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LPN Nurses

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Job Numbers and Growth

Government data shows about 749,000 for LPN nurses. The unemployment rate for this occupation is relatively low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

18% of people working as employees are employed part-time. LPN nurses work for themselves about 2% of the time.

Training and Education

Education requirements for this career usually include a postsecondary vocational award. Approximately 7% of people working as employees have earned a degree. Among LPN nurses about 72% went to college but did not get a degree. Among workers, 21% have a high school diploma, but no college education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs are relatively more common in Abilene (Texas), Lawton (Oklahoma), and Sandusky (Ohio), and less common in Bend (Oregon), Salt Lake City (Utah), and Portland (Oregon).

Average income is highest in San Jose (California), Oakland (California), and San Francisco (California) and lowest in Gadsden (Alabama), State College (Pennsylvania), and Joplin (Missouri).

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LPN Nurses: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for LPN Nurses, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for LPN Nurses are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for LPN Nurses are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston410$30,9701.9
AlabamaAuburn160$32,5800.8
AlabamaBirmingham4,220$35,1901.6
AlabamaDecatur390$35,4901.6
AlabamaDothan950$32,840 3.5
AlabamaFlorence460$29,640 2
AlabamaGadsden480$29,580 3.3
AlabamaHuntsville830$33,7300.8
AlabamaMobile1,150$31,7701.3
AlabamaMontgomery1,110$34,2101.3
AlabamaTuscaloosa1,190$31,900 2.8
AlaskaAnchorage260$47,5000.3
AlaskaFairbanks90$46,5600.6
ArizonaFlagstaff200$35,3900.8
ArizonaKingman250$41,3601.1
ArizonaPhoenix7,200$43,3900.7
ArizonaPrescott280$43,1201
ArizonaTucson2,000$43,0801.1
ArizonaYuma140$40,9800.5
ArkansasFayetteville1,140$36,4301.2
ArkansasFort Smith1,210$33,160 2.1
ArkansasHot Springs520$32,950 3.2
ArkansasJonesboro610$31,640 2.8
ArkansasLittle Rock2,970$37,0001.7
ArkansasPine Bluff440$32,820 3.1
CaliforniaBakersfield1,080$42,8600.8
CaliforniaChico770$44,860 2.4
CaliforniaEl Centro100$40,2300.4
CaliforniaFresno1,360$47,5400.8
CaliforniaHanford190$41,1501.5
CaliforniaMadera220$43,7001.4
CaliforniaMerced200$47,3700.8
CaliforniaModesto710$49,0500.9
CaliforniaNapa250$49,3000.8
CaliforniaOakland3,950$57,0200.7
CaliforniaOxnard830$48,4300.6
CaliforniaRedding290$46,3400.9
CaliforniaRiverside5,850$42,7800.9
CaliforniaSacramento3,130$51,1400.7
CaliforniaSalinas530$55,2900.7
CaliforniaSan Diego5,790$44,9300.8
CaliforniaSan Francisco3,130$56,0800.6
CaliforniaSan Jose2,430$57,5700.5
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo300$47,3400.6
CaliforniaSanta Ana5,170$50,0200.7
CaliforniaSanta Barbara630$49,7200.8
CaliforniaSanta Cruz140$48,7500.3
CaliforniaSanta Rosa670$55,9100.7
CaliforniaStockton970$49,6100.9
CaliforniaVallejo700$49,4201.2
CaliforniaVisalia520$43,2000.8
CaliforniaYuba City210$45,0301.2
ColoradoBoulder470$42,4900.6
ColoradoColorado Springs870$38,1600.7
ColoradoDenver3,130$44,6500.5
ColoradoFort Collins660$35,0801.1
ColoradoGrand Junction220$40,5400.9
ColoradoGreeley160$44,5700.5
ColoradoPueblo420$36,9201.7
ConnecticutBridgeport1,800$54,6300.8
ConnecticutDanbury350$49,5201.1
ConnecticutHartford2,660$52,5000.9
ConnecticutNew Haven1,460$50,2001
ConnecticutNorwich650$49,6701.1
ConnecticutWaterbury410$49,0901.3
DelawareDover280$43,9601.1
DelawareWilmington1,760$47,0801.1
District of ColumbiaWashington6,880$45,4100.6
FloridaCape Coral1,330$41,6201.3
FloridaDeltona1,220$38,7001.6
FloridaFort Lauderdale3,320$40,9400.9
FloridaFort Walton Beach290$34,0100.8
FloridaGainesville640$40,3101.2
FloridaJacksonville3,030$39,2901
FloridaLakeland2,110$35,350 2.2
FloridaMiami4,250$40,8000.8
FloridaNaples510$41,0300.9
FloridaOcala690$40,0101.5
FloridaOrlando4,660$38,8100.9
FloridaPalm Bay970$38,2701
FloridaPalm Coast110$35,440 2.1
FloridaPanama City460$34,8801.4
FloridaPensacola1,140$35,4201.6
FloridaPort St Lucie960$39,7901.6
FloridaPunta Gorda400$37,330 2.3
FloridaSarasota2,530$39,2901.9
FloridaSebastian350$38,7001.6
FloridaTallahassee890$35,7301.1
FloridaTampa7,950$40,6501.3
FloridaWest Palm Beach3,820$42,3401.4
GeorgiaAlbany500$31,9101.8
GeorgiaAthens440$39,5101.3
GeorgiaAtlanta10,860$37,9200.9
GeorgiaAugusta2,220$34,410 2.2
GeorgiaBrunswick240$33,0701.3
GeorgiaColumbus870$33,6101.7
GeorgiaDalton340$34,4100.9
GeorgiaGainesville380$36,3001.2
GeorgiaMacon910$33,9701.9
GeorgiaRome470$36,850 3
GeorgiaSavannah960$37,3001.3
GeorgiaValdosta450$32,4001.8
GeorgiaWarner Robins310$33,9401.4
HawaiiHonolulu1,110$44,4100.5
IdahoBoise1,150$41,1900.9
IdahoCoeur Dalene190$35,8000.8
IdahoIdaho Falls360$33,9201.7
IdahoLewiston120$37,3601.3
IdahoPocatello180$35,4301.4
IllinoisBloomington230$40,9900.7
IllinoisChampaign250$41,6500.6
IllinoisChicago11,990$45,3300.6
IllinoisDanville170$40,5501.6
IllinoisDecatur330$33,9701.6
IllinoisKankakee340$37,230 2.1
IllinoisPeoria1,150$42,6101.4
IllinoisRockford890$40,6801.2
IllinoisSpringfield750$38,9501.5
IndianaAnderson440$38,420 2.5
IndianaBloomington600$34,3601.9
IndianaColumbus310$36,5201.7
IndianaElkhart430$37,3000.7
IndianaEvansville1,000$35,7001.2
IndianaFort Wayne1,560$36,4901.5
IndianaGary1,660$41,3101.2
IndianaIndianapolis5,420$40,5001.2
IndianaKokomo310$35,790 2
IndianaLafayette420$36,3401.2
IndianaMichigan City180$38,4401
IndianaMuncie480$33,800 2.4
IndianaSouth Bend820$39,1201.2
IndianaTerre Haute710$35,100 2.2
IowaAmes130$35,1900.8
IowaCedar Rapids460$38,1900.7
IowaDavenport940$35,0901
IowaDes Moines880$37,3600.5
IowaDubuque240$36,5301
IowaIowa City220$39,8500.7
IowaSioux City440$33,3601.3
IowaWaterloo670$34,0601.7
KansasLawrence130$35,6200.6
KansasTopeka1,020$36,1401.9
KansasWichita1,410$36,6000.9
KentuckyBowling Green230$34,1500.9
KentuckyElizabethtown280$34,3601.5
KentuckyLexington1,140$38,2800.9
KentuckyLouisville3,350$37,7701.1
KentuckyOwensboro320$35,1101.5
LouisianaAlexandria860$34,540 3.2
LouisianaBaton Rouge3,120$36,4901.7
LouisianaHouma840$39,1901.9
LouisianaLafayette1,300$37,1301.8
LouisianaLake Charles850$34,990 2.1
LouisianaMonroe1,110$33,610 3
LouisianaNew Orleans4,260$37,8201.6
LouisianaShreveport1,900$36,860 2.2
MaineBangor170$39,7700.6
MaineLewiston190$38,3200.9
MainePortland490$44,6600.5
MarylandBaltimore5,720$49,6400.8
MarylandBethesda2,190$47,0500.7
MarylandCumberland310$38,130 2
MarylandHagerstown590$41,7801.3
MarylandSalisbury350$45,8601.5
MassachusettsBarnstable Town570$51,6101.2
MassachusettsBoston7,110$50,2200.8
MassachusettsBrockton550$50,4901.3
MassachusettsFramingham550$54,4600.7
MassachusettsHaverhill540$52,7801.5
MassachusettsLawrence280$46,8101.1
MassachusettsLeominster260$47,4801.2
MassachusettsLowell890$47,0001.5
MassachusettsNew Bedford650$47,300 2.2
MassachusettsPittsfield200$42,0501.4
MassachusettsSpringfield1,770$49,3701.2
MassachusettsTaunton470$45,800 2.3
MassachusettsWorcester1,510$51,6801.2
MichiganAnn Arbor710$45,8200.9
MichiganBattle Creek290$41,6501.3
MichiganBay City300$40,690 2
MichiganDetroit2,230$47,4400.6
MichiganFlint770$43,1401.2
MichiganGrand Rapids2,300$37,1301.2
MichiganHolland420$38,2700.9
MichiganJackson360$41,8201.5
MichiganKalamazoo400$40,0400.6
MichiganLansing550$39,5800.6
MichiganMonroe220$43,6501.3
MichiganMuskegon360$40,4901.3
MichiganNiles520$36,7101.8
MichiganSaginaw280$41,3900.8
MichiganWarren4,450$47,9900.7
MinnesotaDuluth1,430$37,570 2.3
MinnesotaMinneapolis8,770$42,2000.9
MinnesotaRochester930$43,300 2.1
MinnesotaSt Cloud940$36,9501.9
MississippiGulfport620$33,2701.2
MississippiHattiesburg610$32,060 2.4
MississippiJackson2,270$35,5001.8
MississippiPascagoula300$31,0401.4
MissouriColumbia860$33,430 2.2
MissouriJefferson City580$32,9401.8
MissouriJoplin610$27,0701.6
MissouriKansas City5,430$36,7801
MissouriSpringfield1,470$31,5801.5
MissouriSt Joseph550$32,560 2.5
MissouriSt Louis5,950$38,4000.9
MontanaGreat Falls280$35,5701.9
MontanaMissoula350$33,3601.5
NebraskaLincoln780$37,0201
NebraskaOmaha1,900$38,1100.8
NevadaCarson City120$47,4701.1
NevadaLas Vegas1,890$46,7000.4
NevadaReno320$46,7300.3
New HampshireManchester470$47,5200.9
New HampshireNashua410$43,8200.6
New HampshirePortsmouth110$46,1400.4
New HampshireRochester160$42,4400.6
New JerseyAtlantic City530$43,6200.7
New JerseyCamden2,790$48,6801
New JerseyEdison4,470$50,1700.8
New JerseyNewark3,660$50,4900.7
New JerseyOcean City230$46,3501.3
New JerseyTrenton920$47,4100.9
New JerseyVineland580$44,640 2.2
New MexicoAlbuquerque2,550$55,7901.3
New MexicoFarmington130$42,0100.6
New MexicoLas Cruces440$38,3501.6
New MexicoSanta Fe470$40,8301.6
New YorkAlbany2,810$39,0701.3
New YorkBinghamton790$35,1101.6
New YorkBuffalo4,090$35,8201.5
New YorkElmira360$30,860 2.4
New YorkGlens Falls630$34,250 2.7
New YorkIthaca170$35,9200.9
New YorkKingston510$39,2301.9
New YorkNassau5,840$47,1100.9
New YorkNew York18,090$47,6800.7
New YorkPoughkeepsie1,470$41,8001.2
New YorkRochester3,750$37,0101.5
New YorkSyracuse2,770$34,6001.8
New YorkUtica1,910$33,880 3.1
North CarolinaAsheville1,160$40,5901.3
North CarolinaBurlington200$44,1200.7
North CarolinaCharlotte2,220$41,1800.5
North CarolinaDurham1,000$41,1200.7
North CarolinaFayetteville1,270$39,740 2.2
North CarolinaGoldsboro240$38,0801.5
North CarolinaGreensboro1,050$40,3000.6
North CarolinaGreenville160$37,7800.5
North CarolinaHickory780$40,9501
North CarolinaJacksonville140$31,4500.8
North CarolinaRaleigh1,820$38,8100.7
North CarolinaRocky Mount210$40,9500.8
North CarolinaWilmington900$38,3901.3
North CarolinaWinston Salem1,350$37,3501.3
North DakotaBismarck370$36,4401.5
North DakotaFargo1,220$33,320 2.2
North DakotaGrand Forks560$35,050 2.6
OhioAkron2,220$39,2201.3
OhioCanton1,660$36,8301.9
OhioCincinnati6,760$41,8001.3
OhioCleveland7,490$43,1201.4
OhioColumbus5,370$42,0601.1
OhioDayton2,710$41,2201.4
OhioLima610$36,250 2.6
OhioMansfield590$36,630 2.5
OhioSandusky550$39,060 3.6
OhioSpringfield430$38,340 2.1
OhioToledo2,170$39,4701.4
OhioYoungstown2,380$35,120 2
OklahomaLawton620$31,020 3.9
OklahomaOklahoma City4,650$32,8901.6
OklahomaTulsa3,230$32,9201.5
OregonBend90$41,9300.3
OregonCorvallis40$45,4100.3
OregonEugene360$39,7600.5
OregonMedford170$41,4100.4
OregonPortland1,230$47,1900.2
OregonSalem270$43,8000.4
PennsylvaniaAllentown2,380$39,8401.4
PennsylvaniaAltoona690$30,550 2.5
PennsylvaniaErie790$37,4101.3
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1,440$40,3100.9
PennsylvaniaJohnstown390$34,0901.5
PennsylvaniaLancaster1,830$38,8601.6
PennsylvaniaLebanon540$38,670 2.6
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia10,820$45,6601.1
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh6,230$38,5601.1
PennsylvaniaReading1,390$41,5201.7
PennsylvaniaScranton2,360$38,9601.8
PennsylvaniaState College330$29,6401.3
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport440$35,7501.9
PennsylvaniaYork1,110$38,7601.2
Rhode IslandProvidence2,190$48,5700.8
South CarolinaAnderson280$34,8401
South CarolinaCharleston1,090$39,0000.7
South CarolinaColumbia2,070$38,2901.2
South CarolinaFlorence990$36,610 2.5
South CarolinaGreenville1,070$36,3100.7
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach480$33,8000.8
South CarolinaSpartanburg690$35,0101.2
South CarolinaSumter210$34,8801.4
South DakotaRapid City300$34,1501.1
South DakotaSioux Falls680$33,3401
TennesseeChattanooga1,650$35,5701.4
TennesseeClarksville580$34,8801.7
TennesseeCleveland380$32,930 2.5
TennesseeJackson760$32,000 2.9
TennesseeJohnson City1,000$31,530 2.9
TennesseeKingsport1,240$30,790 2.3
TennesseeKnoxville2,510$32,5101.5
TennesseeMemphis4,630$40,7701.5
TennesseeMorristown380$31,4701.8
TennesseeNashville5,990$38,0101.5
TexasAbilene1,170$33,340 4.1
TexasAmarillo760$34,7401.6
TexasAustin2,570$39,2700.7
TexasBeaumont1,130$35,8401.5
TexasBrownsville880$38,2901.5
TexasCollege Station710$38,1902
TexasCorpus Christi1,530$35,5401.8
TexasDallas11,960$44,2201.1
TexasEl Paso1,290$40,5301
TexasFort Worth4,770$40,6201.1
TexasHouston12,290$40,8300.9
TexasKilleen1,010$37,6401.8
TexasLaredo450$38,7001.2
TexasLongview1,160$37,350 2.6
TexasMcallen1,770$42,5001.6
TexasMidland350$36,7201.2
TexasOdessa300$38,5601.2
TexasSan Angelo530$36,750 3
TexasSan Antonio5,850$38,0701.3
TexasSherman550$37,820 3.2
TexasTexarkana760$31,130 3.1
TexasTyler1,160$38,910 2.7
TexasVictoria600$34,070 2.9
TexasWaco760$39,3201.7
TexasWichita Falls790$31,170 3
UtahLogan110$32,7600.5
UtahOgden420$40,3400.4
UtahProvo490$34,3300.6
UtahSalt Lake City900$40,2700.3
UtahSt George80$39,2300.4
VermontBurlington470$42,6800.9
VirginiaBlacksburg430$31,8301.5
VirginiaCharlottesville780$35,8101.8
VirginiaDanville260$37,9801.7
VirginiaHarrisonburg330$37,0001.4
VirginiaLynchburg650$36,7801.4
VirginiaRichmond3,830$39,2601.2
VirginiaRoanoke1,150$36,2001.5
VirginiaVirginia Beach4,170$35,7901.1
VirginiaWinchester230$39,1101
WashingtonBellingham460$38,1501.2
WashingtonBremerton420$42,9201.1
WashingtonKennewick300$40,2200.7
WashingtonLongview130$41,5700.9
WashingtonMount Vernon200$38,2801
WashingtonOlympia330$42,9200.7
WashingtonSeattle3,170$46,2400.4
WashingtonSpokane1,140$45,4901.1
WashingtonTacoma1,970$42,9401.5
WashingtonWenatchee110$41,0700.6
WashingtonYakima300$42,5600.8
West VirginiaCharleston760$32,0001.1
West VirginiaHuntington1,190$31,960 2.2
West VirginiaMorgantown530$31,680 2.6
West VirginiaParkersburg650$30,740 2
West VirginiaWeirton470$35,070 2.6
West VirginiaWheeling770$30,620 2.7
WisconsinAppleton300$39,0800.5
WisconsinEau Claire320$37,8100.9
WisconsinFond220$37,6001.1
WisconsinGreen Bay630$38,2700.8
WisconsinJanesville270$37,8400.9
WisconsinLa Crosse470$38,6501.5
WisconsinMadison1,110$40,9800.7
WisconsinMilwaukee3,380$45,5500.8
WisconsinOshkosh250$38,2100.6
WisconsinRacine270$40,1000.8
WisconsinSheboygan230$36,9600.9
WisconsinWausau160$37,5700.5
WyomingCasper60$43,2300.4
WyomingCheyenne190$39,8301
 

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