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Licensed practical nurse salary in North Carolina

Open licensed practical nurse jobs in North Carolina post a median of $31 an hour, the middle half $29.50–$33.50 (about $64,500 a year full time), $1 below the national posted median. From 92 jobs at 21 employers that state their pay.

$31
Median posted /hr
$30–$34
Middle half /hr
$64,500
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$30.42
BLS median in NC
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Licensed practical nurse jobs in North Carolina · Licensed practical nurse pay nationwide

What licensed practical nurses are paid in North Carolina

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

Posted hourly rates of 92 open jobs in North Carolina. Lowest posted $15, highest $57.60.

Posted on open jobs in North Carolina

$29.50–$33.50/hr

Middle half of 46 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $31. 25% of the 369 open licensed practical nurse jobs in North Carolina state an hourly rate.

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Licensed practical nurse pay by town in North Carolina

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

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Charlotte$29.50$21.85–$4819 (2)
Winston-Salem$30.25$24.10–$36.156 (3)
Asheville$29.50$26–$57.605 (3)
Wilmington$31.50$20–$454 (3)
High Point$41.50$25.30–$563 (2)
Raleigh$32$20–$453 (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 North Carolina

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Advocate Health$30.25$21.85–$37.9535
BAYADA Home Health Care$30$26–$3519
IntelliChoice Home Care$31.50$28–$4011
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$37.25$26–$57.605
Ignite Medical Resorts$36.50$25–$483
Genesis HealthCare$41.75$26.95–$562
UnitedHealth Group$30.50$23.63–$37.312
UNC Health Blue Ridge$15$152
PAM Health$50$501
RHA Health Services$35$32–$381
Sentara Health$34.50$26.10–$43.041
Galloway Ridge$33.25$31.91–$34.691
Team Select Home Care$32.50$20–$451
Acadia Healthcare$31.50$30–$331
Healogics$29.50$25.29–$33.461
Acts Retirement-Life Communities$28.75$17.10–$40.601
Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers$27.50$26–$291
ECU Health$27$21.96–$32.011
MAHEC$25.25$22.79–$27.881
Marathon Health$24.50$23–$261
Ocracoke Health Center$24.25$23–$25.501

Median of each employer's jobs in North Carolina (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 North Carolina

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 a median $1.50 an hour more than the rest. Many employers state a night differential apart from the base pay, which this does not count.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
BAYADA Home Health Care, NC$31 (4)$29.50 (15)
IntelliChoice Home Care, NC$31.75 (4)$31.50 (7)
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, NC$37.25 (3)$26 (2)

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

Best-paid open licensed practical nurse jobs in North Carolina

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

What BLS measures in North Carolina

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, North Carolina. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (29-2061)$24.27 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$28.50 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$30.42 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$33.51 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$35.93 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)18,010 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Licensed practical nurse salary in North Carolina: common questions

How much does a licensed practical nurse make in North Carolina?

Open licensed practical nurse jobs in North Carolina that state an hourly rate post a median of $31, the middle half $29.50–$33.50 (92 jobs from 21 employers). Full time that is about $64,500 a year. BLS measured a median of $30.42/hr ($63,270 a year) for people employed in the occupation in North Carolina (May 2025).

Where in North Carolina do licensed practical nurses earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Charlotte ($29.50), Winston-Salem ($30.25), Asheville ($29.50) and Wilmington ($31.50). The town table lists 6.

Which employers in North Carolina pay licensed practical nurses the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: HealthTrust Workforce Solutions ($37.25), Ignite Medical Resorts ($36.50) and IntelliChoice Home Care ($31.50).

How does North Carolina compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in North Carolina ($31) is $1 below the national posted median of $32. In the BLS survey North Carolina ranks 29 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: 92 of 369 open licensed practical nurse jobs in North Carolina (25%) 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 North Carolina. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/licensed-practical-nurse/north-carolina

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