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LPN Nurses
Career and Education Info
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 .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 410 $30,970 1.9 Alabama Auburn 160 $32,580 0.8 Alabama Birmingham 4,220 $35,190 1.6 Alabama Decatur 390 $35,490 1.6 Alabama Dothan 950 $32,840 3.5Alabama Florence 460 $29,640 2Alabama Gadsden 480 $29,580 3.3Alabama Huntsville 830 $33,730 0.8 Alabama Mobile 1,150 $31,770 1.3 Alabama Montgomery 1,110 $34,210 1.3 Alabama Tuscaloosa 1,190 $31,900 2.8Alaska Anchorage 260 $47,500 0.3 Alaska Fairbanks 90 $46,560 0.6 Arizona Flagstaff 200 $35,390 0.8 Arizona Kingman 250 $41,360 1.1 Arizona Phoenix 7,200 $43,390 0.7 Arizona Prescott 280 $43,120 1 Arizona Tucson 2,000 $43,080 1.1 Arizona Yuma 140 $40,980 0.5 Arkansas Fayetteville 1,140 $36,430 1.2 Arkansas Fort Smith 1,210 $33,160 2.1Arkansas Hot Springs 520 $32,950 3.2Arkansas Jonesboro 610 $31,640 2.8Arkansas Little Rock 2,970 $37,000 1.7 Arkansas Pine Bluff 440 $32,820 3.1California Bakersfield 1,080 $42,860 0.8 California Chico 770 $44,860 2.4California El Centro 100 $40,230 0.4 California Fresno 1,360 $47,540 0.8 California Hanford 190 $41,150 1.5 California Madera 220 $43,700 1.4 California Merced 200 $47,370 0.8 California Modesto 710 $49,050 0.9 California Napa 250 $49,300 0.8 California Oakland 3,950 $57,020 0.7 California Oxnard 830 $48,430 0.6 California Redding 290 $46,340 0.9 California Riverside 5,850 $42,780 0.9 California Sacramento 3,130 $51,140 0.7 California Salinas 530 $55,290 0.7 California San Diego 5,790 $44,930 0.8 California San Francisco 3,130 $56,080 0.6 California San Jose 2,430 $57,570 0.5 California San Luis Obispo 300 $47,340 0.6 California Santa Ana 5,170 $50,020 0.7 California Santa Barbara 630 $49,720 0.8 California Santa Cruz 140 $48,750 0.3 California Santa Rosa 670 $55,910 0.7 California Stockton 970 $49,610 0.9 California Vallejo 700 $49,420 1.2 California Visalia 520 $43,200 0.8 California Yuba City 210 $45,030 1.2 Colorado Boulder 470 $42,490 0.6 Colorado Colorado Springs 870 $38,160 0.7 Colorado Denver 3,130 $44,650 0.5 Colorado Fort Collins 660 $35,080 1.1 Colorado Grand Junction 220 $40,540 0.9 Colorado Greeley 160 $44,570 0.5 Colorado Pueblo 420 $36,920 1.7 Connecticut Bridgeport 1,800 $54,630 0.8 Connecticut Danbury 350 $49,520 1.1 Connecticut Hartford 2,660 $52,500 0.9 Connecticut New Haven 1,460 $50,200 1 Connecticut Norwich 650 $49,670 1.1 Connecticut Waterbury 410 $49,090 1.3 Delaware Dover 280 $43,960 1.1 Delaware Wilmington 1,760 $47,080 1.1 District of Columbia Washington 6,880 $45,410 0.6 Florida Cape Coral 1,330 $41,620 1.3 Florida Deltona 1,220 $38,700 1.6 Florida Fort Lauderdale 3,320 $40,940 0.9 Florida Fort Walton Beach 290 $34,010 0.8 Florida Gainesville 640 $40,310 1.2 Florida Jacksonville 3,030 $39,290 1 Florida Lakeland 2,110 $35,350 2.2Florida Miami 4,250 $40,800 0.8 Florida Naples 510 $41,030 0.9 Florida Ocala 690 $40,010 1.5 Florida Orlando 4,660 $38,810 0.9 Florida Palm Bay 970 $38,270 1 Florida Palm Coast 110 $35,440 2.1Florida Panama City 460 $34,880 1.4 Florida Pensacola 1,140 $35,420 1.6 Florida Port St Lucie 960 $39,790 1.6 Florida Punta Gorda 400 $37,330 2.3Florida Sarasota 2,530 $39,290 1.9 Florida Sebastian 350 $38,700 1.6 Florida Tallahassee 890 $35,730 1.1 Florida Tampa 7,950 $40,650 1.3 Florida West Palm Beach 3,820 $42,340 1.4 Georgia Albany 500 $31,910 1.8 Georgia Athens 440 $39,510 1.3 Georgia Atlanta 10,860 $37,920 0.9 Georgia Augusta 2,220 $34,410 2.2Georgia Brunswick 240 $33,070 1.3 Georgia Columbus 870 $33,610 1.7 Georgia Dalton 340 $34,410 0.9 Georgia Gainesville 380 $36,300 1.2 Georgia Macon 910 $33,970 1.9 Georgia Rome 470 $36,850 3Georgia Savannah 960 $37,300 1.3 Georgia Valdosta 450 $32,400 1.8 Georgia Warner Robins 310 $33,940 1.4 Hawaii Honolulu 1,110 $44,410 0.5 Idaho Boise 1,150 $41,190 0.9 Idaho Coeur Dalene 190 $35,800 0.8 Idaho Idaho Falls 360 $33,920 1.7 Idaho Lewiston 120 $37,360 1.3 Idaho Pocatello 180 $35,430 1.4 Illinois Bloomington 230 $40,990 0.7 Illinois Champaign 250 $41,650 0.6 Illinois Chicago 11,990 $45,330 0.6 Illinois Danville 170 $40,550 1.6 Illinois Decatur 330 $33,970 1.6 Illinois Kankakee 340 $37,230 2.1Illinois Peoria 1,150 $42,610 1.4 Illinois Rockford 890 $40,680 1.2 Illinois Springfield 750 $38,950 1.5 Indiana Anderson 440 $38,420 2.5Indiana Bloomington 600 $34,360 1.9 Indiana Columbus 310 $36,520 1.7 Indiana Elkhart 430 $37,300 0.7 Indiana Evansville 1,000 $35,700 1.2 Indiana Fort Wayne 1,560 $36,490 1.5 Indiana Gary 1,660 $41,310 1.2 Indiana Indianapolis 5,420 $40,500 1.2 Indiana Kokomo 310 $35,790 2Indiana Lafayette 420 $36,340 1.2 Indiana Michigan City 180 $38,440 1 Indiana Muncie 480 $33,800 2.4Indiana South Bend 820 $39,120 1.2 Indiana Terre Haute 710 $35,100 2.2Iowa Ames 130 $35,190 0.8 Iowa Cedar Rapids 460 $38,190 0.7 Iowa Davenport 940 $35,090 1 Iowa Des Moines 880 $37,360 0.5 Iowa Dubuque 240 $36,530 1 Iowa Iowa City 220 $39,850 0.7 Iowa Sioux City 440 $33,360 1.3 Iowa Waterloo 670 $34,060 1.7 Kansas Lawrence 130 $35,620 0.6 Kansas Topeka 1,020 $36,140 1.9 Kansas Wichita 1,410 $36,600 0.9 Kentucky Bowling Green 230 $34,150 0.9 Kentucky Elizabethtown 280 $34,360 1.5 Kentucky Lexington 1,140 $38,280 0.9 Kentucky Louisville 3,350 $37,770 1.1 Kentucky Owensboro 320 $35,110 1.5 Louisiana Alexandria 860 $34,540 3.2Louisiana Baton Rouge 3,120 $36,490 1.7 Louisiana Houma 840 $39,190 1.9 Louisiana Lafayette 1,300 $37,130 1.8 Louisiana Lake Charles 850 $34,990 2.1Louisiana Monroe 1,110 $33,610 3Louisiana New Orleans 4,260 $37,820 1.6 Louisiana Shreveport 1,900 $36,860 2.2Maine Bangor 170 $39,770 0.6 Maine Lewiston 190 $38,320 0.9 Maine Portland 490 $44,660 0.5 Maryland Baltimore 5,720 $49,640 0.8 Maryland Bethesda 2,190 $47,050 0.7 Maryland Cumberland 310 $38,130 2Maryland Hagerstown 590 $41,780 1.3 Maryland Salisbury 350 $45,860 1.5 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 570 $51,610 1.2 Massachusetts Boston 7,110 $50,220 0.8 Massachusetts Brockton 550 $50,490 1.3 Massachusetts Framingham 550 $54,460 0.7 Massachusetts Haverhill 540 $52,780 1.5 Massachusetts Lawrence 280 $46,810 1.1 Massachusetts Leominster 260 $47,480 1.2 Massachusetts Lowell 890 $47,000 1.5 Massachusetts New Bedford 650 $47,300 2.2Massachusetts Pittsfield 200 $42,050 1.4 Massachusetts Springfield 1,770 $49,370 1.2 Massachusetts Taunton 470 $45,800 2.3Massachusetts Worcester 1,510 $51,680 1.2 Michigan Ann Arbor 710 $45,820 0.9 Michigan Battle Creek 290 $41,650 1.3 Michigan Bay City 300 $40,690 2Michigan Detroit 2,230 $47,440 0.6 Michigan Flint 770 $43,140 1.2 Michigan Grand Rapids 2,300 $37,130 1.2 Michigan Holland 420 $38,270 0.9 Michigan Jackson 360 $41,820 1.5 Michigan Kalamazoo 400 $40,040 0.6 Michigan Lansing 550 $39,580 0.6 Michigan Monroe 220 $43,650 1.3 Michigan Muskegon 360 $40,490 1.3 Michigan Niles 520 $36,710 1.8 Michigan Saginaw 280 $41,390 0.8 Michigan Warren 4,450 $47,990 0.7 Minnesota Duluth 1,430 $37,570 2.3Minnesota Minneapolis 8,770 $42,200 0.9 Minnesota Rochester 930 $43,300 2.1Minnesota St Cloud 940 $36,950 1.9 Mississippi Gulfport 620 $33,270 1.2 Mississippi Hattiesburg 610 $32,060 2.4Mississippi Jackson 2,270 $35,500 1.8 Mississippi Pascagoula 300 $31,040 1.4 Missouri Columbia 860 $33,430 2.2Missouri Jefferson City 580 $32,940 1.8 Missouri Joplin 610 $27,070 1.6 Missouri Kansas City 5,430 $36,780 1 Missouri Springfield 1,470 $31,580 1.5 Missouri St Joseph 550 $32,560 2.5Missouri St Louis 5,950 $38,400 0.9 Montana Great Falls 280 $35,570 1.9 Montana Missoula 350 $33,360 1.5 Nebraska Lincoln 780 $37,020 1 Nebraska Omaha 1,900 $38,110 0.8 Nevada Carson City 120 $47,470 1.1 Nevada Las Vegas 1,890 $46,700 0.4 Nevada Reno 320 $46,730 0.3 New Hampshire Manchester 470 $47,520 0.9 New Hampshire Nashua 410 $43,820 0.6 New Hampshire Portsmouth 110 $46,140 0.4 New Hampshire Rochester 160 $42,440 0.6 New Jersey Atlantic City 530 $43,620 0.7 New Jersey Camden 2,790 $48,680 1 New Jersey Edison 4,470 $50,170 0.8 New Jersey Newark 3,660 $50,490 0.7 New Jersey Ocean City 230 $46,350 1.3 New Jersey Trenton 920 $47,410 0.9 New Jersey Vineland 580 $44,640 2.2New Mexico Albuquerque 2,550 $55,790 1.3 New Mexico Farmington 130 $42,010 0.6 New Mexico Las Cruces 440 $38,350 1.6 New Mexico Santa Fe 470 $40,830 1.6 New York Albany 2,810 $39,070 1.3 New York Binghamton 790 $35,110 1.6 New York Buffalo 4,090 $35,820 1.5 New York Elmira 360 $30,860 2.4New York Glens Falls 630 $34,250 2.7New York Ithaca 170 $35,920 0.9 New York Kingston 510 $39,230 1.9 New York Nassau 5,840 $47,110 0.9 New York New York 18,090 $47,680 0.7 New York Poughkeepsie 1,470 $41,800 1.2 New York Rochester 3,750 $37,010 1.5 New York Syracuse 2,770 $34,600 1.8 New York Utica 1,910 $33,880 3.1North Carolina Asheville 1,160 $40,590 1.3 North Carolina Burlington 200 $44,120 0.7 North Carolina Charlotte 2,220 $41,180 0.5 North Carolina Durham 1,000 $41,120 0.7 North Carolina Fayetteville 1,270 $39,740 2.2North Carolina Goldsboro 240 $38,080 1.5 North Carolina Greensboro 1,050 $40,300 0.6 North Carolina Greenville 160 $37,780 0.5 North Carolina Hickory 780 $40,950 1 North Carolina Jacksonville 140 $31,450 0.8 North Carolina Raleigh 1,820 $38,810 0.7 North Carolina Rocky Mount 210 $40,950 0.8 North Carolina Wilmington 900 $38,390 1.3 North Carolina Winston Salem 1,350 $37,350 1.3 North Dakota Bismarck 370 $36,440 1.5 North Dakota Fargo 1,220 $33,320 2.2North Dakota Grand Forks 560 $35,050 2.6Ohio Akron 2,220 $39,220 1.3 Ohio Canton 1,660 $36,830 1.9 Ohio Cincinnati 6,760 $41,800 1.3 Ohio Cleveland 7,490 $43,120 1.4 Ohio Columbus 5,370 $42,060 1.1 Ohio Dayton 2,710 $41,220 1.4 Ohio Lima 610 $36,250 2.6Ohio Mansfield 590 $36,630 2.5Ohio Sandusky 550 $39,060 3.6Ohio Springfield 430 $38,340 2.1Ohio Toledo 2,170 $39,470 1.4 Ohio Youngstown 2,380 $35,120 2Oklahoma Lawton 620 $31,020 3.9Oklahoma Oklahoma City 4,650 $32,890 1.6 Oklahoma Tulsa 3,230 $32,920 1.5 Oregon Bend 90 $41,930 0.3 Oregon Corvallis 40 $45,410 0.3 Oregon Eugene 360 $39,760 0.5 Oregon Medford 170 $41,410 0.4 Oregon Portland 1,230 $47,190 0.2 Oregon Salem 270 $43,800 0.4 Pennsylvania Allentown 2,380 $39,840 1.4 Pennsylvania Altoona 690 $30,550 2.5Pennsylvania Erie 790 $37,410 1.3 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 1,440 $40,310 0.9 Pennsylvania Johnstown 390 $34,090 1.5 Pennsylvania Lancaster 1,830 $38,860 1.6 Pennsylvania Lebanon 540 $38,670 2.6Pennsylvania Philadelphia 10,820 $45,660 1.1 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 6,230 $38,560 1.1 Pennsylvania Reading 1,390 $41,520 1.7 Pennsylvania Scranton 2,360 $38,960 1.8 Pennsylvania State College 330 $29,640 1.3 Pennsylvania Williamsport 440 $35,750 1.9 Pennsylvania York 1,110 $38,760 1.2 Rhode Island Providence 2,190 $48,570 0.8 South Carolina Anderson 280 $34,840 1 South Carolina Charleston 1,090 $39,000 0.7 South Carolina Columbia 2,070 $38,290 1.2 South Carolina Florence 990 $36,610 2.5South Carolina Greenville 1,070 $36,310 0.7 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 480 $33,800 0.8 South Carolina Spartanburg 690 $35,010 1.2 South Carolina Sumter 210 $34,880 1.4 South Dakota Rapid City 300 $34,150 1.1 South Dakota Sioux Falls 680 $33,340 1 Tennessee Chattanooga 1,650 $35,570 1.4 Tennessee Clarksville 580 $34,880 1.7 Tennessee Cleveland 380 $32,930 2.5Tennessee Jackson 760 $32,000 2.9Tennessee Johnson City 1,000 $31,530 2.9Tennessee Kingsport 1,240 $30,790 2.3Tennessee Knoxville 2,510 $32,510 1.5 Tennessee Memphis 4,630 $40,770 1.5 Tennessee Morristown 380 $31,470 1.8 Tennessee Nashville 5,990 $38,010 1.5 Texas Abilene 1,170 $33,340 4.1Texas Amarillo 760 $34,740 1.6 Texas Austin 2,570 $39,270 0.7 Texas Beaumont 1,130 $35,840 1.5 Texas Brownsville 880 $38,290 1.5 Texas College Station 710 $38,190 2 Texas Corpus Christi 1,530 $35,540 1.8 Texas Dallas 11,960 $44,220 1.1 Texas El Paso 1,290 $40,530 1 Texas Fort Worth 4,770 $40,620 1.1 Texas Houston 12,290 $40,830 0.9 Texas Killeen 1,010 $37,640 1.8 Texas Laredo 450 $38,700 1.2 Texas Longview 1,160 $37,350 2.6Texas Mcallen 1,770 $42,500 1.6 Texas Midland 350 $36,720 1.2 Texas Odessa 300 $38,560 1.2 Texas San Angelo 530 $36,750 3Texas San Antonio 5,850 $38,070 1.3 Texas Sherman 550 $37,820 3.2Texas Texarkana 760 $31,130 3.1Texas Tyler 1,160 $38,910 2.7Texas Victoria 600 $34,070 2.9Texas Waco 760 $39,320 1.7 Texas Wichita Falls 790 $31,170 3Utah Logan 110 $32,760 0.5 Utah Ogden 420 $40,340 0.4 Utah Provo 490 $34,330 0.6 Utah Salt Lake City 900 $40,270 0.3 Utah St George 80 $39,230 0.4 Vermont Burlington 470 $42,680 0.9 Virginia Blacksburg 430 $31,830 1.5 Virginia Charlottesville 780 $35,810 1.8 Virginia Danville 260 $37,980 1.7 Virginia Harrisonburg 330 $37,000 1.4 Virginia Lynchburg 650 $36,780 1.4 Virginia Richmond 3,830 $39,260 1.2 Virginia Roanoke 1,150 $36,200 1.5 Virginia Virginia Beach 4,170 $35,790 1.1 Virginia Winchester 230 $39,110 1 Washington Bellingham 460 $38,150 1.2 Washington Bremerton 420 $42,920 1.1 Washington Kennewick 300 $40,220 0.7 Washington Longview 130 $41,570 0.9 Washington Mount Vernon 200 $38,280 1 Washington Olympia 330 $42,920 0.7 Washington Seattle 3,170 $46,240 0.4 Washington Spokane 1,140 $45,490 1.1 Washington Tacoma 1,970 $42,940 1.5 Washington Wenatchee 110 $41,070 0.6 Washington Yakima 300 $42,560 0.8 West Virginia Charleston 760 $32,000 1.1 West Virginia Huntington 1,190 $31,960 2.2West Virginia Morgantown 530 $31,680 2.6West Virginia Parkersburg 650 $30,740 2West Virginia Weirton 470 $35,070 2.6West Virginia Wheeling 770 $30,620 2.7Wisconsin Appleton 300 $39,080 0.5 Wisconsin Eau Claire 320 $37,810 0.9 Wisconsin Fond 220 $37,600 1.1 Wisconsin Green Bay 630 $38,270 0.8 Wisconsin Janesville 270 $37,840 0.9 Wisconsin La Crosse 470 $38,650 1.5 Wisconsin Madison 1,110 $40,980 0.7 Wisconsin Milwaukee 3,380 $45,550 0.8 Wisconsin Oshkosh 250 $38,210 0.6 Wisconsin Racine 270 $40,100 0.8 Wisconsin Sheboygan 230 $36,960 0.9 Wisconsin Wausau 160 $37,570 0.5 Wyoming Casper 60 $43,230 0.4 Wyoming Cheyenne 190 $39,830 1
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