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Licensed practical nurse salary in Colorado

Open licensed practical nurse jobs in Colorado post a median of $33.75 an hour, the middle half $31.75–$35.75 (about $70,200 a year full time), $1.75 above the national posted median. From 63 jobs at 23 employers that state their pay.

$33.75
Median posted /hr
$32–$36
Middle half /hr
$70,200
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$35.52
BLS median in CO
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Licensed practical nurse jobs in Colorado · Licensed practical nurse pay nationwide

What licensed practical nurses are paid in Colorado

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 63 open jobs in Colorado. Lowest posted $20, highest $50.

Posted on open jobs in Colorado

$31.75–$35.75/hr

Middle half of 31 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $33.75. 60% of the 105 open licensed practical nurse jobs in Colorado state an hourly rate.

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Licensed practical nurse pay by town in Colorado

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Denver$37.25$20–$5022 (9)
Greeley$36$25.54–$407 (2)
Colorado Springs$34.75$20–$506 (4)
Westminster$42.50$40–$454 (1)
Golden$40$404 (1)
Lakewood$32.75$20.50–$40.504 (2)
Longmont$33.25$26.55–$463 (3)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Licensed practical nurse pay by employer in Colorado

What each employer posts for licensed practical nurses here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
PAM Health$40$40–$4522
Banner Health$32$25.54–$39.076
Kaiser Permanente$35.25$30.51–$39.944
CommonSpirit Health$33.75$23.22–$46.364
Denver Health$38.50$31.40–$45.533
Frontline Management$29.50$26–$35.303
Optimal Home Care$44$42–$462
Avenues Recovery$37$33–$402
Cornerstone Healthcare$32.25$26–$382
ScionHealth$30.75$27.18–$34.472
InnovAge$37.25$33.17–$41.491
NaphCare$37$36–$381
Erickson Senior Living$35$32–$381
Human Touch Health Care$35$20–$501
PACS Group$35$30–$401
Connect Home Health$34$28–$401
UnitedHealth Group$33.25$26.55–$39.801
Team Select Home Care$32.50$20–$451
Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center$32$32.011
Jet Health$31.50$28–$351
Sanford Health$31$26–$361
Ciel Senior Living$30.50$20.50–$40.501
Southwest Health System$25.25$20.21–$30.311

Median of each employer's jobs in Colorado (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for licensed practical nurses nationwide when it has such a page.

Night shift licensed practical nurse pay in Colorado

Where one employer posts both night and other licensed practical nurse jobs in the same state (3 such employers and states), the night jobs post the same base rate as the rest (the median gap is $0): most employers state their night differential apart from the base pay, so check the posting for it.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
PAM Health, CO$40 (10)$40 (12)
Denver Health, CO$38.50 (2)$38.50 (1)
Avenues Recovery, CO$37.50 (1)$36.50 (1)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Jobs that state a yearly salary

Measured on their own, never converted to hourly.

7 open jobs in Colorado state a yearly salary: a median of $63,300, the middle half $54,100 to $66,700.

Best-paid open licensed practical nurse jobs in Colorado

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in Colorado

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Colorado. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (29-2061)$24.43 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$29.76 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$35.52 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$38.37 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$40.60 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)4,920 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Licensed practical nurse salary in Colorado: common questions

How much does a licensed practical nurse make in Colorado?

Open licensed practical nurse jobs in Colorado that state an hourly rate post a median of $33.75, the middle half $31.75–$35.75 (63 jobs from 23 employers). Full time that is about $70,200 a year. BLS measured a median of $35.52/hr ($73,880 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Colorado (May 2025).

Where in Colorado do licensed practical nurses earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Denver ($37.25), Greeley ($36), Colorado Springs ($34.75) and Westminster ($42.50). The town table lists 7.

Which employers in Colorado pay licensed practical nurses the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: PAM Health ($40), Denver Health ($38.50) and Kaiser Permanente ($35.25).

How does Colorado compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Colorado ($33.75) is $1.75 above the national posted median of $32. In the BLS survey Colorado ranks 14 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 63 of 105 open licensed practical nurse jobs in Colorado (60%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Licensed practical nurse pay in other states

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (SOC 29-2061), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Licensed practical nurse salary in Colorado. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/licensed-practical-nurse/colorado

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