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Licensed practical nurse salary in Pennsylvania

Open licensed practical nurse jobs in Pennsylvania post a median of $31.50 an hour, the middle half $28.50–$35 (about $65,500 a year full time), $0.50 below the national posted median. From 122 jobs at 31 employers that state their pay.

$31.50
Median posted /hr
$29–$35
Middle half /hr
$65,500
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$30.74
BLS median in PA
May 2025

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

What licensed practical nurses are paid in Pennsylvania

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

Posted hourly rates of 122 open jobs in Pennsylvania. Lowest posted $17, highest $56.

Posted on open jobs in Pennsylvania

$28.50–$35/hr

Middle half of 74 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $31.50. 31% of the 388 open licensed practical nurse jobs in Pennsylvania state an hourly rate.

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Licensed practical nurse pay by town in Pennsylvania

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

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Philadelphia$36$26–$5615 (5)
Lancaster$33.75$20–$569 (7)
Williamsport$28$21.07–$39.679 (1)
Pittsburgh$31.50$20.81–$43.858 (4)
Altoona$24.75$19.97–$29.698 (2)
York$35$21.07–$565 (3)
Columbia$30.50$26–$384 (1)
Harrisburg$30$21.07–$384 (3)
Pottstown$35.50$21.11–$563 (2)
Wilkes-Barre$30$26–$323 (2)
Willow Street$27.75$22.50–$343 (1)

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 Pennsylvania

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
UPMC$26$19.76–$43.8546
BAYADA Home Health Care$32.50$23–$4521
UnitedHealth Group$32.25$21.11–$46.686
Genesis HealthCare$40.25$26.95–$565
Willow Valley Communities$31$22.50–$365
Marathon Health$30.50$26–$384
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health$34.25$32–$45.603
Amedisys$28.75$25.71–$383
PrimeCare Medical$35$29.50–$452
Team Select Home Care$32$20–$452
Baptist Home Society$31.75$30–$342
RHA Health Services$31.50$31.502
PAM Health$29$26–$322
Acts Retirement-Life Communities$28.75$17.10–$40.602
Atria Senior Living$37.50$26–$49.201
Erickson Senior Living$36.50$30–$431
Acadia Healthcare$35$351
Elderwood$35$29–$411
Wellbe Senior Medical$34$30–$381
Tel Hai Retirement Community$33.50$31.56–$35.601
Riddle Village$33.25$31.83–$34.691
PACS Group$33$30–$361
COMHAR$31$311
Community Services Group$31$311
Horst Group$31$311
Keystone Human Services$30$301
LIFE Pittsburgh$30$25–$351
The Wright Center Medical Group$30$301
Skills of Central Pennsylvania$26.75$24–$29.401
Northern Tier Counseling$22.75$20.81–$24.861
GoHealth Urgent Care$17$171

Median of each employer's jobs in Pennsylvania (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 Pennsylvania

Where one employer posts both night and other licensed practical nurse jobs in the same state (4 such employers and states), the night jobs post a median $2 an hour less 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
UPMC, PA$22 (4)$26 (42)
BAYADA Home Health Care, PA$36.25 (4)$32.50 (17)
PAM Health, PA$26 (1)$32 (1)
RHA Health Services, PA$31.50 (1)$31.50 (1)

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 Pennsylvania

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

What BLS measures in Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (29-2061)$24.76 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$29.02 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$30.74 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$35.01 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$37.38 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)38,260 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Licensed practical nurse salary in Pennsylvania: common questions

How much does a licensed practical nurse make in Pennsylvania?

Open licensed practical nurse jobs in Pennsylvania that state an hourly rate post a median of $31.50, the middle half $28.50–$35 (122 jobs from 31 employers). Full time that is about $65,500 a year. BLS measured a median of $30.74/hr ($63,940 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Pennsylvania (May 2025).

Where in Pennsylvania do licensed practical nurses earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Philadelphia ($36), Lancaster ($33.75), Williamsport ($28) and Pittsburgh ($31.50). The town table lists 11.

Which employers in Pennsylvania pay licensed practical nurses the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Genesis HealthCare ($40.25), Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health ($34.25) and BAYADA Home Health Care ($32.50).

How does Pennsylvania compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Pennsylvania ($31.50) is $0.50 below the national posted median of $32. In the BLS survey Pennsylvania ranks 24 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: 122 of 388 open licensed practical nurse jobs in Pennsylvania (31%) 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

Licensed practical nurse salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →

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 Pennsylvania. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/licensed-practical-nurse/pennsylvania

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