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Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses — Annual 90Th-percentile Wage

Occupation metric · SOC 29-2061 · Healthcare Practitioners & Technical · BLS OEWS · Annual · National

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Latest reading May 2025

$83,440 +3.64%up YoY
Atlanta
$79,740 May 2025
Atlanta vs U.S.
−4.4%

Annual 90Th-percentile Wage · BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · National · May 2021 – May 2025

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses — Annual 90Th-percentile Wage, National. 5 observations from May 2021 to May 2025.
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What's happening with Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

Employment for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in the U.S. is 648,410 (May 2025), up 2.53% from a year earlier. Median annual pay is $64,400.

Source: BLS OEWS · May 2025

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Key Stats

Latest$83,440 per yearMay 2025
Prior Year$80,5102024
Year Change+3.64%upYoY
3-Yr Change+14.9%upsince 2022
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical$171,790May 2025
All Occupations$128,560May 2025
Atlanta Reading$79,740May 2025
Atlanta vs U.S.−4.4%May 2025
Observations52021 – 2025
SOC Code29-2061
Occupation FamilyHealthcare Practitioners & Technical29-0000

Other Measures for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses National

Employment 648,410 +2.53%up YoYMay 2025
Median Annual Pay $64,400 +3.30%up YoYMay 2025
Mean Annual Pay $67,050 +4.52%up YoYMay 2025
P10 Pay $49,740 +3.71%up YoYMay 2025
P25 Pay $59,000 +6.85%up YoYMay 2025
P75 Pay $76,030 +3.92%up YoYMay 2025

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All Occupations — P90 Pay

$128,560
+2.26%up YoY

benchmark · National

Related Occupations same family · National

OccupationP90 PayYoY
Registered Nurses 29-1141 $137,470 +1.59%up

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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

P90 Pay · 1 Year

+3.64%up

May 2025

  • Healthcare Practitioners & Technical +1.50%up
  • All occupations +2.26%up

P90 Pay · 3 Year

+14.9%up

since 2022

Data & Methodology

Source BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)
Dataset bls.oews
Reference Period May 2025
Frequency Annual
Seasonal Adjustment Not stated
Geography National
Unit per year
Metric ID bls.oews.annual_pct90_wage.soc_29_2061
Observations 5
Last Fetched moments ago
SOC Code 29-2061
Role Page Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
Description Source O*NET 30.1 Database (O*NET-SOC 29-2061.00)

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