Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Salary in the US
A licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earns a national median of $64,400 a year (mean $67,050) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #367 of 825.
How much does a licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earn in the US?
A licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in the United States earns a median of $64,400 a year (mean $67,050), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 26% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 648,410 people work in this occupation (SOC 29-2061), ranked #367 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$64,400
per year
Mean
$67,050
per year
Employment
648,410
US workers
National rank
#367
of 825 by median
What a licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses (SOC 29-2061) earns a median annual wage of $64,400 and a mean (average) of $67,050. The median is the midpoint — half of licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earn more and half earn less — and is 26% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses is $64,400, and the mean (average) is $67,050. The median is the midpoint — half of licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earn more and half earn less.
- How does licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses pay compare to the US average?
- At $64,400, a licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earns 26% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 648,410 licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses employed nationally (SOC 29-2061), across all industries.
- Where does this licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 29-2061. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 29-2061 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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