In addition to the LPN and LVN salary statistics for each state, the Bureau of Labor Statistics [1,2] also publishes LPN and LVN salary data for cities within metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. In this article, you can view the average salary and hourly wage for licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) for of the hundreds of reported areas.
By taking a look at the map below, you can see how salaries can vary significantly, even within the same state. The darker shades of purple on the map below represent the areas (cities, metropolitan, and non-metropolitan) that paid the highest salary on average. The lighter shades of purple represent the areas that paid the lowest salary on average to LPN and LVN nurses.
Top Paying Cities for LVN and LPN Nurses
The top paying city for LVN / LPN nurses in the United States in 2020 was the San Jose – Sunnyvale – Santa Clara, CA area, which paid an average salary of $75,950 and an hourly wage of $36.51. There were an estimated 2,690 LPN/LVN nurses employed in this area. California areas also paid the highest RN salary average.
Santa Rosa, CA came in as the second highest paying area tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. LPN and LVN nurses here earned an average salary of $74,820 and an average wage of $35.97 per hour.
Lowest Paying Cities or Areas for LVN and LPN Nurses
The lowest paying city for LPN and LVNs was Beckley, West Virginia. They paid an average salary of $35,080 and an average hourly wage of $16.87. The Southern West Virginia non-metropolitan area was the second lowest paying area in the United States. This area paid LPN and LVN nurses an average salary of $35,590 and an average hourly wage of $17.11.
LPN and LVN Average Salary for Major Cities, Metropolitan, and Non-Metropolitan Areas
Below is a list of the average salary, hourly wage, and employment numbers for LPNs and LVNs in all major cities, metropolitan areas, and non-metropolitan areas in the United States, including U.S. owned territories of Guam and Puerto Rico. This list is sorted by the highest paying salaries to the lowest paying salaries for major cities and areas in the U.S.
| Area Name | Employment | Hourly mean wage | Annual mean wage |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 2,690 | $36.51 | $75,950 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | 800 | $35.97 | $74,820 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA | 6,580 | $35.83 | $74,520 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 780 | $34.78 | $72,350 |
| Anchorage, AK | 180 | $33.65 | $69,990 |
| Alaska nonmetropolitan area | 90 | $33.02 | $68,670 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area | 280 | $32.06 | $66,690 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 6,030 | $31.68 | $65,900 |
| Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 380 | $31.40 | $65,310 |
| Napa, CA | – | $31.33 | $65,170 |
| Madera, CA | 230 | $31.27 | $65,040 |
| Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA | 3,570 | $31.24 | $64,990 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA | 360 | $31.08 | $64,650 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 610 | $30.61 | $63,670 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | 1,310 | $30.44 | $63,320 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area | 450 | $30.41 | $63,250 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 340 | $30.38 | $63,200 |
| Reno, NV | 390 | $30.36 | $63,160 |
| Yuba City, CA | 220 | $30.22 | $62,850 |
| Chico, CA | 380 | $30.03 | $62,460 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 29,230 | $29.91 | $62,220 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 7,810 | $29.90 | $62,190 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 1,910 | $29.50 | $61,370 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 4,410 | $29.46 | $61,270 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH | 9,520 | $29.40 | $61,160 |
| Longview, WA | 220 | $29.38 | $61,100 |
| Salinas, CA | 610 | $29.25 | $60,840 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 620 | $29.20 | $60,730 |
| Kennewick-Richland, WA | 280 | $29.12 | $60,570 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 460 | $29.02 | $60,360 |
| Greeley, CO | 180 | $28.99 | $60,290 |
| Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area | 90 | $28.89 | $60,090 |
| Modesto, CA | 1,050 | $28.80 | $59,910 |
| Yakima, WA | 230 | $28.78 | $59,860 |
| Danbury, CT | 370 | $28.70 | $59,690 |
| Portsmouth, NH-ME | 220 | $28.69 | $59,680 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 1,640 | $28.67 | $59,640 |
| Fairbanks, AK | 60 | $28.67 | $59,630 |
| Walla Walla, WA | 50 | $28.58 | $59,450 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 2,040 | $28.50 | $59,280 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | 12,860 | $28.45 | $59,170 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 1,630 | $28.42 | $59,100 |
| Yuma, AZ | 80 | $28.38 | $59,040 |
| Olympia-Tumwater, WA | 390 | $28.16 | $58,580 |
| Leominster-Gardner, MA | 440 | $28.14 | $58,540 |
| North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area | 460 | $28.11 | $58,470 |
| Western Washington nonmetropolitan area | 400 | $28.09 | $58,420 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 1,750 | $28.08 | $58,410 |
| California-Lexington Park, MD | 130 | $28.06 | $58,360 |
| Redding, CA | 560 | $28.01 | $58,260 |
| Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area | 80 | $27.99 | $58,230 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 1,200 | $27.93 | $58,100 |
| Carson City, NV | 100 | $27.87 | $57,960 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 1,640 | $27.85 | $57,940 |
| Connecticut nonmetropolitan area | 150 | $27.84 | $57,910 |
| Albany, OR | 110 | $27.82 | $57,870 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 2,210 | $27.81 | $57,850 |
| New Haven, CT | 1,480 | $27.76 | $57,740 |
| Nevada nonmetropolitan area | 160 | $27.75 | $57,710 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 2,780 | $27.69 | $57,600 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 15,760 | $27.69 | $57,590 |
| New Bedford, MA | 470 | $27.69 | $57,580 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 34,270 | $27.54 | $57,270 |
| Trenton, NJ | 680 | $27.52 | $57,240 |
| Waterbury, CT | 470 | $27.51 | $57,230 |
| Manchester, NH | 490 | $27.45 | $57,100 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 750 | $27.45 | $57,090 |
| Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area | 210 | $27.43 | $57,050 |
| Dover-Durham, NH-ME | 150 | $27.40 | $57,000 |
| Salem, OR | 540 | $27.26 | $56,710 |
| Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | 340 | $27.25 | $56,670 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 4,920 | $27.24 | $56,650 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 2,210 | $27.16 | $56,490 |
| Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI | 490 | $27.02 | $56,200 |
| Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area | 210 | $26.97 | $56,100 |
| Prescott, AZ | 270 | $26.96 | $56,080 |
| Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | 110 | $26.95 | $56,060 |
| Eugene, OR | 500 | $26.93 | $56,020 |
| Pittsfield, MA | 380 | $26.90 | $55,940 |
| Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | 240 | $26.84 | $55,840 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale, WA | 280 | $26.83 | $55,810 |
| Corvallis, OR | 70 | $26.82 | $55,790 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 9,580 | $26.79 | $55,720 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 5,510 | $26.76 | $55,660 |
| Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ | 420 | $26.71 | $55,550 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 4,450 | $26.64 | $55,420 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | 80 | $26.63 | $55,390 |
| Gainesville, FL | 990 | $26.63 | $55,380 |
| Tucson, AZ | 1,540 | $26.53 | $55,190 |
| Grants Pass, OR | 60 | $26.45 | $55,010 |
| Fresno, CA | 1,490 | $26.44 | $54,980 |
| Medford, OR | 200 | $26.42 | $54,960 |
| Bellingham, WA | 200 | $26.32 | $54,750 |
| Boulder, CO | 380 | $26.24 | $54,590 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 550 | $26.08 | $54,250 |
| Ocean City, NJ | 210 | $26.07 | $54,230 |
| West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | 410 | $26.07 | $54,220 |
| Rockford, IL | 440 | $25.99 | $54,070 |
| Bend-Redmond, OR | 110 | $25.97 | $54,010 |
| Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 140 | $25.96 | $54,010 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 350 | $25.90 | $53,870 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 540 | $25.79 | $53,640 |
| Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area | 450 | $25.70 | $53,450 |
| Jackson, MI | 180 | $25.68 | $53,420 |
| Flint, MI | 360 | $25.66 | $53,370 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 580 | $25.62 | $53,280 |
| Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area | 210 | $25.58 | $53,200 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 190 | $25.45 | $52,930 |
| Fort Collins, CO | 250 | $25.42 | $52,870 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 590 | $25.38 | $52,790 |
| El Centro, CA | 300 | $25.38 | $52,780 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 280 | $25.38 | $52,780 |
| Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area | 50 | $25.36 | $52,760 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA | 760 | $25.36 | $52,750 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | 310 | $25.34 | $52,720 |
| Maryland nonmetropolitan area | 210 | $25.30 | $52,630 |
| Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area | 120 | $25.23 | $52,480 |
| Niles-Benton Harbor, MI | 180 | $25.20 | $52,420 |
| Wenatchee, WA | 100 | $25.19 | $52,400 |
| Kankakee, IL | 200 | $25.19 | $52,390 |
| Lewiston, ID-WA | 90 | $25.19 | $52,390 |
| Merced, CA | 280 | $25.14 | $52,300 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 16,040 | $25.11 | $52,230 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 2,330 | $25.10 | $52,200 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 7,680 | $25.10 | $52,200 |
| Danville, IL | 100 | $25.05 | $52,100 |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 830 | $25.04 | $52,090 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 280 | $25.05 | $52,090 |
| Midland, TX | 310 | $25.03 | $52,070 |
| Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area | 210 | $25.02 | $52,040 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 340 | $25.00 | $52,010 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 1,530 | $24.96 | $51,920 |
| Reading, PA | 870 | $24.93 | $51,860 |
| Kokomo, IN | 190 | $24.91 | $51,810 |
| Gettysburg, PA | 190 | $24.91 | $51,800 |
| Dover, DE | 580 | $24.89 | $51,770 |
| Battle Creek, MI | 380 | $24.86 | $51,710 |
| Rochester, MN | – | $24.74 | $51,470 |
| Arizona nonmetropolitan area | 310 | $24.73 | $51,440 |
| Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI | 170 | $24.68 | $51,340 |
| Bismarck, ND | 380 | $24.59 | $51,140 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 1,700 | $24.54 | $51,050 |
| Bay City, MI | 160 | $24.43 | $50,820 |
| Charlottesville, VA | 580 | $24.38 | $50,710 |
| Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 240 | $24.37 | $50,680 |
| Burlington, NC | 120 | $24.36 | $50,670 |
| Glens Falls, NY | 520 | $24.28 | $50,500 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 680 | $24.26 | $50,460 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 740 | $24.25 | $50,450 |
| Monroe, MI | 110 | $24.23 | $50,410 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 980 | $24.21 | $50,350 |
| Appleton, WI | 280 | $24.15 | $50,240 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 280 | $23.98 | $49,870 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 2,820 | $23.94 | $49,800 |
| Salisbury, MD-DE | 650 | $23.93 | $49,780 |
| West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area | 500 | $23.92 | $49,760 |
| Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area | 110 | $23.92 | $49,760 |
| Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area | 540 | $23.90 | $49,700 |
| Boise City, ID | 1,070 | $23.88 | $49,680 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 6,520 | $23.84 | $49,580 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 4,080 | $23.83 | $49,570 |
| Richmond, VA | 3,820 | $23.80 | $49,490 |
| Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 7,750 | $23.78 | $49,460 |
| Sherman-Denison, TX | 390 | $23.76 | $49,430 |
| Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | 990 | $23.75 | $49,410 |
| Pocatello, ID | 220 | $23.72 | $49,340 |
| Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 120 | $23.72 | $49,330 |
| Casper, WY | 50 | $23.70 | $49,290 |
| El Paso, TX | 1,870 | $23.69 | $49,270 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 620 | $23.66 | $49,200 |
| Midland, MI | 170 | $23.63 | $49,150 |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | 1,360 | $23.60 | $49,100 |
| Rocky Mount, NC | 180 | $23.58 | $49,040 |
| Saginaw, MI | 310 | $23.58 | $49,040 |
| Janesville-Beloit, WI | 180 | $23.56 | $49,000 |
| Lebanon, PA | 420 | $23.55 | $48,990 |
| Pueblo, CO | 230 | $23.55 | $48,990 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 13,150 | $23.54 | $48,960 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 1,770 | $23.52 | $48,910 |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 130 | $23.50 | $48,890 |
| Cheyenne, WY | 90 | $23.49 | $48,870 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 290 | $23.48 | $48,850 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 380 | $23.45 | $48,780 |
| Mankato-North Mankato, MN | 330 | $23.43 | $48,730 |
| Asheville, NC | 780 | $23.42 | $48,720 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 4,780 | $23.39 | $48,650 |
| Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area | 520 | $23.38 | $48,640 |
| Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area | 420 | $23.38 | $48,640 |
| Missoula, MT | 160 | $23.38 | $48,630 |
| Racine, WI | 230 | $23.37 | $48,610 |
| Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area | 690 | $23.37 | $48,600 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 360 | $23.37 | $48,600 |
| Lancaster, PA | 1,920 | $23.37 | $48,600 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 920 | $23.35 | $48,570 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 10,650 | $23.34 | $48,540 |
| Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area | 190 | $23.33 | $48,520 |
| North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL | 1,920 | $23.31 | $48,480 |
| Bloomington, IL | 200 | $23.30 | $48,460 |
| Lubbock, TX | 1,190 | $23.28 | $48,430 |
| Madison, WI | 630 | $23.27 | $48,400 |
| Coeur d’Alene, ID | 150 | $23.26 | $48,380 |
| Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | 700 | $23.24 | $48,350 |
| Raleigh, NC | 1,830 | $23.23 | $48,320 |
| Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area | 260 | $23.23 | $48,320 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 1,370 | $23.22 | $48,300 |
| Twin Falls, ID | 160 | $23.22 | $48,300 |
| Cumberland, MD-WV | 270 | $23.18 | $48,210 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 9,730 | $23.16 | $48,180 |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 260 | $23.15 | $48,150 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 5,460 | $23.13 | $48,120 |
| Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA | 370 | $23.13 | $48,110 |
| Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area | 420 | $23.13 | $48,110 |
| Iowa City, IA | 250 | $23.09 | $48,020 |
| Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | 980 | $23.08 | $48,000 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 4,480 | $23.04 | $47,930 |
| East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area | 500 | $22.96 | $47,760 |
| Tyler, TX | 860 | $22.94 | $47,720 |
| Wilmington, NC | 490 | $22.94 | $47,710 |
| Farmington, NM | 60 | $22.92 | $47,680 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 1,020 | $22.90 | $47,640 |
| Grand Junction, CO | 230 | $22.87 | $47,560 |
| Kingston, NY | 400 | $22.86 | $47,560 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | 450 | $22.86 | $47,550 |
| Waco, TX | 680 | $22.86 | $47,540 |
| Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 450 | $22.85 | $47,520 |
| Wausau, WI | 170 | $22.85 | $47,520 |
| Laredo, TX | 410 | $22.83 | $47,480 |
| Peoria, IL | 780 | $22.80 | $47,430 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 1,490 | $22.79 | $47,410 |
| Enid, OK | 140 | $22.78 | $47,390 |
| Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | 330 | $22.77 | $47,370 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 3,540 | $22.77 | $47,360 |
| Killeen-Temple, TX | 1,790 | $22.76 | $47,340 |
| St. Cloud, MN | 1,190 | $22.74 | $47,290 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 2,090 | $22.70 | $47,210 |
| Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | 360 | $22.69 | $47,200 |
| Akron, OH | 1,800 | $22.68 | $47,170 |
| Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | 340 | $22.67 | $47,160 |
| Toledo, OH | 1,880 | $22.66 | $47,140 |
| East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | 780 | $22.65 | $47,120 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 1,230 | $22.65 | $47,110 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 3,120 | $22.65 | $47,110 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 7,430 | $22.64 | $47,090 |
| Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA | 2,140 | $22.62 | $47,050 |
| Muskegon, MI | 230 | $22.60 | $47,010 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 6,920 | $22.60 | $47,010 |
| Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | 1,260 | $22.57 | $46,950 |
| South Florida nonmetropolitan area | 310 | $22.55 | $46,910 |
| South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | 850 | $22.54 | $46,890 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 1,450 | $22.52 | $46,830 |
| Great Falls, MT | 170 | $22.51 | $46,810 |
| Odessa, TX | 280 | $22.51 | $46,810 |
| Columbus, OH | 6,710 | $22.50 | $46,800 |
| Williamsport, PA | 480 | $22.50 | $46,790 |
| Ames, IA | 120 | $22.49 | $46,780 |
| Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | 1,600 | $22.49 | $46,780 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 200 | $22.49 | $46,780 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 860 | $22.47 | $46,730 |
| Dayton, OH | 2,990 | $22.46 | $46,710 |
| Ocala, FL | 610 | $22.44 | $46,680 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 600 | $22.40 | $46,590 |
| Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area | 220 | $22.38 | $46,550 |
| Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area | 220 | $22.36 | $46,510 |
| Grand Island, NE | 240 | $22.32 | $46,420 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 4,360 | $22.30 | $46,390 |
| Longview, TX | 750 | $22.30 | $46,380 |
| East Stroudsburg, PA | 260 | $22.28 | $46,330 |
| East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area | 330 | $22.26 | $46,310 |
| Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | 1,860 | $22.26 | $46,310 |
| Topeka, KS | 940 | $22.26 | $46,300 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 530 | $22.25 | $46,270 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 1,720 | $22.24 | $46,250 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 960 | $22.24 | $46,250 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 1,380 | $22.20 | $46,170 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 2,800 | $22.18 | $46,140 |
| Lincoln, NE | 850 | $22.16 | $46,100 |
| Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | 1,630 | $22.16 | $46,100 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 410 | $22.16 | $46,090 |
| Bloomington, IN | 250 | $22.13 | $46,040 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 370 | $22.14 | $46,040 |
| Eau Claire, WI | 280 | $22.12 | $46,010 |
| Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | 450 | $22.12 | $46,010 |
| Columbus, IN | 130 | $22.11 | $45,990 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 1,350 | $22.11 | $45,980 |
| Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area | 410 | $22.10 | $45,960 |
| Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area | 330 | $22.03 | $45,830 |
| Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | 1,410 | $22.04 | $45,830 |
| Owensboro, KY | 180 | $22.03 | $45,820 |
| Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | 120 | $22.02 | $45,790 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 5,700 | $21.99 | $45,740 |
| Springfield, IL | 770 | $21.99 | $45,740 |
| Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY | 270 | $21.98 | $45,710 |
| Syracuse, NY | 2,680 | $21.95 | $45,660 |
| Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 7,090 | $21.95 | $45,650 |
| Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | 1,590 | $21.95 | $45,650 |
| Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | 960 | $21.94 | $45,640 |
| Macon, GA | 870 | $21.93 | $45,610 |
| Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | 950 | $21.93 | $45,610 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 3,970 | $21.91 | $45,570 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 3,230 | $21.89 | $45,540 |
| Billings, MT | 420 | $21.88 | $45,510 |
| Decatur, IL | 230 | $21.86 | $45,480 |
| Fond du Lac, WI | 160 | $21.87 | $45,480 |
| Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | 110 | $21.87 | $45,480 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 3,840 | $21.86 | $45,470 |
| Greenville, NC | 350 | $21.86 | $45,470 |
| New Bern, NC | 190 | $21.86 | $45,460 |
| Roanoke, VA | 1,180 | $21.84 | $45,430 |
| West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | 1,330 | $21.84 | $45,420 |
| Staunton-Waynesboro, VA | 370 | $21.82 | $45,380 |
| Sumter, SC | 120 | $21.82 | $45,380 |
| Muncie, IN | 320 | $21.79 | $45,310 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 700 | $21.77 | $45,280 |
| Amarillo, TX | 770 | $21.77 | $45,270 |
| Homosassa Springs, FL | 390 | $21.76 | $45,260 |
| The Villages, FL | 270 | $21.76 | $45,250 |
| Ithaca, NY | 340 | $21.73 | $45,200 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 3,070 | $21.72 | $45,180 |
| Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area | 170 | $21.72 | $45,170 |
| Sheboygan, WI | 180 | $21.72 | $45,170 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 380 | $21.71 | $45,150 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 1,210 | $21.69 | $45,120 |
| Lima, OH | 480 | $21.67 | $45,070 |
| Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area | 1,070 | $21.65 | $45,030 |
| Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area | 600 | $21.64 | $45,010 |
| Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | 1,240 | $21.63 | $45,000 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | 330 | $21.64 | $45,000 |
| North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | 2,730 | $21.61 | $44,960 |
| Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | 720 | $21.61 | $44,940 |
| Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area | 290 | $21.61 | $44,940 |
| Harrisonburg, VA | 380 | $21.60 | $44,930 |
| Tulsa, OK | 2,410 | $21.60 | $44,930 |
| Manhattan, KS | 110 | $21.58 | $44,890 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 200 | $21.58 | $44,890 |
| Altoona, PA | 620 | $21.56 | $44,840 |
| Terre Haute, IN | 440 | $21.55 | $44,830 |
| Springfield, OH | 510 | $21.55 | $44,820 |
| Gainesville, GA | 580 | $21.54 | $44,800 |
| Athens-Clarke County, GA | 380 | $21.52 | $44,770 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 3,560 | $21.46 | $44,650 |
| Columbia, MO | 600 | $21.46 | $44,640 |
| Binghamton, NY | 580 | $21.45 | $44,620 |
| Savannah, GA | 890 | $21.45 | $44,610 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 5,080 | $21.44 | $44,600 |
| Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | 450 | $21.43 | $44,580 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 1,090 | $21.43 | $44,570 |
| Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | 940 | $21.42 | $44,550 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 1,600 | $21.41 | $44,530 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 970 | $21.39 | $44,500 |
| San Angelo, TX | 300 | $21.37 | $44,440 |
| State College, PA | 300 | $21.34 | $44,400 |
| Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | 390 | $21.34 | $44,390 |
| Rome, GA | 290 | $21.32 | $44,340 |
| Lawrence, KS | 120 | $21.31 | $44,330 |
| Rochester, NY | 3,620 | $21.32 | $44,330 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 450 | $21.30 | $44,300 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 4,340 | $21.30 | $44,300 |
| Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | 1,120 | $21.27 | $44,240 |
| South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | 1,410 | $21.25 | $44,210 |
| Santa Fe, NM | 140 | $21.23 | $44,150 |
| Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area | 250 | $21.22 | $44,140 |
| Abilene, TX | 730 | $21.21 | $44,110 |
| Columbia, SC | 1,730 | $21.20 | $44,100 |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 320 | $21.20 | $44,090 |
| Central Utah nonmetropolitan area | 110 | $21.19 | $44,080 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 2,750 | $21.17 | $44,040 |
| Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL | 850 | $21.17 | $44,040 |
| Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area | 130 | $21.17 | $44,030 |
| Wichita, KS | 1,600 | $21.14 | $43,980 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 1,300 | $21.13 | $43,950 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 130 | $21.12 | $43,920 |
| North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | 2,990 | $21.08 | $43,840 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 990 | $21.05 | $43,780 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 500 | $21.05 | $43,780 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 1,110 | $21.03 | $43,740 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 1,440 | $21.01 | $43,700 |
| North Georgia nonmetropolitan area | 970 | $20.99 | $43,660 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 1,250 | $20.98 | $43,640 |
| Mansfield, OH | 430 | $20.98 | $43,640 |
| Springfield, MO | 1,210 | $20.97 | $43,620 |
| West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | 1,810 | $20.94 | $43,560 |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | 910 | $20.94 | $43,550 |
| Carbondale-Marion, IL | 620 | $20.93 | $43,540 |
| Punta Gorda, FL | 350 | $20.93 | $43,530 |
| Bowling Green, KY | 330 | $20.92 | $43,510 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 700 | $20.91 | $43,490 |
| Hinesville, GA | 110 | $20.91 | $43,480 |
| South Illinois nonmetropolitan area | 560 | $20.87 | $43,400 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 940 | $20.87 | $43,400 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 1,540 | $20.84 | $43,350 |
| Green Bay, WI | 620 | $20.81 | $43,270 |
| Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | 390 | $20.80 | $43,270 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 2,090 | $20.80 | $43,260 |
| Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | 1,320 | $20.79 | $43,240 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS | 1,000 | $20.76 | $43,170 |
| Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | 1,030 | $20.75 | $43,160 |
| Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area | 560 | $20.75 | $43,160 |
| Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area | 1,050 | $20.75 | $43,150 |
| West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | 1,560 | $20.70 | $43,060 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 1,120 | $20.70 | $43,050 |
| Dubuque, IA | 220 | $20.69 | $43,040 |
| Erie, PA | 1,030 | $20.69 | $43,040 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 800 | $20.69 | $43,030 |
| Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | 540 | $20.63 | $42,910 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 660 | $20.61 | $42,860 |
| Goldsboro, NC | 240 | $20.58 | $42,800 |
| Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | 1,850 | $20.57 | $42,790 |
| Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | 1,060 | $20.55 | $42,750 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 2,000 | $20.53 | $42,690 |
| Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area | 660 | $20.52 | $42,680 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | 340 | $20.50 | $42,640 |
| Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | 890 | $20.48 | $42,600 |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 510 | $20.47 | $42,590 |
| Kansas nonmetropolitan area | 2,390 | $20.44 | $42,520 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 2,900 | $20.42 | $42,470 |
| Hammond, LA | 500 | $20.41 | $42,450 |
| Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC | 340 | $20.41 | $42,450 |
| Valdosta, GA | 370 | $20.40 | $42,430 |
| Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | 930 | $20.38 | $42,390 |
| Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | 2,020 | $20.36 | $42,350 |
| Florence, SC | 780 | $20.33 | $42,290 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC | 1,590 | $20.30 | $42,230 |
| Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area | 360 | $20.31 | $42,230 |
| Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | 1,490 | $20.30 | $42,220 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC | 720 | $20.26 | $42,150 |
| Jackson, MS | 2,020 | $20.25 | $42,110 |
| Jefferson City, MO | 340 | $20.24 | $42,090 |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | 1,340 | $20.22 | $42,060 |
| North Florida nonmetropolitan area | 980 | $20.22 | $42,050 |
| West Montana nonmetropolitan area | 340 | $20.21 | $42,040 |
| Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | 460 | $20.18 | $41,970 |
| Huntsville, AL | 920 | $19.99 | $41,580 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 1,050 | $19.97 | $41,540 |
| Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area | 1,070 | $19.92 | $41,440 |
| Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | 870 | $19.92 | $41,430 |
| Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area | 1,180 | $19.90 | $41,380 |
| Alexandria, LA | 880 | $19.86 | $41,310 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 320 | $19.86 | $41,310 |
| Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area | 1,140 | $19.81 | $41,200 |
| Knoxville, TN | 3,020 | $19.80 | $41,190 |
| Joplin, MO | 420 | $19.79 | $41,150 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 440 | $19.76 | $41,100 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 790 | $19.76 | $41,090 |
| Montgomery, AL | 680 | $19.70 | $40,970 |
| North Missouri nonmetropolitan area | 1,020 | $19.69 | $40,960 |
| East Georgia nonmetropolitan area | 870 | $19.69 | $40,950 |
| Rapid City, SD | 350 | $19.68 | $40,930 |
| Bangor, ME | 120 | $19.67 | $40,920 |
| Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | 1,410 | $19.64 | $40,850 |
| Gadsden, AL | 390 | $19.61 | $40,800 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 1,290 | $19.55 | $40,670 |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | 880 | $19.49 | $40,550 |
| Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | 530 | $19.50 | $40,550 |
| Sebring, FL | 200 | $19.49 | $40,540 |
| Dalton, GA | 270 | $19.47 | $40,500 |
| East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | 900 | $19.46 | $40,470 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 700 | $19.44 | $40,440 |
| Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area | 1,250 | $19.42 | $40,390 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 650 | $19.40 | $40,360 |
| St. George, UT | 140 | $19.40 | $40,350 |
| Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | 980 | $19.34 | $40,220 |
| Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | 1,200 | $19.33 | $40,210 |
| Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 470 | $19.32 | $40,190 |
| Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | 370 | $19.31 | $40,160 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 870 | $19.30 | $40,150 |
| Pine Bluff, AR | 350 | $19.27 | $40,090 |
| Texarkana, TX-AR | 670 | $19.27 | $40,090 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 420 | $19.27 | $40,080 |
| Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area | 880 | $19.26 | $40,050 |
| Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 200 | $19.24 | $40,030 |
| Johnstown, PA | 360 | $19.21 | $39,950 |
| Lawton, OK | 480 | $19.18 | $39,900 |
| Charleston, WV | 720 | $19.17 | $39,880 |
| Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL | 280 | $19.14 | $39,810 |
| Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area | 1,010 | $19.12 | $39,780 |
| Lafayette, LA | 2,590 | $19.08 | $39,680 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 160 | $19.03 | $39,590 |
| Houma-Thibodaux, LA | 580 | $19.01 | $39,530 |
| South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | 1,100 | $19.00 | $39,520 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 920 | $19.00 | $39,510 |
| Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | 730 | $18.98 | $39,470 |
| North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | 1,620 | $18.93 | $39,370 |
| Albany, GA | 400 | $18.92 | $39,360 |
| West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | 960 | $18.91 | $39,330 |
| Hot Springs, AR | 550 | $18.88 | $39,260 |
| Victoria, TX | 350 | $18.86 | $39,230 |
| West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | 1,960 | $18.84 | $39,180 |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 1,060 | $18.84 | $39,180 |
| Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area | 1,320 | $18.79 | $39,080 |
| Brunswick, GA | 200 | $18.78 | $39,060 |
| North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | 1,640 | $18.77 | $39,030 |
| Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 680 | $18.74 | $38,980 |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | 1,100 | $18.72 | $38,940 |
| Monroe, LA | 1,140 | $18.68 | $38,860 |
| Cleveland, TN | 370 | $18.67 | $38,840 |
| Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | 820 | $18.63 | $38,750 |
| Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | 2,130 | $18.63 | $38,740 |
| West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area | 310 | $18.61 | $38,710 |
| Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | 1,350 | $18.55 | $38,590 |
| East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | 670 | $18.55 | $38,580 |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 280 | $18.53 | $38,550 |
| Mobile, AL | 1,300 | $18.53 | $38,540 |
| Morgantown, WV | 750 | $18.53 | $38,540 |
| Panama City, FL | 330 | $18.53 | $38,530 |
| South Georgia nonmetropolitan area | 2,270 | $18.52 | $38,520 |
| Johnson City, TN | 1,220 | $18.50 | $38,480 |
| Elmira, NY | 330 | $18.41 | $38,290 |
| Jonesboro, AR | 660 | $18.35 | $38,180 |
| Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area | 1,540 | $18.27 | $37,990 |
| East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area | 650 | $18.20 | $37,860 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 1,000 | $18.17 | $37,790 |
| Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | 670 | $18.16 | $37,760 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 100 | $18.09 | $37,630 |
| Jackson, TN | 940 | $18.06 | $37,570 |
| Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | 1,670 | $18.05 | $37,550 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 400 | $18.02 | $37,480 |
| South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | 1,160 | $17.85 | $37,130 |
| Decatur, AL | 270 | $17.70 | $36,810 |
| Dothan, AL | 540 | $17.17 | $35,710 |
| Morristown, TN | 440 | $17.15 | $35,660 |
| Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area | 920 | $17.11 | $35,590 |
| Beckley, WV | 540 | $16.87 | $35,080 |
| San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR | 3,230 | $11.92 | $24,800 |
| Ponce, PR | 340 | $10.42 | $21,680 |
| Aguadilla-Isabela, PR | 170 | $10.18 | $21,170 |
| Arecibo, PR | 190 | $9.92 | $20,630 |
| San German, PR | 70 | $9.89 | $20,570 |
| Mayaguez, PR | 260 | $9.54 | $19,830 |
Works Cited:
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2020 [www.bls.gov/]
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2020 OEWS Maps, Employment of healthcare occupations, by state, May 2020, accessed 08/25/2021, [https://www.bls.gov/]