Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses · SOC 29-2061
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Salary in the Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in the Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $50,720 per year ($24.39 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $40,290 at the 10th percentile to $63,930 at the 90th. BLS estimates 530 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in the Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area earn more than $50,720 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $45,990 and $59,390.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $40,290 | $45,990 | $50,720 | $59,390 | $63,930 |
| Hourly | $19.37 | $22.11 | $24.39 | $28.55 | $30.74 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$50,720 median for Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $45,990 to $59,390
- Alabamastate$57,030 median for Alabama; middle half earns $48,150 to $61,800
- United Statesnational$64,400 median for United States; middle half earns $59,000 to $76,030
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −11% vs Alabama overall and −21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Alabama
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan areathis page$50,720 median for Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $45,990 to $59,390
- $61,040 median for Birmingham metro area; middle half earns $50,200 to $68,450
- $59,860 median for Huntsville metro area; middle half earns $47,700 to $62,380
- $58,280 median for Daphne metro area; middle half earns $48,960 to $63,850
- $58,010 median for Decatur metro area; middle half earns $50,860 to $61,290
- $57,090 median for Anniston metro area; middle half earns $48,130 to $61,470
- $57,030 median for Mobile metro area; middle half earns $49,990 to $61,910
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for licensed practical and licensed vocational nursess · Highest-paying occupations in Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.