Pay distribution $51,640 10th $57,430 25th $65,830 75th $72,470 90th
Half of Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in the Wilmington metro area earn more than $63,390 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $57,430 and $65,830.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $51,640 $57,430 $63,390 $65,830 $72,470 Hourly $24.83 $27.61 $30.48 $31.65 $34.84
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 Wilmington metro areathis metro area
$63,390 median for Wilmington metro area; middle half earns $57,430 to $65,830
$63,270 median for North Carolina; middle half earns $59,270 to $69,700
$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 about the same vs North Carolina overall and −2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $23,450 $47,407 $71,363 $95,320 Aguadilla, PR — $23,450 Arecibo, PR — $24,890 Ponce, PR — $24,900 Guayama, PR — $26,280 Mayaguez, PR — $30,970 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $32,770 Dothan, AL — $47,820 Hattiesburg, MS — $48,350 Valdosta, GA — $49,860 Morgantown, WV — $50,400 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $50,630 Jackson, TN — $50,670 Jonesboro, AR — $50,980 Johnson City, TN — $51,480 Lafayette, LA — $51,580 Rapid City, SD — $52,220 Cleveland, TN — $52,350 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $53,240 Lake Charles, LA — $53,300 Jackson, MS — $53,510 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $53,520 Hinesville, GA — $53,930 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $54,050 Warner Robins, GA — $54,280 Charleston, WV — $54,370 Dalton, GA — $54,380 Beckley, WV — $54,510 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $54,540 Alexandria, LA — $54,880 Morristown, TN — $55,140 Logan, UT-ID — $55,290 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $55,360 Monroe, LA — $55,360 Tuscaloosa, AL — $55,360 Montgomery, AL — $55,410 Hammond, LA — $55,840 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $55,880 Gadsden, AL — $56,040 Hot Springs, AR — $56,120 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $56,120 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $56,250 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $56,250 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $56,430 Laredo, TX — $56,850 Mobile, AL — $57,030 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $57,030 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $57,090 Eagle Pass, TX — $57,250 Lawton, OK — $57,260 Johnstown, PA — $57,320 Albuquerque, NM — $57,370 Texarkana, TX-AR — $57,370 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $57,460 Knoxville, TN — $57,960 Wheeling, WV-OH — $57,960 Decatur, AL — $58,010 Victoria, TX — $58,130 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $58,200 Clarksville, TN-KY — $58,260 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $58,280 Albany, GA — $58,310 Sebring, FL — $58,320 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $58,340 Lubbock, TX — $58,510 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $58,580 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $58,590 Mansfield, OH — $58,730 El Paso, TX — $58,770 Joplin, MO-KS — $58,920 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $58,930 Tallahassee, FL — $59,040 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $59,060 Ocala, FL — $59,070 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $59,140 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $59,200 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $59,210 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $59,240 Enid, OK — $59,300 Columbus, GA-AL — $59,330 San Angelo, TX — $59,340 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $59,500 Homosassa Springs, FL — $59,510 Tyler, TX — $59,550 Altoona, PA — $59,680 Baton Rouge, LA — $59,700 Florence, SC — $59,700 Pocatello, ID — $59,720 Corpus Christi, TX — $59,810 Tulsa, OK — $59,820 Huntsville, AL — $59,860 Oklahoma City, OK — $59,860 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $59,940 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $59,950 Gainesville, FL — $59,970 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $59,990 College Station-Bryan, TX — $60,020 Great Falls, MT — $60,020 Winchester, VA-WV — $60,090 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $60,100 Springfield, IL — $60,110 Longview, TX — $60,190 Idaho Falls, ID — $60,270 Canton-Massillon, OH — $60,280 Wichita, KS — $60,310 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $60,320 Wichita Falls, TX — $60,330 Jefferson City, MO — $60,340 Wausau, WI — $60,360 Punta Gorda, FL — $60,380 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $60,440 Sherman-Denison, TX — $60,460 Goldsboro, NC — $60,470 Billings, MT — $60,500 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $60,500 Erie, PA — $60,510 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $60,620 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $60,640 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $60,720 Jacksonville, NC — $60,770 Green Bay, WI — $60,790 Bowling Green, KY — $60,830 Harrisonburg, VA — $60,830 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $60,900 Duluth, MN-WI — $60,930 Abilene, TX — $60,950 Eau Claire, WI — $60,950 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $60,960 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $60,990 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $61,000 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $61,030 Birmingham, AL — $61,040 Elizabethtown, KY — $61,080 Grand Island, NE — $61,090 Minot, ND — $61,110 Williamsport, PA — $61,200 Roanoke, VA — $61,210 Port St. Lucie, FL — $61,300 Amarillo, TX — $61,330 Springfield, MO — $61,350 Springfield, OH — $61,350 Lynchburg, VA — $61,370 Bay City, MI — $61,380 Manhattan, KS — $61,430 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $61,480 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $61,530 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $61,600 Greenville, NC — $61,600 Columbia, MO — $61,670 Las Cruces, NM — $61,670 Bismarck, ND — $61,690 Rome, GA — $61,710 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $61,730 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $61,740 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $61,770 Cedar Rapids, IA — $61,840 Utica-Rome, NY — $61,880 St. Cloud, MN — $61,900 Columbus, OH — $61,910 Twin Falls, ID — $61,920 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $61,940 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $61,960 State College, PA — $61,960 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $61,970 Paducah, KY-IL — $62,060 Rochester, NY — $62,060 Akron, OH — $62,070 Jacksonville, FL — $62,070 Waco, TX — $62,070 Lima, OH — $62,080 Rocky Mount, NC — $62,080 Columbia, SC — $62,110 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $62,110 Glens Falls, NY — $62,120 Dover, DE — $62,140 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $62,150 Owensboro, KY — $62,180 Topeka, KS — $62,210 Traverse City, MI — $62,260 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $62,280 Toledo, OH — $62,280 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $62,290 Fargo, ND-MN — $62,300 Casper, WY — $62,370 Columbus, IN — $62,400 Lawrence, KS — $62,400 St. George, UT — $62,400 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $62,430 Terre Haute, IN — $62,460 Binghamton, NY — $62,490 Odessa, TX — $62,490 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $62,490 Sandusky, OH — $62,520 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $62,610 Sumter, SC — $62,640 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $62,680 Farmington, NM — $62,690 Savannah, GA — $62,810 Sheboygan, WI — $62,820 Syracuse, NY — $62,880 Winston-Salem, NC — $62,970 Ogden, UT — $63,010 Pittsburgh, PA — $63,060 Lincoln, NE — $63,070 Missoula, MT — $63,130 Bloomington, IN — $63,200 Monroe, MI — $63,240 Lancaster, PA — $63,290 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $63,370 Elmira, NY — $63,390 Killeen-Temple, TX — $63,390 Spartanburg, SC — $63,390 Wilmington, NC — $63,390 Burlington, NC — $63,450 York-Hanover, PA — $63,460 Omaha, NE-IA — $63,540 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $63,610 Fort Wayne, IN — $63,640 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $63,670 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $63,670 Helena, MT — $63,690 Iowa City, IA — $63,690 Dubuque, IA — $63,750 Rochester, MN — $63,750 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $63,760 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $63,770 Bozeman, MT — $63,790 Cleveland, OH — $63,900 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $63,950 Chambersburg, PA — $63,960 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $64,000 Richmond, VA — $64,030 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $64,050 Gainesville, GA — $64,080 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $64,080 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $64,100 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $64,100 Midland, MI — $64,100 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $64,130 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $64,180 Midland, TX — $64,240 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $64,270 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $64,280 Saginaw, MI — $64,280 Jackson, MI — $64,290 Gettysburg, PA — $64,310 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $64,320 Muncie, IN — $64,330 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $64,370 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $64,370 Mankato, MN — $64,400 Kansas City, MO-KS — $64,420 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $64,460 Grand Junction, CO — $64,480 Madison, WI — $64,550 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $64,580 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $64,590 Ann Arbor, MI — $64,670 Fayetteville, NC — $64,670 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $64,680 Evansville, IN — $64,700 Ithaca, NY — $64,730 Cheyenne, WY — $64,800 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $64,850 Reading, PA — $64,950 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $65,060 St. Louis, MO-IL — $65,120 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $65,140 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $65,160 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $65,230 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $65,240 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $65,250 Fond du Lac, WI — $65,270 Appleton, WI — $65,300 Kenosha, WI — $65,350 Battle Creek, MI — $65,360 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $65,410 Lebanon, PA — $65,430 Asheville, NC — $65,470 Ames, IA — $65,610 Kingston, NY — $65,650 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $65,660 Flint, MI — $65,670 Salisbury, MD — $65,730 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $65,860 Kankakee, IL — $65,910 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $66,130 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $66,140 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $66,320 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $66,360 Lewiston, ID-WA — $66,440 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $66,680 Decatur, IL — $66,750 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $66,900 Boise City, ID — $66,950 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $66,950 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $66,970 Charlottesville, VA — $67,120 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $67,200 Kokomo, IN — $67,240 Bloomington, IL — $67,270 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $68,240 Colorado Springs, CO — $68,360 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $69,150 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $69,300 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $69,640 Yuma, AZ — $69,840 Pueblo, CO — $70,080 Rockford, IL — $70,090 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $70,710 Vineland, NJ — $71,410 Urban Honolulu, HI — $71,840 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $71,850 Peoria, IL — $72,270 Bangor, ME — $72,370 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $72,650 Greeley, CO — $72,720 Santa Fe, NM — $72,750 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $72,800 Visalia, CA — $73,540 New Haven, CT — $73,820 Redding, CA — $74,140 Corvallis, OR — $74,160 Niles, MI — $74,530 El Centro, CA — $74,710 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $74,860 Lexington Park, MD — $74,860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $75,180 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $75,380 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $75,560 Fresno, CA — $75,580 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $75,610 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $75,810 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $75,860 Merced, CA — $75,890 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $75,910 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $75,920 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $75,920 Tucson, AZ — $75,940 Portland-South Portland, ME — $75,950 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $76,090 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $76,130 Yakima, WA — $76,290 Fairbanks-College, AK — $76,690 Boulder, CO — $76,800 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $76,970 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $77,650 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $77,790 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $77,800 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $77,830 Springfield, MA — $77,850 Longview-Kelso, WA — $77,940 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $78,070 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $78,080 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $78,080 Modesto, CA — $78,200 Yuba City, CA — $78,260 Pittsfield, MA — $78,480 Reno, NV — $78,600 Walla Walla, WA — $78,690 Bellingham, WA — $78,740 Chico, CA — $78,750 Carson City, NV — $78,790 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $78,950 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $78,990 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $79,010 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $79,020 Worcester, MA — $79,060 Medford, OR — $79,160 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $79,310 Flagstaff, AZ — $79,540 Salem, OR — $79,600 Albany, OR — $79,610 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $79,630 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $79,720 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $79,940 Salinas, CA — $80,910 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $81,000 Barnstable Town, MA — $81,250 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $81,350 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $81,570 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $81,580 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $82,190 Anchorage, AK — $82,330 Grants Pass, OR — $82,410 Bend, OR — $83,260 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $83,510 Napa, CA — $83,690 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $83,940 Vallejo, CA — $85,430 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $85,690 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $92,580 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $94,310 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $95,320 Wilmington metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Wilmington metro area has the 182nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 393 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in North Carolina 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.
Wilmington metro areathis page
$63,390 median for Wilmington metro area; middle half earns $57,430 to $65,830
$66,950 median for Durham metro area; middle half earns $62,700 to $73,070
$65,470 median for Asheville metro area; middle half earns $60,930 to $71,930
$65,140 median for Charlotte metro area; middle half earns $61,330 to $73,340
$64,670 median for Fayetteville metro area; middle half earns $58,640 to $71,580
$64,080 median for Raleigh metro area; middle half earns $60,610 to $72,750
$63,610 median for Greensboro metro area; middle half earns $59,950 to $67,300
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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 .