin$63,760-1.0%
Minnesota$63,750-1.0%
Wyoming$63,460-1.5%
North Carolina$63,270-1.8%
Utah$63,230-1.8%
Nebraska$62,660-2.7%
Iowa$62,630-2.7%
North Dakota$62,300-3.3%
Texas$62,240-3.4%
Montana$62,210-3.4%
Georgia$62,030-3.7%
Ohio$61,950-3.8%
South Carolina$61,820-4.0%
Florida$61,770-4.1%
Kansas$61,760-4.1%
Missouri$61,530-4.5%
Kentucky$60,460-6.1%
New Mexico$59,330-7.9%
Tennessee$58,870-8.6%
Oklahoma$58,320-9.4%
Louisiana$57,470-10.8%
Alabama$57,030-11.4%
Arkansas$56,620-12.1%
West Virginia$55,360-14.0%
South Dakota$52,750-18.1%
Mississippi$50,220-22.0%

🏙️ Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$95,320+48.0%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$94,310+46.4%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$92,580+43.8%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$85,690+33.1%
Vallejo, CA$85,430+32.7%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$83,940+30.3%
Napa, CA$83,690+30.0%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$83,510+29.7%
Bend, OR$83,260+29.3%
Grants Pass, OR$82,410+28.0%
Anchorage, AK$82,330+27.8%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$82,190+27.6%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$81,580+26.7%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$81,570+26.7%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$81,350+26.3%
Barnstable Town, MA$81,250+26.2%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$81,000+25.8%
Salinas, CA$80,910+25.6%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$79,940+24.1%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$79,720+23.8%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$79,630+23.6%
Albany, OR$79,610+23.6%
Salem, OR$79,600+23.6%
Flagstaff, AZ$79,540+23.5%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$79,310+23.2%
Medford, OR$79,160+22.9%
Worcester, MA$79,060+22.8%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$79,020+22.7%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$79,010+22.7%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$78,990+22.7%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$78,950+22.6%
Carson City, NV$78,790+22.3%
Chico, CA$78,750+22.3%
Bellingham, WA$78,740+22.3%
Walla Walla, WA$78,690+22.2%
Reno, NV$78,600+22.0%
Pittsfield, MA$78,480+21.9%
Yuba City, CA$78,260+21.5%
Modesto, CA$78,200+21.4%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$78,080+21.2%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$78,080+21.2%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$78,070+21.2%
Longview-Kelso, WA$77,940+21.0%
Springfield, MA$77,850+20.9%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$77,830+20.9%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$77,800+20.8%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$77,790+20.8%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$77,650+20.6%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$76,970+19.5%
Boulder, CO$76,800+19.3%
Fairbanks-College, AK$76,690+19.1%
Yakima, WA$76,290+18.5%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$76,130+18.2%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$76,090+18.2%
Portland-South Portland, ME$75,950+17.9%
Tucson, AZ$75,940+17.9%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$75,920+17.9%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$75,920+17.9%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$75,910+17.9%
Merced, CA$75,890+17.8%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$75,860+17.8%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$75,810+17.7%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$75,610+17.4%
Fresno, CA$75,580+17.4%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$75,560+17.3%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$75,380+17.0%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$75,180+16.7%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$74,860+16.2%
Lexington Park, MD$74,860+16.2%
El Centro, CA$74,710+16.0%
Niles, MI$74,530+15.7%
Corvallis, OR$74,160+15.2%
Redding, CA$74,140+15.1%
New Haven, CT$73,820+14.6%
Visalia, CA$73,540+14.2%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$72,800+13.0%
Santa Fe, NM$72,750+13.0%
Greeley, CO$72,720+12.9%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$72,650+12.8%
Bangor, ME$72,370+12.4%
Peoria, IL$72,270+12.2%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$71,850+11.6%
Urban Honolulu, HI$71,840+11.6%
Vineland, NJ$71,410+10.9%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$70,710+9.8%
Rockford, IL$70,090+8.8%
Pueblo, CO$70,080+8.8%
Yuma, AZ$69,840+8.4%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$69,640+8.1%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$69,300+7.6%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$69,150+7.4%
Colorado Springs, CO$68,360+6.1%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$68,240+6.0%
Bloomington, IL$67,270+4.5%
Kokomo, IN$67,240+4.4%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$67,200+4.3%
Charlottesville, VA$67,120+4.2%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$66,970+4.0%
Boise City, ID$66,950+4.0%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$66,950+4.0%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$66,900+3.9%
Decatur, IL$66,750+3.6%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$66,680+3.5%
Lewiston, ID-WA$66,440+3.2%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$66,360+3.0%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$66,320+3.0%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$66,140+2.7%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$66,130+2.7%
Kankakee, IL$65,910+2.3%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$65,860+2.3%
Salisbury, MD$65,730+2.1%
Flint, MI$65,670+2.0%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$65,660+2.0%
Kingston, NY$65,650+1.9%
Ames, IA$65,610+1.9%
Asheville, NC$65,470+1.7%
Lebanon, PA$65,430+1.6%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$65,410+1.6%
Battle Creek, MI$65,360+1.5%
Kenosha, WI$65,350+1.5%
Appleton, WI$65,300+1.4%
Fond du Lac, WI$65,270+1.4%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$65,250+1.3%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$65,240+1.3%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$65,230+1.3%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$65,160+1.2%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$65,140+1.1%
St. Louis, MO-IL$65,120+1.1%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$65,060+1.0%
Reading, PA$64,950+0.9%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$64,850+0.7%
Cheyenne, WY$64,800+0.6%
Ithaca, NY$64,730+0.5%
Evansville, IN$64,700+0.5%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$64,680+0.4%
Ann Arbor, MI$64,670+0.4%
Fayetteville, NC$64,670+0.4%
Virgin Islands$64,660+0.4%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$64,590+0.3%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$64,580+0.3%
Madison, WI$64,550+0.2%
Grand Junction, CO$64,480+0.1%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$64,460+0.1%
Kansas City, MO-KS$64,420+0.0%
Mankato, MN$64,400+0.0%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$64,370-0.0%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$64,370-0.0%
Muncie, IN$64,330-0.1%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$64,320-0.1%
Gettysburg, PA$64,310-0.1%
Jackson, MI$64,290-0.2%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$64,280-0.2%
Saginaw, MI$64,280-0.2%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$64,270-0.2%
Midland, TX$64,240-0.2%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$64,180-0.3%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$64,130-0.4%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$64,100-0.5%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$64,100-0.5%
Midland, MI$64,100-0.5%
Gainesville, GA$64,080-0.5%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$64,080-0.5%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$64,050-0.5%
Richmond, VA$64,030-0.6%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$64,000-0.6%
Chambersburg, PA$63,960-0.7%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$63,950-0.7%
Cleveland, OH$63,900-0.8%
Bozeman, MT$63,790-0.9%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$63,770-1.0%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$63,760-1.0%
Dubuque, IA$63,750-1.0%
Rochester, MN$63,750-1.0%
Helena, MT$63,690-1.1%
Iowa City, IA$63,690-1.1%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$63,670-1.1%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$63,670-1.1%
Fort Wayne, IN$63,640-1.2%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$63,610-1.2%
Omaha, NE-IA$63,540-1.3%
York-Hanover, PA$63,460-1.5%
Burlington, NC$63,450-1.5%
Elmira, NY$63,390-1.6%
Killeen-Temple, TX$63,390-1.6%
Spartanburg, SC$63,390-1.6%
Wilmington, NC$63,390-1.6%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$63,370-1.6%
Lancaster, PA$63,290-1.7%
Monroe, MI$63,240-1.8%
Bloomington, IN$63,200-1.9%
Missoula, MT$63,130-2.0%
Lincoln, NE$63,070-2.1%
Pittsburgh, PA$63,060-2.1%
Ogden, UT$63,010-2.2%
Winston-Salem, NC$62,970-2.2%
Syracuse, NY$62,880-2.4%
Sheboygan, WI$62,820-2.5%
Savannah, GA$62,810-2.5%
Farmington, NM$62,690-2.7%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$62,680-2.7%
Sumter, SC$62,640-2.7%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$62,610-2.8%
Sandusky, OH$62,520-2.9%
Binghamton, NY$62,490-3.0%
Odessa, TX$62,490-3.0%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$62,490-3.0%
Terre Haute, IN$62,460-3.0%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$62,430-3.1%
Columbus, IN$62,400-3.1%
Lawrence, KS$62,400-3.1%
St. George, UT$62,400-3.1%
Casper, WY$62,370-3.2%
Fargo, ND-MN$62,300-3.3%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$62,290-3.3%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$62,280-3.3%
Toledo, OH$62,280-3.3%
Traverse City, MI$62,260-3.3%
Topeka, KS$62,210-3.4%
Owensboro, KY$62,180-3.4%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$62,150-3.5%
Dover, DE$62,140-3.5%
Glens Falls, NY$62,120-3.5%
Columbia, SC$62,110-3.6%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$62,110-3.6%
Lima, OH$62,080-3.6%
Rocky Mount, NC$62,080-3.6%
Akron, OH$62,070-3.6%
Jacksonville, FL$62,070-3.6%
Waco, TX$62,070-3.6%
Paducah, KY-IL$62,060-3.6%
Rochester, NY$62,060-3.6%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$61,970-3.8%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$61,960-3.8%
State College, PA$61,960-3.8%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$61,940-3.8%
Twin Falls, ID$61,920-3.9%
Columbus, OH$61,910-3.9%
St. Cloud, MN$61,900-3.9%
Utica-Rome, NY$61,880-3.9%
Cedar Rapids, IA$61,840-4.0%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$61,770-4.1%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$61,740-4.1%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$61,730-4.1%
Rome, GA$61,710-4.2%
Bismarck, ND$61,690-4.2%
Columbia, MO$61,670-4.2%
Las Cruces, NM$61,670-4.2%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$61,600-4.3%
Greenville, NC$61,600-4.3%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$61,530-4.5%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$61,480-4.5%
Manhattan, KS$61,430-4.6%
Bay City, MI$61,380-4.7%
Lynchburg, VA$61,370-4.7%
Springfield, MO$61,350-4.7%
Springfield, OH$61,350-4.7%
Amarillo, TX$61,330-4.8%
Port St. Lucie, FL$61,300-4.8%
Roanoke, VA$61,210-5.0%
Williamsport, PA$61,200-5.0%
Minot, ND$61,110-5.1%
Grand Island, NE$61,090-5.1%
Elizabethtown, KY$61,080-5.2%
Birmingham, AL$61,040-5.2%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$61,030-5.2%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$61,000-5.3%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$60,990-5.3%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$60,960-5.3%
Abilene, TX$60,950-5.4%
Eau Claire, WI$60,950-5.4%
Duluth, MN-WI$60,930-5.4%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$60,900-5.4%
Bowling Green, KY$60,830-5.5%
Harrisonburg, VA$60,830-5.5%
Green Bay, WI$60,790-5.6%
Jacksonville, NC$60,770-5.6%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$60,720-5.7%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$60,640-5.8%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$60,620-5.9%
Erie, PA$60,510-6.0%
Billings, MT$60,500-6.1%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$60,500-6.1%
Goldsboro, NC$60,470-6.1%
Sherman-Denison, TX$60,460-6.1%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$60,440-6.1%
Punta Gorda, FL$60,380-6.2%
Wausau, WI$60,360-6.3%
Jefferson City, MO$60,340-6.3%
Wichita Falls, TX$60,330-6.3%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$60,320-6.3%
Wichita, KS$60,310-6.4%
Canton-Massillon, OH$60,280-6.4%
Idaho Falls, ID$60,270-6.4%
Longview, TX$60,190-6.5%
Springfield, IL$60,110-6.7%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$60,100-6.7%
Winchester, VA-WV$60,090-6.7%
College Station-Bryan, TX$60,020-6.8%
Great Falls, MT$60,020-6.8%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$59,990-6.8%
Gainesville, FL$59,970-6.9%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$59,950-6.9%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$59,940-6.9%
Huntsville, AL$59,860-7.0%
Oklahoma City, OK$59,860-7.0%
Tulsa, OK$59,820-7.1%
Corpus Christi, TX$59,810-7.1%
Pocatello, ID$59,720-7.3%
Baton Rouge, LA$59,700-7.3%
Florence, SC$59,700-7.3%
Altoona, PA$59,680-7.3%
Tyler, TX$59,550-7.5%
Homosassa Springs, FL$59,510-7.6%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$59,500-7.6%
San Angelo, TX$59,340-7.9%
Columbus, GA-AL$59,330-7.9%
Enid, OK$59,300-7.9%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$59,240-8.0%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$59,210-8.1%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$59,200-8.1%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$59,140-8.2%
Ocala, FL$59,070-8.3%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$59,060-8.3%
Tallahassee, FL$59,040-8.3%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$58,930-8.5%
Joplin, MO-KS$58,920-8.5%
El Paso, TX$58,770-8.7%
Mansfield, OH$58,730-8.8%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$58,590-9.0%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$58,580-9.0%
Lubbock, TX$58,510-9.1%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$58,340-9.4%
Sebring, FL$58,320-9.4%
Albany, GA$58,310-9.5%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$58,280-9.5%
Clarksville, TN-KY$58,260-9.5%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$58,200-9.6%
Victoria, TX$58,130-9.7%
Decatur, AL$58,010-9.9%
Knoxville, TN$57,960-10.0%
Wheeling, WV-OH$57,960-10.0%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$57,460-10.8%
Albuquerque, NM$57,370-10.9%
Texarkana, TX-AR$57,370-10.9%
Johnstown, PA$57,320-11.0%
Lawton, OK$57,260-11.1%
Eagle Pass, TX$57,250-11.1%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$57,090-11.4%
Mobile, AL$57,030-11.4%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$57,030-11.4%
Laredo, TX$56,850-11.7%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$56,430-12.4%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$56,250-12.7%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$56,250-12.7%
Hot Springs, AR$56,120-12.9%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$56,120-12.9%
Gadsden, AL$56,040-13.0%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$55,880-13.2%
Hammond, LA$55,840-13.3%
Montgomery, AL$55,410-14.0%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$55,360-14.0%
Monroe, LA$55,360-14.0%
Tuscaloosa, AL$55,360-14.0%
Logan, UT-ID$55,290-14.1%
Morristown, TN$55,140-14.4%
Alexandria, LA$54,880-14.8%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$54,540-15.3%
Beckley, WV$54,510-15.4%
Dalton, GA$54,380-15.6%
Charleston, WV$54,370-15.6%
Warner Robins, GA$54,280-15.7%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$54,050-16.1%
Hinesville, GA$53,930-16.3%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$53,520-16.9%
Jackson, MS$53,510-16.9%
Lake Charles, LA$53,300-17.2%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$53,240-17.3%
Cleveland, TN$52,350-18.7%
Rapid City, SD$52,220-18.9%
Lafayette, LA$51,580-19.9%
Johnson City, TN$51,480-20.1%
Jonesboro, AR$50,980-20.8%
Jackson, TN$50,670-21.3%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$50,630-21.4%
Morgantown, WV$50,400-21.7%
Valdosta, GA$49,860-22.6%
Hattiesburg, MS$48,350-24.9%
Dothan, AL$47,820-25.7%
Guam$42,870-33.4%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$32,770-49.1%
Mayaguez, PR$30,970-51.9%
Puerto Rico$30,760-52.2%
Guayama, PR$26,280-59.2%
Ponce, PR$24,900-61.3%
Arecibo, PR$24,890-61.4%
Aguadilla, PR$23,450-63.6%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.