Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Licensed Practical Nurse: $65K median posted pay.
From 368 salary bands employers posted on 876 open licensed practical nurse roles in healthcare. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 | — (2 of 8 bands) | — |
| Senior | 2 | — (1 of 8 bands) | — |
Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open.
| Employer | Open roles | Entry level |
|---|---|---|
| BAYADA Home Health Care | 236 | — |
| Veterans Health Administration | 57 | — |
| Ochsner Health (Ochsner) | 49 | — |
| Rivhs | 45 | — |
| Prisma Health | 39 | — |
| Davita | 36 | — |
| Avera | 26 | — |
| Advocate Health | 26 | — |
| Rhahealthservices | 26 | — |
| Vumc | 22 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open licensed practical nurse roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing | 873 | — |
| Registered Nursing | 864 | — |
| CPR and Basic Life Support | 481 | — |
| Home Health Aide Work | 161 | — |
| Patient Education | 130 | — |
| Data Visualization | 128 | — |
| HIPAA Compliance | 124 | — |
| IV Therapy | 122 | — |
| Infection Control | 101 | — |
| Phlebotomy | 101 | — |
Where the work is
0% of these roles are remote.
- Remote0%4 roles
- Hybrid0%0 roles
- On site86%751 roles
- Not stated14%121 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 876 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 17, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 368 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Licensed Practical Nurse (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in healthcare, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.