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Licensed practical nurse salary in Tennessee

Open licensed practical nurse jobs in Tennessee post a median of $30 an hour, the middle half $28.50–$32.75 (about $62,400 a year full time), $2 below the national posted median. From 79 jobs at 19 employers that state their pay.

$30
Median posted /hr
$29–$33
Middle half /hr
$62,400
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$28.31
BLS median in TN
May 2025

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

What licensed practical nurses are paid in Tennessee

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

Posted hourly rates of 79 open jobs in Tennessee. Lowest posted $19, highest $56.

Posted on open jobs in Tennessee

$28.50–$32.75/hr

Middle half of 33 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $30. 27% of the 297 open licensed practical nurse jobs in Tennessee state an hourly rate.

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Licensed practical nurse pay by town in Tennessee

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

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Nashville$31.75$22.75–$40.1510 (4)
Clarksville$29.50$20.38–$36.445 (3)
Murfreesboro$29$22.90–$34.355 (3)
Knoxville$29.50$19–$40.524 (4)
Franklin$28.75$22.90–$363 (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 Tennessee

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
UnitedHealth Group$28.75$20.38–$36.4437
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$33.75$26–$40.1510
HomeFirst of Middle Tennessee$29.25$26–$326
Ascension$26$21.56–$39.605
RHA Health Services$31.25$28–$324
Progressive Directions, Inc. (PDI)$31$30–$323
Covenant Living$35.25$29.13–$41.832
Genesis HealthCare$41.50$26.95–$561
Silverado$34.50$33–$361
Embark Behavioral Health$32.50$30–$351
Health Care Alliance NA$30.50$27–$341
HomeFirst of Highland Rim$30$28–$321
Marathon Health$28.50$25–$321
Youth Villages$27$271
Cookeville Regional Medical Center$25.75$22.50–$28.991
CommonSpirit Health$25.25$20.86–$29.461
Easter Seals TN$24$23–$251
All Ways Caring HomeCare$23$22–$241
University Physicians' Association$21$19–$231

Median of each employer's jobs in Tennessee (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 Tennessee

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 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
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, TN$37.25 (1)$33.75 (9)
HomeFirst of Middle Tennessee, TN$29.50 (3)$29 (3)
Covenant Living, TN$35.75 (1)$34.75 (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 Tennessee

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

What BLS measures in Tennessee

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, Tennessee. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (29-2061)$19.76 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$23.64 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$28.31 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$30.12 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$32.47 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)20,830 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Licensed practical nurse salary in Tennessee: common questions

How much does a licensed practical nurse make in Tennessee?

Open licensed practical nurse jobs in Tennessee that state an hourly rate post a median of $30, the middle half $28.50–$32.75 (79 jobs from 19 employers). Full time that is about $62,400 a year. BLS measured a median of $28.31/hr ($58,870 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Tennessee (May 2025).

Where in Tennessee do licensed practical nurses earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Nashville ($31.75), Clarksville ($29.50), Murfreesboro ($29) and Knoxville ($29.50). The town table lists 5.

Which employers in Tennessee pay licensed practical nurses the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: HealthTrust Workforce Solutions ($33.75), RHA Health Services ($31.25) and Progressive Directions, Inc. (PDI) ($31).

How does Tennessee compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Tennessee ($30) is $2 below the national posted median of $32. In the BLS survey Tennessee ranks 44 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: 79 of 297 open licensed practical nurse jobs in Tennessee (27%) 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 Tennessee. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/licensed-practical-nurse/tennessee

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