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Licensed Practical And Licensed Vocational Nurses

Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) take care of ill, convalescing or aging patients generally under the supervision of more highly trained medical professionals, such as registered nurses or physicians. LPNs may be involved in keeping patients cleaned and fed, taking vital signs, changing dressings, performing some routine tests, and generally helping to make patients feel more comfortable.

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LPNs are employed in hospitals and nursing home settings, as well as for private in-home care, where the largest job growth is expected for the profession. Some LPNs are also employed in doctor's offices.

LPN Programs and Licensing

As its name implies, licensed practical nurses are required to be licensed by the state in which they work. There is a national exam called the NCLEX-PN that must be passed after completing a formal, state-approved LPN training program. LPN's generally earn their educational credentials from a technical/vocational school or a career oriented college or university. Most LPN programs are completed in about a year and include practical experience, typically in a hospital.

Schools for Licensed Practical And Licensed Vocational Nurses are listed in the column to the left.

The Top Cities tab shows employment statistics for Licensed Practical And Licensed Vocational Nurses by major US metro area.

Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2006)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Dothan	1,280	$31,820	5
Gadsden	400	$27,730	3
Tuscaloosa	1,070	$29,350	2.9
Anniston	400	$27,970	1.9
Florence	380	$29,320	1.7
Mobile	1,220	$29,220	1.5
Decatur	350	$30,300	1.4
Birmingham	3,700	$31,300	1.4
Montgomery	1,150	$30,980	1.4
Huntsville	890	$32,960	0.9
ALASKA
Fairbanks	70	$40,340	0.5
Anchorage	280	$44,990	0.4
ARIZONA
Tucson	1,940	$39,770	1.1
Prescott	300	$38,900	1.1
Phoenix	6,830	$41,030	0.7
Yuma	140	$36,560	0.6
ARKANSAS
Pine Bluff	650	$33,030	4.6
Hot Springs	510	$30,970	3.3
Jonesboro	540	$28,860	2.5
Little Rock	3,920	$34,300	2.4
Fort Smith	1,150	$30,160	2
Fayetteville	1,030	$33,230	1.2
CALIFORNIA
Chico	840	$41,300	2.4
Yuba City	240	$40,030	1.4
Redding	380	$37,820	1.2
Vallejo	650	$48,840	1
Madera	140	$41,600	1
Visalia	620	$39,880	1
Hanford	130	$36,650	1
Modesto	750	$46,040	0.9
Stockton	900	$45,020	0.9
Los Angeles	17,850	$44,050	0.8
Fresno	1,360	$41,760	0.8
Santa Rosa	790	$51,710	0.8
Merced	190	$44,060	0.8
Riverside	5,300	$40,350	0.8
Salinas	540	$49,880	0.7
San Diego	4,660	$40,610	0.7
Sacramento	3,150	$45,930	0.7
Napa	190	$42,490	0.7
Oakland	3,260	$53,870	0.6
Oxnard	880	$43,350	0.6
Santa Ana	4,540	$47,740	0.6
San Francisco	2,810	$55,020	0.6
Bakersfield	730	$40,600	0.6
El Centro	120	$37,480	0.6
San Luis Obispo	260	$42,650	0.5
Santa Barbara	430	$44,970	0.5
San Jose	2,360	$54,590	0.5
Santa Cruz	170	$47,510	0.4
COLORADO
Pueblo	550	$31,810	2.6
Grand Junction	240	$40,590	1.1
Colorado Springs	750	$36,730	0.6
Fort Collins	320	$39,250	0.6
Boulder	370	$40,600	0.5
Greeley	170	$39,910	0.5
Denver	3,120	$40,140	0.5
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	410	$47,440	1.3
New Haven	1,580	$51,490	1.1
Hartford	2,850	$51,870	1
Norwich	570	$46,220	1
Danbury	270	$45,260	0.9
Bridgeport	1,750	$51,930	0.8
DELAWARE
Wilmington	1,700	$45,610	1
Dover	220	$41,100	0.9
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	6,440	$43,310	0.5
FLORIDA
Punta Gorda	620	$34,500	3.4
Lakeland	2,580	$32,690	2.6
Panama City	600	$30,330	1.9
Sarasota	2,240	$36,870	1.5
Tampa	9,710	$37,370	1.5
Ocala	670	$37,360	1.5
Deltona	1,160	$37,700	1.5
Tallahassee	1,080	$34,030	1.4
West Palm Beach	3,720	$40,900	1.3
Pensacola	980	$34,150	1.3
Port St. Lucie	750	$38,240	1.3
Fort Walton Beach	450	$31,930	1.2
Gainesville	620	$36,600	1.1
Sebastian	230	$38,190	1.1
Miami	5,340	$37,750	1.1
Palm Bay	1,020	$37,540	1
Cape Coral	1,110	$38,320	1
Fort Lauderdale	3,670	$38,990	1
Orlando	5,090	$36,220	0.9
Jacksonville	2,530	$38,420	0.8
GEORGIA
Rome	500	$33,340	3.2
Hinesville	130	$29,990	3.2
Albany	680	$25,900	2.5
Valdosta	440	$30,870	2.2
Augusta	2,250	$31,480	2.2
Macon	950	$34,830	2.2
Columbus	940	$31,180	1.8
Warner Robins	330	$32,080	1.6
Brunswick	240	$34,160	1.5
Athens	420	$35,760	1.3
Savannah	750	$32,370	1.1
Dalton	300	$32,190	0.9
Atlanta	10,160	$34,740	0.8
HAWAII
Honolulu	1,430	$39,800	0.7
IDAHO
Pocatello	300	$35,320	2.4
Idaho Falls	330	$31,240	1.7
Lewiston	130	$35,050	1.4
Boise	1,020	$36,660	0.8
Coeur d'Alene	100	$34,560	0.5
ILLINOIS
Kankakee	380	$37,930	2.2
Danville	180	$38,010	1.6
Decatur	300	$27,060	1.4
Springfield	650	$36,540	1.3
Peoria	950	$38,640	1.2
Champaign	430	$33,220	1.1
Rockford	720	$35,790	1
Chicago	13,470	$40,640	0.7
Bloomington	200	$34,930	0.6
Waukegan	770	$42,150	0.4
INDIANA
Anderson	480	$33,890	3.1
Muncie	560	$35,460	2.8
Bloomington	710	$34,200	2.4
Columbus	350	$33,320	2.2
Kokomo	350	$34,270	2.2
Terre Haute	590	$32,500	1.9
Lafayette	450	$35,300	1.4
Gary	1,820	$36,390	1.3
Fort Wayne	1,310	$35,210	1.2
Michigan City	230	$34,660	1.2
Evansville	990	$33,750	1.1
Indianapolis	5,130	$38,700	1.1
South Bend	730	$37,240	1.1
Elkhart	410	$35,780	0.6
IOWA
Waterloo	520	$31,520	1.4
Dubuque	250	$33,700	1.1
Sioux City	290	$30,750	0.9
Davenport	820	$32,570	0.9
Ames	120	$32,540	0.8
Iowa City	230	$33,360	0.8
Cedar Rapids	360	$34,200	0.6
Des Moines	850	$35,140	0.5
KANSAS
Topeka	1,040	$34,460	2
Wichita	1,400	$34,150	1
Lawrence	130	$32,290	0.7
KENTUCKY
Bowling Green	430	$31,660	1.9
Elizabethtown	320	$32,420	1.8
Owensboro	330	$32,190	1.7
Louisville	3,950	$36,930	1.3
Lexington	1,060	$35,930	0.9
LOUISIANA
Alexandria	1,110	$30,010	4.2
Monroe	1,040	$31,370	3.1
Shreveport	2,180	$32,470	2.8
Lake Charles	780	$29,010	2.1
Houma	780	$34,960	2
Lafayette	1,220	$31,140	1.9
Baton Rouge	3,160	$34,980	1.8
New Orleans	3,660	$32,860	1.6
MAINE
Bangor	210	$34,420	0.7
Lewiston	150	$36,430	0.7
Portland	600	$40,160	0.6
MARYLAND
Cumberland	250	$34,820	1.7
Hagerstown	620	$38,510	1.4
Salisbury	290	$40,750	1.2
Baltimore	5,110	$46,640	0.8
Bethesda	1,960	$48,000	0.7
MASSACHUSETTS
Taunton	380	$42,150	2.2
New Bedford	590	$46,110	2
Pittsfield	260	$40,450	1.8
Haverhill	610	$48,580	1.7
Lowell	950	$44,280	1.6
Lynn	710	$49,180	1.6
Worcester	1,920	$49,040	1.5
Lawrence	310	$43,490	1.3
Springfield	1,880	$45,000	1.3
Barnstable	590	$46,950	1.2
Leominster	270	$44,240	1.2
Brockton	420	$46,300	1
Boston	7,070	$49,370	0.8
Framingham	440	$50,590	0.6
MICHIGAN
Bay City	290	$38,320	2
Monroe	230	$38,970	1.5
Saginaw	560	$36,010	1.5
Flint	940	$38,710	1.4
Muskegon	360	$35,850	1.4
Battle Creek	280	$39,030	1.2
Grand Rapids	2,240	$37,550	1.1
Niles	290	$36,740	1.1
Ann Arbor	720	$43,370	0.9
Kalamazoo	550	$38,390	0.8
Lansing	720	$40,500	0.8
Jackson	190	$37,490	0.8
Detroit	2,420	$42,680	0.7
Warren	3,620	$42,040	0.6
Holland	260	$36,100	0.5
MINNESOTA
Rochester	940	$39,900	2.7
Duluth	1,420	$35,530	2.3
St. Cloud	910	$34,440	2
Minneapolis	8,540	$39,610	0.9
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg	600	$28,860	2.3
Jackson	2,160	$30,830	1.7
Pascagoula	280	$29,890	1.5
Gulfport	600	$29,750	1.3
MISSOURI
Columbia	730	$30,650	2.3
Jefferson City	570	$30,770	1.9
Springfield	1,300	$29,270	1.5
Joplin	460	$27,380	1.3
St. Louis	6,970	$36,730	1
Kansas City	5,090	$35,490	1
MONTANA
Missoula	460	$31,800	1.9
Great Falls	250	$31,520	1.9
Billings	670	$31,490	1.7
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	780	$35,240	1
Omaha	1,860	$36,560	0.8
NEVADA
Carson City	100	$42,840	0.8
Las Vegas	2,020	$40,360	0.4
Reno	370	$44,530	0.4
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester	420	$43,360	0.9
Nashua	490	$38,080	0.8
Portsmouth	140	$42,630	0.6
Rochester	120	$38,830	0.5
NEW JERSEY
Camden	3,480	$45,070	1.2
Trenton	1,110	$48,900	1
Edison	4,690	$48,340	0.9
Ocean City	160	$42,220	0.9
Newark	4,370	$48,650	0.8
Atlantic City	530	$42,410	0.8
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	1,890	$40,080	1
Farmington	120	$37,150	0.6
NEW YORK
Elmira	430	$28,950	2.9
Utica	1,440	$31,290	2.3
Glens Falls	500	$27,570	2.1
Buffalo	4,630	$34,040	1.7
Syracuse	2,590	$32,680	1.6
Binghamton	810	$34,100	1.6
Kingston	410	$37,090	1.5
Rochester	3,470	$35,200	1.4
Poughkeepsie	1,640	$38,900	1.4
Ithaca	180	$31,970	1.3
Albany	2,750	$36,710	1.2
Nassau	6,400	$44,060	1
New York	20,630	$44,940	0.8
NORTH CAROLINA
Fayetteville	790	$36,660	1.4
Winston-Salem	1,430	$36,850	1.4
Goldsboro	230	$34,120	1.4
Asheville	1,040	$36,450	1.2
Jacksonville	200	$32,630	1.2
Wilmington	710	$35,970	1.1
Rocky Mount	240	$36,680	0.9
Burlington	200	$38,130	0.8
Greenville	230	$35,770	0.8
Durham	910	$38,930	0.7
Hickory	600	$37,920	0.7
Raleigh	1,310	$37,860	0.5
Charlotte	2,100	$37,170	0.5
Greensboro	830	$37,240	0.4
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks	650	$33,770	2.9
Bismarck	400	$32,860	1.5
OHIO
Sandusky	610	$36,870	4.2
Lima	570	$34,670	2.3
Springfield	450	$37,540	2.2
Youngstown	2,230	$34,870	1.9
Mansfield	440	$33,690	1.8
Canton	1,520	$34,140	1.8
Toledo	2,370	$38,740	1.5
Cleveland	7,490	$39,700	1.3
Dayton	2,720	$37,810	1.3
Akron	2,200	$38,080	1.3
Cincinnati	6,160	$39,510	1.1
Columbus	4,600	$40,030	1
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	620	$27,880	4.5
Tulsa	2,960	$32,690	1.4
Oklahoma City	3,940	$31,990	1.4
OREGON
Corvallis	60	$38,290	0.6
Bend	140	$37,340	0.5
Eugene	350	$37,190	0.5
Medford	160	$40,740	0.4
Salem	240	$40,340	0.3
Portland	1,540	$43,870	0.3
PENNSYLVANIA
Lebanon	470	$36,570	2.6
Altoona	560	$28,780	2.1
Williamsport	380	$34,420	1.8
Scranton	2,180	$36,360	1.7
Reading	1,210	$38,580	1.5
State College	340	$31,090	1.4
Lancaster	1,610	$38,170	1.4
Johnstown	350	$38,060	1.4
York	1,090	$37,390	1.2
Harrisburg	1,750	$38,250	1.2
Philadelphia	11,480	$45,370	1.2
Erie	690	$35,620	1.1
Allentown	1,710	$38,340	1
Pittsburgh	5,660	$35,280	1
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	2,440	$45,240	0.9
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sumter	280	$35,040	2
Florence	770	$35,420	2
Spartanburg	750	$32,110	1.4
Anderson	280	$32,490	1.2
Columbia	2,020	$34,720	1.2
Myrtle Beach	590	$31,020	1.1
Charleston	1,160	$35,300	0.8
Greenville	1,200	$34,580	0.8
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	340	$31,260	1.3
Sioux Falls	640	$31,390	1
TENNESSEE
Jackson	800	$29,010	3.5
Johnson City	910	$28,650	2.8
Morristown	510	$27,530	2.6
Clarksville	830	$32,330	2.4
Cleveland	330	$31,000	2.1
Kingsport	940	$28,140	1.8
Nashville	6,090	$36,640	1.6
Knoxville	2,440	$30,490	1.5
Memphis	3,960	$34,300	1.3
Chattanooga	1,280	$34,340	1.1
TEXAS
Abilene	1,110	$30,250	4.1
Wichita Falls	1,020	$27,940	3.9
Texarkana	880	$30,180	3.7
Sherman	630	$31,900	3.7
Lubbock	1,860	$33,660	3.5
Victoria	630	$30,850	3.4
Longview	1,260	$34,100	3.1
San Angelo	490	$30,810	3
Tyler	1,030	$35,230	2.4
Odessa	460	$35,090	2
Corpus Christi	1,610	$33,260	2
Waco	870	$35,800	1.9
Amarillo	860	$32,910	1.9
Brownsville	990	$37,270	1.7
McAllen	1,760	$39,590	1.7
College Station	550	$32,880	1.7
Laredo	540	$35,840	1.6
Killeen	840	$35,310	1.6
Beaumont	1,180	$32,280	1.5
San Antonio	5,610	$35,470	1.4
Midland	280	$35,710	1.1
Fort Worth	4,560	$39,030	1.1
Houston	12,990	$38,560	1
El Paso	1,130	$39,020	0.9
Dallas	9,300	$39,160	0.9
Austin	2,730	$37,910	0.7
UTAH
Logan	100	$30,620	0.6
Ogden	500	$37,530	0.6
Provo	390	$32,020	0.5
St. George	100	$33,610	0.5
Salt Lake City	1,290	$36,650	0.4
VERMONT
Burlington	480	$37,220	1
VIRGINIA
Danville	340	$32,860	2.1
Charlottesville	680	$35,080	1.8
Roanoke	1,210	$34,540	1.6
Blacksburg	360	$32,460	1.5
Harrisonburg	320	$32,610	1.5
Richmond	3,900	$36,630	1.3
Lynchburg	500	$34,320	1.1
Virginia Beach	4,300	$35,170	1.1
WASHINGTON
Tacoma	2,220	$40,550	1.7
Bremerton	440	$38,890	1.2
Yakima	420	$37,410	1.1
Bellingham	340	$33,700	1
Olympia	410	$38,210	0.9
Spokane	920	$38,450	0.9
Longview	120	$38,390	0.9
Mount Vernon	120	$36,710	0.6
Wenatchee	100	$37,930	0.6
Kennewick	200	$37,580	0.5
Seattle	3,430	$45,030	0.5
WEST VIRGINIA
Wheeling	760	$28,820	2.6
Morgantown	540	$28,320	2.6
Parkersburg	730	$31,740	2.2
Huntington	1,110	$30,250	2
Weirton	330	$32,780	1.7
Charleston	970	$31,760	1.4
WISCONSIN
Fond du Lac	290	$34,440	1.8
La Crosse	360	$35,340	1.1
Racine	320	$37,110	0.9
Eau Claire	320	$34,030	0.9
Sheboygan	220	$35,650	0.9
Wausau	240	$37,440	0.8
Green Bay	610	$36,480	0.8
Janesville	210	$34,940	0.7
Milwaukee	2,890	$41,810	0.7
Appleton	340	$36,550	0.6
Madison	1,020	$37,660	0.6
Oshkosh	230	$35,880	0.6
WYOMING
Cheyenne	160	$35,190	0.9
Casper	80	$32,680	0.5

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