# Licensed practical nurse salary by state

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Period: May 2025. Native unit: USD/year. Source occupation group: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses.

United States median: $64,400. 51 retained state/DC markets.

These are occupational wage distributions across experience levels, not employer base salaries, individual packages or complete total compensation. Rankings exclude bounded/unavailable medians. Ties share a rank. No cost-of-living adjustment or 2026 projection.

| State / DC | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Washington | $83,150 | $76,920 | $93,970 |
| Alaska | $80,800 | $70,490 | $87,380 |
| Oregon | $80,470 | $73,040 | $90,690 |
| Massachusetts | $80,220 | $72,610 | $84,570 |
| Rhode Island | $80,090 | $77,890 | $81,170 |
| California | $79,750 | $74,840 | $93,720 |
| New Hampshire | $77,110 | $67,650 | $82,760 |
| Arizona | $77,070 | $66,770 | $81,860 |
| Nevada | $76,160 | $65,930 | $79,570 |
| District of Columbia | $75,740 | $63,960 | $81,400 |
| New Jersey | $75,160 | $66,890 | $79,980 |
| Illinois | $75,000 | $63,580 | $79,560 |
| Maryland | $74,660 | $65,300 | $79,670 |
| Colorado | $73,880 | $61,890 | $79,800 |
| Connecticut | $73,690 | $66,660 | $76,830 |
| Maine | $73,200 | $63,530 | $77,420 |
| Hawaii | $71,140 | $62,460 | $75,250 |
| Vermont | $69,930 | $61,490 | $78,230 |
| Delaware | $68,710 | $64,420 | $75,020 |
| New York | $67,180 | $61,400 | $76,960 |
| Indiana | $65,720 | $61,060 | $73,430 |
| Michigan | $65,460 | $62,050 | $73,880 |
| Virginia | $64,920 | $59,610 | $74,540 |
| Pennsylvania | $63,940 | $60,350 | $72,810 |
| Idaho | $63,800 | $58,310 | $74,050 |
| Wisconsin | $63,760 | $59,620 | $75,010 |
| Minnesota | $63,750 | $59,960 | $71,270 |
| Wyoming | $63,460 | $58,810 | $70,840 |
| North Carolina | $63,270 | $59,270 | $69,700 |
| Utah | $63,230 | $53,480 | $74,580 |
| Nebraska | $62,660 | $59,080 | $71,860 |
| Iowa | $62,630 | $56,400 | $70,840 |
| North Dakota | $62,300 | $58,290 | $65,020 |
| Texas | $62,240 | $57,110 | $68,410 |
| Montana | $62,210 | $58,130 | $66,850 |
| Georgia | $62,030 | $52,900 | $70,690 |
| Ohio | $61,950 | $56,860 | $65,900 |
| South Carolina | $61,820 | $57,390 | $71,220 |
| Florida | $61,770 | $58,540 | $64,710 |
| Kansas | $61,760 | $56,260 | $69,470 |
| Missouri | $61,530 | $56,280 | $70,230 |
| Kentucky | $60,460 | $54,290 | $65,090 |
| New Mexico | $59,330 | $39,370 | $73,090 |
| Tennessee | $58,870 | $49,170 | $62,650 |
| Oklahoma | $58,320 | $50,040 | $62,060 |
| Louisiana | $57,470 | $49,650 | $61,220 |
| Alabama | $57,030 | $48,150 | $61,800 |
| Arkansas | $56,620 | $49,550 | $61,220 |
| West Virginia | $55,360 | $49,320 | $61,300 |
| South Dakota | $52,750 | $49,680 | $61,300 |
| Mississippi | $50,220 | $46,790 | $58,030 |

Full native-unit data with qualifiers and source URLs: https://wages.fyi/salary-reports/licensed-practical-and-licensed-vocational-nurses-29-2061-00/data.csv

Official reference: https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/29-2061.00. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, distributed through O*NET OnLine.